"Hey!” the people cried in their dreams. "Give us back our ghosts!” for ghosts are as much a part of a community as its plumbing or its library, for how can a community be without its memories? (Ian McDonald)

"Hey!” the people cried in their dreams. "Give us back our ghosts!” for ghosts are as much a part of a community as its plumbing or its library, for how can a community be without its memories?

Ian McDonald

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