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In a world of extreme beauty, anyone normal is ugly.

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Scott Westerfeld
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: May 5
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Dallas
Texas
Scott David Westerfeld
Ugly
Normal
Beauty
Anyone
World
Extreme
Extremes

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