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If you write literary fiction that__ set partly in the future, you__e apparently a sci-fi writer ... I think of it as being more of a story about what remains after we lose everything and the importance of art in our lives.
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If you write literary fiction that__ set partly in the future, you__e apparently a sci-fi writer ... I think of it as being more of a story about what remains after we lose everything and the importance of art in our lives.
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