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Life is exponential. Two becomes four, becomes ten thousand, becomes a plague.
Paolo Bacigalupi
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Paolo Bacigalupi
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: August 6
Environmentalist
Fantasy Author
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Science Fiction Writer
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Paonia
Colorado
Paolo Tadini Bacigalupi
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