Clare Bell
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http://www.goodreads.com/rathacat
born
June 19, 1952
gender
female
place of birth
Hitchin, Hertfordshire, The United Kingdom
website
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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Children's Books, Literature & Fiction
influences
Olaf Stapledon, Andre Norton, Arthur C. Clarke
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January 2008
about this author
Wow, it has been a great Spring 2009!
From March 14 to May 9, I posted an experimental Ratha novelette on Twitter, entitled "Ratha's Island", which kept me very busy. You can find the entire story archived here:
First archive for Ratha's Island on the Forum http://forum.rathascourage.com/index.php...
While visiting the Forum, check out the Named role-play at: http://forum.rathascourage.com/index.php...
Ratha's Courage was a finalist for the Ursa Major Awards, and is still in the running for the ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award/
In January, I attended Further Confusion 09 in San Jose as a Guest of Honor and had a great time. I plan to go again to FurCon 2010.
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Ratha's Creature (The Named, #1) by Clare Bell (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.25 — 75 ratings — published 1983 6 editions |
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Firebirds Soaring: An Anthology of Original Speculative Fiction by Sharyn November , Louise Marley , Nick O'Donohoe , Sherwood Smith (Goodreads author) , Elizabeth E. Wein (Goodreads author) , Kara Dalkey , Nancy Springer , Jane Yolen more... avg rating 3.75 — 67 ratings — published 2008 |
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Clan Ground (The Named, #2) by Clare Bell (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.47 — 34 ratings — published 1984 5 editions |
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Ratha and Thistle-Chaser (The Named, #3) by Clare Bell (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.41 — 32 ratings — published 2007 3 editions |
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Tomorrow's Sphinx by Clare Bell (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.48 — 25 ratings — published 1986 2 editions |
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The Jaguar Princess by Clare Bell (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.70 — 30 ratings — published 1993 4 editions |
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Ratha's Challenge (The Named, #4) by Clare Bell (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.23 — 26 ratings — published 1994 3 editions |
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Ratha's Courage (The Named, #5) by Clare Bell (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.06 — 18 ratings — published 2008 2 editions |
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People of the Sky by Clare Bell (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.83 — 6 ratings — published 1989 2 editions |
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Ratha and Thistle-Chaser (The Named Series #3) by Clare Bell (Goodreads author) avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2007 |
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Clan Ground - Chapter One (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
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This is the second book in the Ratha series, also known as the Books of the Named. It was originally published in 1984 and re-issued in 2007.
Ratha's Creature - Chapter One (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
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First chapter of Ratha's Creature, the first book in the Ratha series. Originally published in 1983, recently re-issued 2007.
Why I wrote Ratha (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
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Short piece originally published in The Scratching Log, the blog for the Ratha series (Ratha's Creature and sequels)at www.rathascourage.com
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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain (Hardcover) by Oliver W. Sacks bookshelves: currently-reading |
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recommended for: anyone who is amazed by the power of music
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"When I first read this, I was originally a little disappointed, but I think I was distracted and not paying the proper attention that this book deserves. I was also mentally comparing it to Sacks' brilliant Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat...more
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recommended for: Anyone with a brain
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"What if the IQ of every living creature, including humans, was trebled almost overnight. Poul Anderson's extrapolation is brilliant. I am re-reading this, and appreciating it even more. Published in 1954, when I was 2 years old, it is even more of...more
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The Canary Trainer: From the Memoirs of John H. Watson (Paperback) by Nicholas Meyer |
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The West End Horror: A Posthumous Memoir of John H. Watson, M.D. (Hardcover) by Nicholas Meyer |
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recommended for: Sherlock Holmes fans
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"This is a delightful Sherlock Holmes pastiche by Nicholas Meyer, who also wrote The Seven Percent Solution. Deftly he weaves together historical events and people to create a fun romp through the London of Holmes and Watson. Included in the cast ar...more
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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain (Hardcover) by Oliver W. Sacks |
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"When I first read this, I was originally a little disappointed, but I think I was distracted and not paying the proper attention that this book deserves. I was also mentally comparing it to Sacks' brilliant Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat...more
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Algernon, Charlie, and I: A Writer's Journey (Paperback) by Daniel Keyes |
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Flowers for Algernon (Paperback) by Daniel Keyes |
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IQ 83 (Paperback) by Arthur Herzog |
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"We pass through this world but once. Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than the denial of an opportunity to strive or even to hope, by a limit imposed from without, but falsely identified as lying within."
— Stephen Jay Gould (The Mismeasure of Man)
— Stephen Jay Gould (The Mismeasure of Man)
"Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open."
— Natalie Goldberg (Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within)
— Natalie Goldberg (Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within)
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