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A Story That Works
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"There is the dark, eternally silent, unknown universe;
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there are the friend-enemy minds shouting and whispering their tales and always seeking the three miracles —
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that minds should really touch, or
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that the silent universe should speak, tell minds a story, or (perhaps the same thing)
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that there should be a story that works, that is all hard facts, all reality, with no illusions and no fantasy;
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and lastly, there is lonely, story-telling, wonder-questing, mortal me."
— Fritz Leiber in "The Button Molder"
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The above Leiber remarks appeared here on December 14, 2005.
They are reposted in memory of the author known as Trevanian,
who reportedly died on that date. He wrote about, and for a time
lived in, the Basque Country.
See also the Basque Country in this journal.