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I think that if the novel's task is to describe where we find ourselves and how we live now, the novelist must take a good, hard look at the most central facts of contemporary life - technology and science.
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I think that if the novel's task is to describe where we find ourselves and how we live now, the novelist must take a good, hard look at the most central facts of contemporary life - technology and science. — Richard Powers

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Richard Powers was a Novelist from United States (1957–present).

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Richard Powers lived from 1957 – present.
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