"Know that against time the gods themselves are powerless."
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The Sorrow of Odin the Goth (p. 457)
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Poul Anderson
Poul William Anderson (November 25, 1926 â July 31, 2001) was a prominent American science fiction author who wrote during a Golden Age of the genre. Anderson also authored several works of fantasy.
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