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Subtle Sparks

Gunnar

Science essays - biology and literature, technology and philosophy, dancing across disciplines in pursuit of ideas

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Books and Biology: Octavia Butler and the Green Hydra

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    Biologist by training, storyteller by obsession. I write at the crossroads of science, culture, and imagination and try to end up somewhere weird and wonderful. When not writing, I'm reading, doing cartwheels, or juggling too many ideas.

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