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We monitor many frequencies. We listen always. Came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. It played us a mighty dub.

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William Gibson
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 17
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Conway
South Carolina
William Ford Gibson
Came
Monitor
Voice
Tongues
Many
Frequency
Always
Mighty
Speaking
Tongue
Played
Frequencies
Listen
Babel

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