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craigyk · 2016-05-10 · Original thread
The Water Knife: http://www.amazon.com/Water-Knife-Novel-Paolo-Bacigalupi/dp/...

which repeatedly mentions the book Cadillac Desert (which my dad has been trying to get me to read for 15+ years, dads are smart).

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