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“Purdom has created a major body of work. Thoughtful, humane, intelligent, extrapolative, involving, his stories are exactly the sort of thing our genre exists to make possible. If you don't like Tom Purdom, you don't like science fiction. Period.”

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Michael Swanwick

Michael Swanwick is an American science fiction author known for his unique imagination and profound insights into the relationship between technology and humanity. His works cover a wide range of science fiction themes, including time travel, artificial intelligence, and space exploration. more

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