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People only worry about the uncanny for about a week that's the end of their attention span. After that, suspicions turn into shtick.

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Scott Westerfeld
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: May 5
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Dallas
Texas
Scott David Westerfeld
Turns
Suspicions
Ends
Uncanny
People
Span
Suspicion
Week
Turn
Worry
Attention
Shtick

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