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They went inside. The young ones shuffled to a stop as their ironic sensibilities, which served them in lieu of souls, were jammed by a signal of overwhelming power.

Neal Stephenson

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Neal Stephenson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 31
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Camp Annapolis Junction
Neal Town Stephenson
Stephen Bury
Soul
Overwhelming
Shuffled
Souls
Jammed
Ones
Sensibilities
Inside
Signal
Went
Signals
Stop
Ironic
Power
Served
Young
Sensibility
Lieu

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