“Coincidence is the word we use when we can’t see the levers and pulleys.'(Emma Bull) and ain’t it the truth. Let’s add to the thought by quoting Emma Bull: “Coincidence is the word we use when we can’t see the levers and pulleys.”Ĭoincidence is the word we use when we can’t see the levers and pulleys. Santa Fe, NM: Heartsfire Books Charlottesville, VA: Distributed by Hampton Roads Pub.Ģ January 2010, Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT), “Coincidence-or is it just a ‘wink’ from above?,” pg. Bone Dance Hardcover Januby Emma Bull (Author) 54 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 12.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 16.99 10 Used from 7.99 1 New from 16.99 3 Collectible from 9.99 Paperback 23.99 22 Used from 2.96 14 New from 17.35 Mass Market Paperback 16.35 28 Used from 1.00 4 Collectible from 8. “Coincidence is the word we use for patterns that we can’t ignore but feel are outside our power to control.”Ĭoincidence is the word we use when we can’t see the levers and the pulleys. As a singer, songwriter, and guitarist, she has been a member of the Minneapolis-based folk/rock bands Cats Laughing and The Flash Girls. Her first novel War for the Oaks made a huge splash in 1987 it was followed by Falcon (1989), Bone Dance (1991), Finder (1994), The Princess and the Lord of Night (1994), Freedom and Necessity (1997, co-written with Steven Brust) and Territory (2007).

She is also known for a series of anthologies set in Liavek, a shared universe that she created with her husband Will Shetterly. Her novels include the Hugo- and Nebula-nominated Bone Dance and the urban fantasy War for the Oaks. Bone Dance is a strange but enjoyable mixture of the post-apocalyptic with the supernatural.

“Coincidence is the word we use when we can’t see the levers and the pulleys.”īull’s explanation of “coincidence” has been frequently used by those discussing government, especially the deep state.Įmma Bull (born December 13, 1954) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. American science fiction and fantasy author Emma Bull wrote in the novel Bone Dance: A Fantasy for Technophiles (1991):

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