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Left alone, human beings are a plague. They multiply relentlessly, consuming every resource, destroying everything they touch.

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Scott Westerfeld
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: May 5
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Dallas
Texas
Scott David Westerfeld
Resources
Beings
Relentlessly
Alone
Multiply
Left
Resource
Human
Plague
Everything
Consuming
Humans
Destroying
Every
Touch

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