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If H. P. Lovecraft and H. L. Mencken had ever collaborated, they might have come up with something like The Edge of Reason. This one will delight thinkers-and outrage true believers-of all stripes.

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George R. R. Martin
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: September 20
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