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Three Days to Never

Three Days to Never

Three Days to Never is a 2006 fantasy novel by Tim Powers. As with most of Powers' novels, it proposes a secret history in which real events have supernatural causes and prominent historical figures have been involved in supernatural or occult activities. The novel was shortlisted for the Locus Fantasy Award in 2007 as well as the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature in the same year.


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“That’s me, that old guy, that old drunk guy! Who claimed he was my dad? Like, me from the future?”

“One future, not the future. There isn’t any the future.”
Source: Three Days to Never (2006), Chapter 22 (p. 313)

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“We’re going to have a séance. Oren, open the whisky, if you would, and pour each of us a full glass.”

“First sensible remark all night,” said Charlotte.
Source: Three Days to Never (2006), Chapter 24 (p. 339)

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