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This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone

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"After a mission comes a grand and final silence. Her weapons and armor fold into her like roses at dusk. Once flaps of pseudoskin settle and heal and the programmable matter of her clothing knits back together, Red looks, again, something like a woman."


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A woman in red armor stands amidst a field of roses, petals floating around her as her outfit merges seamlessly with her skin. A humanoid figure in a red armored suit integrated with rose blossoms, standing against a backdrop speckled with floating red petals. A female-like figure in futuristic red armor surrounded by floating rose petals, suggesting a reintegration of her combat form into a more human appearance. A woman with cybernetic armor integrated with red roses stands amidst wires, her expression serene and contemplative.

"We grow in pods, our basic knowledge flashed in cohort by cohort, nutrient balance maintained by the gel bath, and there most of us stay, our minds flitting disembodied through the void from star to star."


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"I love you. I love you. I love you. I'll write it in waves. In skies. In my heart. You'll never see, but you will know. I'll be all the poets, I'll kill them all and take each one's place in turn, and every time love's written in all the strands it will be to you."


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A woman in a flowing white dress stands on a cliff, reaching toward a golden cloud that spells I love you against a dreamy, misty landscape of rolling hills and a sky filled with soft colors. A close-up of a woman's face with striking blue eyes, surrounded by ethereal flames. The words I love you are elegantly integrated into the design, conveying deep emotion and passion.

"I want to meet you in every place I ever loved. Listen to me. I am your echo. I would rather break the world than lose you."


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A robotic figure and a woman embrace in a vibrant, surreal cityscape, embodying the longing and connection from the quote about love and echoes across cherished places. A couple stands close, their gazes locked, surrounded by swirling cosmic lights and colors, symbolizing love that transcends time and space, echoing deep emotions from a cherished connection.

"Books are letters in bottles, cast into the waves of time, from one person trying to save the world to another."


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A figure in a flowing white garment stands on rocky shores, gazing at floating books illuminated in soft light, representing ideas cast into the sea of time, echoing a profound connection. A cloaked figure stands on rocky terrain, holding a scroll as towering waves crash nearby, symbolizing books as messages cast into the sea of time.

"I want to be a body for you. I want to chase you, find you, I want to be eluded and teased and adored; I want to be defeated and victorious—I want you to cut me, sharpen me. I want to drink tea beside you in ten years or a thousand. Flowers grow far away on a planet they’ll call Cephalus, and these flowers bloom once a century, when the living star and its black-hole binary enter conjunction.I want to fix you a bouquet of them, gathered across eight hundred thousand years, so you can draw our whole engagement in a single breath, all the ages we’ve shaped together."


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A luminous figure in a flowing gown dances under a full moon, surrounded by swirling mist and blossoms, embodying ethereal love and timeless connection across ages.

"You are a strange and wonderful creature. You are a human, too, but you are filled with such potential for harm."


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A striking figure with dark skin and intricate pink tattoos, featuring long pink hair and glowing eyes, embodies the duality of beauty and potential for harm. A dark, eerie figure stands in a narrow, dimly lit alley, exuding an ominous presence with glowing yellow eyes, embodying the potential for both wonder and harm.

"What is the weight of an hour? What is the sound of a heartbeat?"


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An abstract visualization of a glowing orb at the center of vibrant, flowing waves, illuminated by soft light, evoking concepts of time and rhythm akin to heartbeat sounds. An hourglass surrounded by swirling waves and starry skies, symbolizing the passage of time and the essence of a heartbeat, evoking reflection on the weight of moments.

"You will slip away from this moment, but here is where you began."


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A figure with long white hair stands before a towering, gnarled tree under a full moon, surrounded by a misty, dark landscape, evoking themes of beginnings and fleeting moments. A silhouette of a woman in a flowing white dress stands with her back to the viewer, gazing at a blue sky filled with fluffy clouds, capturing a sense of beginnings and fleeting moments.

"Time is a river, winding and branching, filled with all the things we could have done."


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A serene river flows under a bright sky, with a clock and floating photographs on the water, capturing the essence of choices and possibilities in time. A vibrant, mystical river meanders through lush, colorful landscapes under a crescent moon, embodying the essence of choices and possibilities. A winding river reflects vibrant colors, surrounded by lush landscapes and majestic mountains, embodying the essence of possibilities as the sun sets in a beautiful sky.
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Genres Featured In This Is How You Lose the Time War

Science Fiction (Major)
Romance (Prominent)
Fantasy (Notable)
Epistolary (Sub-Genre)

Themes Featured In This Is How You Lose the Time War

Love and Connection (Major)
Time and Existence (Significant)
War and Conflict (Moderate)
Identity and Self-Discovery (Significant)
Nature vs. Technology (Moderate)
Fate and Free Will (Noticable)
Change and Transformation (Significant)

Tones In This Is How You Lose the Time War

Melancholic (Strong)
Romantic (Moderate)
Suspenseful (Very Strong)
Nostalgic (Noticable)
Philosophical (Moderate)
Whimsical (Mild)
Intense (Very Strong)
Hopeful (Noticable)
Foreboding (Moderate)
Lyrical (Strong)

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