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He and I have this... personality conflict. Namely, I think he should get a new one.

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Scott Westerfeld
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: May 5
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Dallas
Texas
Scott David Westerfeld
Thinking
Namely
Conflict
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