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An untrampled scorpion troubles no one.

Paolo Bacigalupi

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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
Scorpions
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Scorpion

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Suicide is not something I owe you or yours.
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The surfeit of bad trends pushes me to set my stories in worlds which are often diminished versions of our own present.
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Debts are a heavy burden. Throw them off, and you walk free.
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