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olor:black">So You Want to Be a Wizard,&nbsp;<i>updated Wizard, <!--non-breaking space removed - caused an ugly empty space, and I don't understand why it would be needed here.  The earlier NBSP on this line should probably be removed as well.--><i>updated and expanded by the author, will

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Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; color:black">--&nbsp;<i>Midrashim,</i>&nbsp;by color:black">—&nbsp;<i>Midrashim,</i>&nbsp;by Howard

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Howard Schwartz</span></p>Schwartz</span></p> <!--Replaced double hyphen with proper emdash on this line and below.  Note: if the NBSP which follows it is worthwhile, it should probably also be applied to the other quotation here & the end of the Authors Afterward.-->

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Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; color:black">-- color:black">— "The Song of Taliesin", in the&n

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amespace">&nbsp;“There’s no one downstairs, “downstairs,” she said, nodding at the door t

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“Keep quiet and I’ll get rid of them. “them.”</span></p>

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.org/XML/1998/namespace">&nbsp;“Thanks, “Thanks,” Nita said, and went thumping do

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;serif&quot;" xml:lang="X-NONE" xmlns:xml="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace">isn'txmlns:xml="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace">isn’t—</span></p>

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o convince a piece of the world— a tree, say, or a

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a tree, say, or a stone stone—

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— that it’s not what it thinks it

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k a tree out of growing or into it it—

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— freeze fire, burn

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freeze fire, burn rain rain—

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— even slow down the death of the

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she knew that from astronomy. “Entropy, “Entropy,” the process was called. But she

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what it is, or something else. a A<!--Changed '. a' to '. A'. Less likely possibility: '; a'.--> wizard, using the Speech, can ca

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that kind of control over—over everything<i>everything</i>—

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— live things, the world, even...<

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d has remarked, “Entropy has us outnumbered. “outnumbered.” No matter how much preserving w

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/namespace">&nbsp;“I guess it’s hard, “hard,” Mrs. Lesser said. “I doubt <i>I

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8/namespace">&nbsp;“No, this is enough, “enough,” Nita said. “If my father sees t

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>&nbsp;“So you’ll bring it back Monday, “Monday,” she said, handing her back the

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.org/XML/1998/namespace">&nbsp;“Yeah. “Yeah.” Nita was hurting almost too muc

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ML/1998/namespace">&nbsp;“Be my guest, “guest,” Nita said. She went on through

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and Dari stuck her head in. “Of course, “course,” she said, “if you’d rather do i

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yourself, I’ll let her off this time. “time.”</span></p>

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.org/XML/1998/namespace">&nbsp;“Yeah, “Yeah,” Nita said, “thanks.</span><span

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be okay, Dad. They didn’t break anything. “anything.”</span></p>

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.org/XML/1998/namespace">&nbsp;“1 I thought I blew the binding too,”

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en, but I’m glad she didn’t get <i>this.</i> <i>this.</i>” She pulled her copy of the boo

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it folds around things—or words— and if you put the right things

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hings like ‘If you’re so smart, ‘’ow come you talk so funny?’</spa

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ere Advisories in this—on this— &nbsp;What What <i>is</i> this, anyway?)</span><

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minute,” Nita said hurriedly. “ ‘Swale’? You mean Crazy Swale? W

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chance to chicken out and blow everything, everything. She walked over to Joanne withou

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nbsp;“Good to meet you. Call me Tom, Tom. What can I do for you?”</span></

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nder the sink, brushing himself off, off. He was at least as tall as Tom,

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existence.” Tom looked worried. “And every now and then the Senio

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ral!” Kit was looking worried. “1 I don’t think my mother and father

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;serif&quot;" xml:lang="X-NONE" xmlns:xml="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace">&nbsp;Well,xmlns:xml="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace">&nbsp;“Well,” Tom said, looking thoughtful,

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Kit muttered, “I don’t know how I I’m going to explain it to my moth

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rd was filling with a cool blue twilight, twilight. In the front of the house, her m

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oked at her through the rowan’s windstirred windstirred<!--guiguts says: hyphenation suspect.  We see "wind-stirred" elsewhere.  Is this the result of removing an end-of-line hyphen that should have been retained, or vice versa?--> branches, getting brighter by th

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ato chips, which he paid for in turn, turn. Together they went back out into

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f you talk the air solid, <i>you‘’re</i> going to walk on it first

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e door at its very end. helipad access, access,<!-- 1) This sentence does not start with a capital letter.  2) It looks like "helipad access" should be delimited by quotes/italics/"small caps" or similar.  This might explain the lack of a capital letter.--> the door said in large red lette

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climbed the stairs. “How about <i>that?</i> <i>that?</i>”</span></p>

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gimel-veignt-six, authorization group</i> group</i>—”</span></p>

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st of the materials and stowing them, them. He looked at her again. “Are you

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ernalized object, matter-energy quotient...</i> quotient...</i>” Kit read a long string of syll

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the following characteristics: m‘’sedh-zayin six point three—”</i>

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light the color of metal in the forge, forge. The molten light struck the heli

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;serif&quot;" xml:lang="X-NONE" xmlns:xml="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace">&nbsp;Yeah.xmlns:xml="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace">&nbsp;“Yeah.” Nita got up, took a moment to

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hat shiny stone, like the other lobby, lobby. There should be a way down into

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amespace">&nbsp;From around the comer corner Fred radiated feelings of uncert

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a racer. A mean one. What it is here here— Look, Nita, there’s your answe

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Speech. <i>“Let me see to that wheel.</i> wheel.</i>”</span></p>

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ord or two in the Speech, tried it, it. The right side of the double doo

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">&nbsp;Kit sounded unhappy. “I dunno, dunno. How about Central Park? If we hi

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wand and managed one slash with it. it, yelling, “Now, Fred! <i>Now</i><

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0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">!</span></i> <span Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">!</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-fam

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stung. “Did you find the spell?’” she said.</span></p>

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g/XML/1998/namespace">&nbsp;“Uh hah. huh. They know where the bright <i>Bo

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.org/XML/1998/namespace">&nbsp;“ ‘The usual accesses,’ he said. K

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he said unhappily, “but somehow 1 I don’t think there’s any statue h

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;“Well, we’d better hurry,” Kit said, said. He paused while they both stoppe

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ound the corner of Sixtieth and Fifth Fifth—

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— and then jumped back, pale with

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long enough to see what he had seen seen—

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— a whole pack of big yellow cabs,

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frighten it, but did no damage. <i>1 <i>I hope</i> it <i>doesn’t notice th

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. “We’ve gotta get out of here, Kit, Kit. It has to be the spell that brou

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a friendly gesture. “Your baby <i>moves.</i> <i>moves.</i>”</span></p>

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ables that would loose what was bound, bound. Very fast, so as not to mess it

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d had a long, long time to grow—</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">&nbsp;</span></p></span></p> <!--removed NBSP at end of line-->

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he breakss the promiss, is that it? it?”</i></span></p>

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he Speech, <i>“we don’t come to steal steal. We</i></span><i><span style="fon

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ago, I forget just who. Let me ssseee...</i> ssseee...</i>” It tu</span><span style="font-

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I see what you mean,) she said. (The <!--Why is Nita talking in brackets?  That's Fred-talk. If it's human thought-speech, that's indicated by italics, no?-->(The <i>Book</i> — it made the spell

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3.org/XML/1998/namespace">&nbsp;‘“Where it should be,” Nita said,

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i>“You have stolen something of mine,</i> mine,</i>” said a voice as cold as space,

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m the other tunnel beneath City Hall; Hall: trains. Away in the darkness, wh

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-vapor street lights and red of taillights, taillights. City noise, roaring, cacophonous

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or, and she and Kit stood there panting; panting;<!--either ';' should be '.', or 'There' should be 'there'--> There was a feeling in the air t

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Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">“”</span></p>

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s normal print in daylight. The <i>Book ‘<i>Book’s</i> covers were fading, going

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-seared dirt and rock. <i>“Here—</i> “</i>”</span></p>

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faded, and the Moon faded with it it—

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— from daylight to silver fire, to

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am all blended. <i>Anyway, this is Timeheart. There’s nothing here

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Stearns, and started to do very well. &nbsp;</span></p>well.</span></p>

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dent wizards” vein years before us. &nbsp;</span></p>us.</span></p>

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0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">-- Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">— Diane Duane</span></i></p>