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Born	April 14, 1954 (age 70) • Brownsville • Texas
Notable Works	“Crystal Express” • “Distractions” • “Heavy Weather” • “Holy Fire” • “Involution Ocean” • “Islands in the Net” • “Love Is Strange” • “Schismatrix” • “The Caryatids” • “The Difference Engine”
Subjects Of Study	cybercrime

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