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- May 11, 2007
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- Jim Collins
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- 60+, married, grown kids, two grandkids. Retired. Moved to PA in 2018 after 40 years in NC. longtime F/SF fan (Wolfe, LeGuin, Kay), now reading more mysteries (Lehane, Penny, Spencer-Fleming, many others) and mainstream fiction.
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