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And you know, these things don't last forever.' I know, Mandy. Nothing does.' That's the spirit.

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Scott Westerfeld
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: May 5
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Dallas
Texas
Scott David Westerfeld
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