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Personally, I avoid deus ex machina like the plague - if you have to use one, it means you failed to set up the universe and the plot properly. It's like a whodunnit where there's no actual way for the reader to identify the perpetrator before the climactic reveal: there's no sense of closure for the reader.
— Charles Stross
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There's a fearful term that's in fashion at the moment - closure. People apparently believe it is desirable and attainable.
— Penelope Lively
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