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Politics is ugly. Never doubt what small men will do for great power.
Paolo Bacigalupi
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Paolo Bacigalupi
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: August 6
Environmentalist
Fantasy Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Paonia
Colorado
Paolo Tadini Bacigalupi
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She smiles at him, too young to know him for a stranger, and too innocent yet to care.
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