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People have freaked out when I tell them that my dragons are scientifically based... what else can you call a genetically engineered life form?

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Anne McCaffrey
Age: 85 †
Born: 1926
Born: April 1
Died: 2011
Died: November 21
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Anne Inez McCaffrey
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Genetically
People
Scientifically
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