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Sometimes I feel like a beetle crawling through a fusion power plant. I can feel a certain amount, see a certain amount, but I sure as hell don't understand everything.

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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Beetle
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Fusion
Everything
Crawling
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Plant
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