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No matter what I do, no matter how predictable I try to make my life, it will not be any more predictable than the rest of the world. Which is chaotic.
Elizabeth Moon
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Elizabeth Moon
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: March 7
Military Officer
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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McAllen
Texas
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