"And I grew up on a steady diet of science fiction, especially apocalyptic and postapocalyptic fiction."
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"I've never written a movie, I'm not in the movie business. I go out to L.A. and I'm like everyone else wandering around in a daze hoping I see movie stars. I write the novels that the movies are based on, and that feels like enough of a job for me.“
-Justin Cronin
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