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"By the very nature of it, all magic is primitive," said Nicodemus. "It is the appeal of the ignorant to
powers that are suspected, but of which no one is sure."

"Not necessarily so," said Elayne. I know of peoples who have workable magic-magic you can count on. Based, I think, on mathematics."

"By the very nature of it, all magic is primitive," said Nicodemus. "It is the appeal of the ignorant to
powers that are suspected, but of which no one is sure."

"Not necessarily so," said Elayne. "I know of peoples who have workable magic-magic you can count on. Based, I think, on mathematics."

For the love of Christ, he thought, a piece of water!
Although by now he knew it wasn't water. ....

For the long of Christ, he thought, a piece of water!
Although by now he knew it wasn't water,

THE brain-that-once-had-been-a-monk was frightened, and the fright brought honesty. Confessional honesty, he thought, although never in the confessional had he ever been as honest as he was being now.

9/4
What's in the swamp?
What's the cube?
What is the god-hour? Who orchestrates it?
What's at the other end of the tunnel?
Why was it closed? Who closed it?
Why not just try Carnivore's magic?
What are the spheres?
Rather than encountering and resolving one mystery at a time, Simak layers one on top of the other. How are they all related?

Reminds me of the tv show LOST in all the best ways