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I've always said fantasy is sort of 'stealth philosophy'.

Terry Goodkind

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Terry Goodkind
Age: 72 †
Born: 1948
Born: January 14
Died: 2020
Died: September 17
Novelist
Writer
Omaha
Nebraska
Terry Lee Goodkind
Fantasy
Philosophy
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Stealth

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