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I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes. Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
Alan Dean Foster
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Alan Dean Foster
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: November 18
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