"Laurie Marks - Elemental Logic 01 - Fire Logic" - читать интересную книгу автора (Marks Laurie)

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Part 3: The Hinge of History

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For three enduring friends, who, with their elemental talents of fire,
earth, water, and air, bound into this book their insights,
truths, joys, and intelligence:
Rosemary, Delia, and Didi




Acknowledgments
I am fortunate in my friends, a sustaining community of people who read this manuscript again and again,
and whose thoughtful responses helped this book and its author to transcend her limitations. I am
particularly indebted to the group known fondly as the Genrettes: Rosemary Kirstein, Delia Sherman, and
Didi Stewart, whose cappucino-inspired insight saw to the heart of many an incoherent draft, and whose
energized and entertaining companionship spirited me through a long labor. In addition, for commentary,
advice, and support in every imaginable form, I am profoundly grateful to Deb Manning, Susanna Sturgis,
Wendy Marks, Gretchen Marks, Diane Silver, Gillian Spraggs, Donna Simone, Amy Hanson, Ellen
Kushner, and my beloved Deb Mensinger.




Fire Logic


Part 1
Foolhardy

What is worth doing is worth merely beginning.


— MACKAPEE’S Principles for Community
 Who breeches the wall breeches the trust of the people, for without walls
there can be no defense.

—MABIN’S Warfare


Without a history, we cannot distinguish heroes from fools.