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From: Don <g@crcomp.net>
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Subject: Re: Gaming Prophecy?
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 14:04:59 -0000 (UTC)
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Ted Nolan wrote:
> We touched briefly on Cugel today, and this sequence was on my mind:

<snip excerpt of excellent literary science fiction>

> I know that Offut & Lyon's "War Of The Wizards" trilogy has a good
> example (not to mention they are really fun books!) and I understand
> there was a run on "Thor" where Odin tried a strategy of making all
> the Ragnarok prophecies come literally true in a survivable way.
>
> What are some other good examples of characters trying (succesfully or no)
> to game prophecy?

This is a tough task Ted (for me at least). A hunch tells me somewhere
in the vast PR epic someone glimpses the future and tries to change it.
Pucky's provocative potential probably makes him the most entertaining
potential gamester.

Until more neurons fire, _Minority Report_ and "Happy Ending" are the
only stories to suggest themselves. But, even these two, under closer
inspection, may not qualify.

Danke,

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