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When you were alone in the rising ocean, you grabbed whatever raft passed by.

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Paolo Bacigalupi
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: August 6
Environmentalist
Fantasy Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Paonia
Colorado
Paolo Tadini Bacigalupi
Raft
Grabbed
Passed
Rising
Ocean
Alone
Whatever

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