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Well, I think everything I've ever read contributes to the background from which I write.

Jack Vance

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Jack Vance
Age: 96 †
Born: 1916
Born: August 28
Died: 2013
Died: May 26
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San Francisco County
California
John Holbrook Vance
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I categorically declare first my absolute innocence, second my lack of criminal intent, and third my effusive apologies.
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I don't read other science fiction. I don't read any at all.
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In the end, death came uniformly to all, and all extracted as much satisfaction from their dying as this essentially graceless process could afford.
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