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No matter how far from the war we run, it always catches up with us.

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Scott Westerfeld
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: May 5
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Dallas
Texas
Scott David Westerfeld
Running
Matter
Always
Catches
War

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