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Lawrence M. Schoen

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http://www.goodreads.com/klingonguy

born

July 27, 1959 in Chicago, The United States

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male

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http://www.lawrencemschoen.com/

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science

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Edgar Rice Burroughs, Robert A. Heinlein, Ursula K. Le Guin, Roger Zel ...more

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July 2009

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Lawrence M. Schoen holds a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology, with a special focus in psycholinguistics. He spent ten years as a college professor, and has done extensive research in the areas of human memory and language. His background in the study of human behavior and the mind provide a principal metaphor for his fiction. He currently works as the director of research and chief compliance officer for a series of mental health and addiction recovery facilities in Philadelphia.
He's also one of the world's foremost authorities on the Klingon language, and since 1992 has championed the exploration of this constructed tongue and lectured on this unique topic throughout the world. In addition, he's the publisher behind a speculative fiction small...more

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New Freebie!

You know, it’s been a while since I posted a link to a Freebie. Time to rectify that.

If you head over to the Freebies section of my website (http://www.lawrencemschoen.com/schoen-freebies/), you’ll find a new addition, a PDF of a recently published short story entitled “Yesterday’s Taste.”

This is a Conroy and Reggie story that I wrote for Colin Harvey. He was putting together Transtories, an an... read more »

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Books by Lawrence M. Schoen

Average rating: 3.88 · 251 ratings · 30 reviews · 22 distinct works

	Buffalito Destiny 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	Prime Codex by Lawrence M. Schoen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), James Maxey (Goodreads Author), Matthew S. Rotundo 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Buffalogic, Inc (Tales of the Amazing Conroy, 1) 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Buffalogistics (Tales of the Amazing Conroy #3) 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Buffalogenesis (Tales of the Amazing Conroy, #2) 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Alembical by Lawrence M. Schoen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Arthur Dorrance (Editor) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Cucurbital 2 by Lawrence M. Schoen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Richard Baldwin, Cheryl Holland 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Sweet Potato Pie and Other Surrealities 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	The Sky's The Limit 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2004	My rating:
	The Grammarian's Desk: A Collection Of Grammatical Opinion & Wisdom Of The Warrior's Tongue by Lawrence M. Schoen (Goodreads Author) (editor), Captain Krankor 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:

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Tales of the Amazing Conroy (3 books)
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4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings

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Chill (Jacob's Ladder, #2)

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Leviathan Wept and Other Stories

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Lawrence Schoen said: "In my opinion, Daniel Abraham is the best living fantasy writer we have. Seriously. If you haven't read his "Long Price Quartet" then you should rush right out, right now, and pick up a copy of A Shadow in Summer and start in.

And, as this collection...more "

Oct 04, 2011 12:20pm · see review

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Lawrence Schoen gave to: The Lacey Confession by Richard Greener read in April, 2012	My rating:
I picked this book up because I've really been enjoying the television show The Finder, and I came to learn that it was based on the novels by Greener. After I was well into the book I discovered I had jumped into the series in the wrong order, but i...more
Apr 24, 2012 06:46am · see review
Lawrence Schoen recommended Embassytown to Heather Embassytown by China Miéville (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
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Lawrence Schoen is on page 244 of Deep State: Here's an example of why WJW is so brilliant: "Dagmar smiled. She looked at one of the other couples walking along the shore, a pair of Brits judging by their sunburns, their trousers rolled up as they waded ankle deep in Aphrodite's foam. The two of them happy, free of the knowledge that a presentiment of death had floated past, just beyond the limit of their perception." Awesome, awesome, awesome! Deep State (Dagmar, #2) by Walter Jon Williams	My rating:
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Lawrence Schoen made a comment on Lawrence's challenge: "I've been reading a bunch of YA and Middle Grade lately, which has been very informative (because I have this desire to write such a thing myself). No...more "
Mar 31, 2012 05:25pm
Lawrence Schoen made a comment on Mindi's challenge: "Alas, no. It's a collection of Amazing Conroy stories. The novel that "The Amulet of Winter" is taken from is on hold. It needs MAJOR structural revis...more "
Mar 22, 2012 02:13pm
Lawrence Schoen gave to: God's War (Bel Dame Apocrypha, #1) by Kameron Hurley (Goodreads Author) read in February, 2012	My rating:
I started reading God's War out of a sense of obligation to read the titles on this year's Nebula Award ballot, even though I'm hard pressed to even imagine a better offering than China Mieville's Embassytown. And I'm glad I did. Hurley's novel is a...more
Feb 29, 2012 05:10pm · see review
Lawrence Schoen made a comment on Brian's profile "Brian, thanks for being a fan! "
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Lawrence Schoen gave to: Feed by Mira Grant read in January, 2012	My rating:
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Lawrence Schoen made a comment on his review of Low Port "Dan wrote: "very modest - your story was great!" I'm delighted you thought so, Dan. You might want to check out http://j.mp/LMSfree, where you can down...more "
Jan 28, 2012 11:27am · see review
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Jan 25, 2012 11:28am

Lawrence, thank you for the friendship..

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Jan 15, 2012 05:46pm

Hi Lawrence :) Thanks for adding me :)

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Jan 06, 2012 12:11pm

Hello Lawrence, it is a pleasure to meet you. If you ever have any questions about Harlequin or our books, please feel free to ask.

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Dec 29, 2011 09:34am

Thanks for the friendvite, Lawrence! Happy reading and best of luck with your writing!

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Dec 26, 2011 10:56am

Thanks for the friend request! I know, it's a hard question to answer! Looking forward to sharing books with you!

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Dec 16, 2011 03:52am

Hello, Lawrence...nice to meet you! =)

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Thanks for adding me! :)

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Dec 09, 2011 08:24am

Hey Lawrence, Thanks for the friendship :)

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Dec 08, 2011 01:21pm

Haylee wrote: "Hello, how are you? Thanks for the friend request! Look forward to discussing books with you
-Haylee"

Hi, Haylee. As a GoodReads Author, I just wanted to say "thank you" for being a GoodReads Librarian.

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Nov 28, 2011 04:49pm

Hello, how are you? Thanks for the friend request! Look forward to discussing books with you
-Haylee

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Nov 02, 2011 09:15am

Hi Lawrence :D

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Oct 17, 2011 01:45pm

Thanks for the friend request, Lawrence.

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