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The stars, they are as the sun. Each star. Every star. And those spheres- they are worlds, realms, each one different yet the same.

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Steven Erikson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 7
Anthropologist
Archaeologist
Novelist
Writer
City of Toronto
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