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Divination

High-level prescient processing, pattern calculation, and extra-sensory interception of prospective timeline vectors through external observation tools, exposing the rigid tensions between fatalistic pre-determination and calculated free will.

The thrill of glimpsing possible futures, the tension between knowing what might come and the struggle to change it, and the intellectual puzzle of interpreting cryptic visions or omens.

Books

The Dead ZoneStephen King
The End of EternityIsaac Asimov
The library at Mount CharScott Hawkins
The Lost MetalBrandon Sanderson
The Gone WorldThomas Sweterlitsch
The Black Tides of HeavenNeon Yang
ShatterglassTamora Pierce
The intuitionistColson Whitehead
Thief's MagicTrudi Canavan
They'd Rather be RightFrank Riley
PowersUrsula K. Le Guin
The Crystal CityOrson Scott Card
BlasphemyDouglas Preston
HeartfireOrson Scott Card
ImagerL. E. Modesitt, Jr.
The Psychology of Time TravelKate Mascarenhas
The Road to HellJoelle Presby
Moon of Three RingsAndre Norton
WhenVictoria Laurie
The Stochastic ManRobert Silverberg
All Good Things...Michael Jan Friedman
Salute the DarkAdrian Tchaikovsky
ScholarL. E. Modesitt, Jr.
The Good, the Bad, and the UncannySimon R. Green
WebMageKelly McCullough
Fevered StarRebecca Roanhorse
The Scarab PathAdrian Tchaikovsky
Curious TidesPascale Lacelle
Dante's equationJane Jensen
Quantum RadioA. G. Riddle
Spy, Spy AgainMercedes Lackey
The Palace of DreamsIsmail Kadare
Penric and the ShamanLois McMaster Bujold
Grave ReservationsCherie Priest
The Legend of DeathwalkerDavid Gemmell
Inside JobConnie Willis
These Burning StarsBethany Jacobs
The ship beyond timeHeidi Heilig
A Gambler's AnatomyJonathan Lethem
The DeepJohn Crowley
A Scandal in BatterseaMercedes Lackey
The I InsideAlan Dean Foster
The Assassins of AltisJack Campbell
Dervish DaughterSheri S. Tepper
Missing, Presumed DeadEmma Berquist
SaturnaliaStephanie Feldman
UndertowElizabeth Bear
Count to a TrillionJohn C. Wright
StringsDave Duncan
The Epiphany MachineDavid Burr Gerrard
StarmanSara Douglass
Missing manKatherine MacLean
BlindfoldKevin J. Anderson
The quincunx of timeJames Blish
In War TimesKathleen Ann Goonan
ParadoxJohn Meaney
Jack of EaglesJames Blish
At the Table of WolvesKay Kenyon
The Dragons of DorcastleJack Campbell
Necessary EvilIan Tregillis

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