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does a sick society get so used to its illness that it can't remember being well? what if the memory is too dangerous for the people who like things the way they are?

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Neal Shusterman
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 12
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
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Brooklyn
New York
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Memories
Things
Dangerous
Like
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People
Remember
Doe
Used
Illness
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