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I love science fiction but especially his because it's so humane.

Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Humane
Especially
Fiction
Science
Love

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