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  • proper noun The time of the creation of the world, by the ancestors out of their own essence.

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Examples

  • This gives a great follow through for Edeard and builds on what I think was the strongest element in Dreaming, and probably the strongest in Temporal too.

    The Temporal Void by Peter F Hamilton (Pan Macmillan, 3rd October 2008) Mark 2008

  • We still know what we were told in Dreaming - the Void is expanding, the Ocisens are one their way to stop the pilgrimage, the Second Dreamer knows she is communicating with the Skylord and many other things.

    The Temporal Void by Peter F Hamilton (Pan Macmillan, 3rd October 2008) Mark 2008

  • Who will enjoy it will depend very heavily on what they thought of Edeard's story in Dreaming - if it's something they loved (like me) then Temporal will make them very happy indeed.

    The Temporal Void by Peter F Hamilton (Pan Macmillan, 3rd October 2008) Mark 2008

  • The Dreaming is again unbalanced and we must right it.

    Archive 2008-05-01 2008

  • This helps in keeping the story going at a strong pace and it feels that all the groundwork laid in Dreaming is really starting to pay off.

    The Temporal Void by Peter F Hamilton (Pan Macmillan, 3rd October 2008) Mark 2008

  • The setting up for Edeard's story done in Dreaming paid off very well in Temporal, but it feels that we're still awaiting that payoff for the Commonwealth and all the dangers now facing it.

    The Temporal Void by Peter F Hamilton (Pan Macmillan, 3rd October 2008) Mark 2008

  • The Dreaming is again unbalanced and we must right it.

    Fan Fiction Update 2008

  • The Ghost Circles, points where the barrier between mortal world and Dreaming is thin, may be similar to the increase sites where the ancestors entered the earth, but all these things in Bone take on a sinister aspect.

    Archive 2007-05-01 2007

  • The Ghost Circles, points where the barrier between mortal world and Dreaming is thin, may be similar to the increase sites where the ancestors entered the earth, but all these things in Bone take on a sinister aspect.

    The Vivisection of Bone, Part 2: Mytho-Bone-esis 2007

  • Scarry asserts in Dreaming by the Book, — its faintness, two-dimensionality, fleetingness, and dependence on volitional labor — with the vivacity, solidity, persistence, and givenness of the perceptible world .... this comes about because we are given procedures for reproducing the deep structure of perception, and because the procedures themselves have an instructional character that duplicates the

    Seeing Is Reading 2005

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