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Pick something else".For an instant's flash Kylis remembered being taunted like this before, when she was very small. Anything but that. Anything but what you really want.

Vonda N. McIntyre

Pick something else".For an instant's flash Kylis remembered being taunted like this before, when she was very small. Anything but that. Anything but what you really want.

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About Vonda N. McIntyre

Vonda Neel McIntyre (August 28, 1948 – April 1, 2019) was an American science fiction writer and biologist.