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# Steven Popkes

(1952)   Novelist

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Steven Popkes is a novelist.

## Quick Facts About Steven Popkes

Born October 9, 1952

Profession Novelist

## About Steven Popkes

American writer... \| Steven Earl Popkes is an American science fiction writer, known primarily for his short fiction. He was nominated for the Nebula and Sturgeon Awards for the short story "The Color Winter" (1988).

##  Quotes by Steven Popkes

> [Cancer is the emergent property of the accumulated errors in an ordered system. It's the consequences of random events.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-popkes/cancer-is-the-emergent-property-of-the-accumulated-errors-in-an/)

Steven Popkes

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