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When all hopes are lost, only then does reality acquire that sharp focus that defines who we are and what we have become.

Greg Bear

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Greg Bear
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: August 20
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
San Diego
California
Gregory Dale Bear
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Reality
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