It's a map of a non-existent coast under an imaginary constellation on an impossible sky in-” he grunted, twisting something-"the middle of a ring of meaningless numbers. That's why it's powerful. That's why it's magic. (Samuel R. Delany)

It's a map of a non-existent coast under an imaginary constellation on an impossible sky in-” he grunted, twisting something-"the middle of a ring of meaningless numbers. That's why it's powerful. That's why it's magic.

Samuel R. Delany

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