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Most of the news about the state of the environment is pretty ugly. This is frightening for me personally, but actually motivational for me artistically.
Paolo Bacigalupi
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Paolo Bacigalupi
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: August 6
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Paonia
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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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