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ThesoaringimaginationofJackVanceneedslittleintroductionhere.TwiceaHugo

winner,longcherishedbyscience-fictionenthusiastsforthevividindividualityofhisstyle

andthefertilityofhisinventivemind,thisCalifornianhadalreadyreachedthehighestrankof

thefieldwhenthisnovellaoftelekineticpowersappearedlatein1951.Hisworksincethat

timehasservedonlytoconsolidatethepositionheheldthen.

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GeskampandShornstoodinthesadlightofsundown,highontherimofthenewstadium.Wooded

hillsrolledawaytoeitherside;behindthem,fartothewest,thetowersofTrancutsword-shaped

notchesintothesky.

Geskamppointedeast,upSwanscombaValley,nowglowingathousandtonesofgoldandgreenin

thelonglightofsunset.ThatswhereIwasborn,bythatrowofpors.Iknewthevalleywellintheold

days.Hespentamomentinfarreflection.Ihatetoseethechanges,theoldthingswipedout.

There—hepointed—bythestreamwasPimssiscroftandstonebarn.There,whereyouseethegrove

ofoaks,thatwasthevillageCobent.There,byPollPoint,wasthevalleypowertank.There,theTran

aquaportcrossedtheriver,enteredthetunnel.Itwasconsideredbeautiful,theaquaport,antique,

overgrownwithivy,stainedwithlichen.Andonlysixmonthsago;alreadyitseemsahundredyears.

Shorn,intendingtomakeadelicaterequest,consideredhowbesttotakeadvantageofGeskamps

nostalgiafortheirretrievablepast;hewasfaintlysurprisedtofindGeskamp,abigjutfacedmanwith

gray-blondhair,indulginginsentimentofanykind.Thereiscertainlynorecognizingitnow.