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His imagination was always more real than the reality of daily life.

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Dan Simmons
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: April 4
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Peoria
Illinois
Imagination
Reality
Real
Always
Life
Daily

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