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The day of battle dawned pink as the fresh-bitten thigh of a maiden.

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Roger Zelazny
Age: 58 †
Born: 1937
Born: May 13
Died: 1995
Died: June 14
Novelist
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Euclid
Ohio
Roger Joseph Zelazny
Roger Joseph Christopher Zelazny
Harrison Denmark
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Dawned
Thigh
Bitten
Maiden
Maidens
Thighs
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