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So many differing opinions and philosophies... are rarely housed under the roof of a single magazine.

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Jeff VanderMeer
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: July 7
Journalist
Literary Critic
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Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Bellefonte
Pennsylvania
Jeffrey Scott VanderMeer
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I had learned so much about the world that I had decided to withdraw from it.
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