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A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space.

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Joseph Conrad
Age: 66 †
Born: 1857
Born: December 3
Died: 1924
Died: August 3
Author
Autobiographer
Essayist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Berdichev
Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski
Word
Space
Time
Bullets
Carries
Carrie
Flying
Destruction
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