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 The Bird of Time
by George Alec Effinger




For their advice and encouragement over the years, this book
is for Robert Silverberg and Edward L. Ferman and Shawna
McCarthy.


The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape
the future. Those in possession of absolute power can not
only prophecy and make their prophecies come true, but they
can also lie and make their lies come true.
тАФEric Hoffer


"Fiddle-dee-dee. War, war, war. This war talk's spoiling all the
fun at every party this spring. I get so bored I could scream.
Besides, there isn't going to be any war!тАЭ
тАФVivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara
Gone With the Wind


You can't sort jam and marbles.
тАФWalt Kelly




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 The Bird of Time
by George Alec Effinger




CHAPTER ONE


BEARS BITTER FRUIT


You know the shock of utter terror just as you're about to
hand over a large sum of money for something you're no
longer sure you really want. Hartstein felt it. He felt it in his
stomach, and he felt his hand give a peculiar reluctant quiver