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		rrauenza 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Books of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin I always thought it was Card who invented it for Ender's Game. (He borrowed it) Thanks for the fun fact!

hinkley 9 months ago [–]

No he cribbed that from the Hainish Cycle and kept the mechanism. Just read that last summer and was whaaaaat.

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