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He measured the distance away to the fog-bank, and for an instant paused to feel the weight of the wind on his cheek.
Chapter 25 2010
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Since then the fog-bank had not lifted, and the only wind had been light airs and catspaws.
The Lost Poacher 2010
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We were not making more than nine knots, but the fog-bank was very near.
Chapter 25 2010
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Our courses were converging like the sides of an angle, the vertex of which was at the edge of the fog-bank.
Chapter 25 2010
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As they worked, the fog-bank lifted and the black vault of heaven, bespangled with the old familiar stars, rushed into view.
The Lost Poacher 2010
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Wolf Larsen at once squared away and ran down along the rim of the fog-bank.
Chapter 25 2010
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The science fiction writer is riding the vessel of all that knowledge, and his or her mission is to peer ahead from that vantage into the fog-bank of the future ahead of the boat utilizing all the knowledge upon which he or she stands, “stands on the shoulders of giants,” as this sort of thing is often put.
On Books: The Multiverse Lou Anders 2008
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So as the fog-bank flowed onwards we fell back before it until we were half a mile from the house, and still that dense white sea, with the moon silvering its upper edge, swept slowly and inexorably on.
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The fog-bank lay like white wool against the window.
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The science fiction writer is riding the vessel of all that knowledge, and his or her mission is to peer ahead from that vantage into the fog-bank of the future ahead of the boat utilizing all the knowledge upon which he or she stands, “stands on the shoulders of giants,” as this sort of thing is often put.
Archive 2008-03-01 Lou Anders 2008
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