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You can't blame a match for a house made of straw, Alek.

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Scott Westerfeld
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: May 5
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Dallas
Texas
Scott David Westerfeld
Made
Straw
Straws
Match
Blame
House

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