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Around the outskirts of the city, cut off from town by the black oval of the river, everything was in darkness. Everyone ugly was in bed by now.
Scott Westerfeld
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Scott Westerfeld
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: May 5
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Dallas
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Scott David Westerfeld
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