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Laws are a fine thing on paper, but painful when no bribery can ease their bind.
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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