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Mike Shevdon

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The United Kingdom

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Science Fiction & Fantasy

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October 2009

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Mike Shevdon lives in Bedfordshire, England, with his wife and son, where he pursues the various masteries of weapons, technology, and cookery. His love of Fantasy & SF started in the 70s with C S Lewis, Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov and continued through Alan Garner, Ursula Le Guin and Barbara Hambly. More recent influences include Mike Carey, Phil Rickman, Neil Gaiman, and Robert Crais, among many others.

He has studied martial arts for many years, mainly aikido and archery. Friends have sometimes remarked that his pastimes always seem to involve something sharp or pointy. The pen should therefore be no surprise, though he’s still trying to figure out how to get an edge on a laptop.

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Publication Day: Strangeness and Charm

The 29th May is the official US publication day for Strangeness and Charm, the third in the series The Courts of the Feyre, and it’s cause for celebration here at Shevdon Manor. For yourdelectation, the kind folk at Angry Robot Bookshave posted a sample for you to whet your appetite upon, which I hope will [...] read more »

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Books by Mike Shevdon

Average rating: 3.86 · 817 ratings · 165 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Sixty-One Nails (Courts of the Feyre, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 569 ratings — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Road to Bedlam (Courts of the Feyre, #2) 3.98 avg rating — 235 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Strangeness and Charm 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Eighth Court (Courts of The Feyre, #4) 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — expected publication 2013 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Series by Mike Shevdon

Courts of the Feyre (4 books)
by Mike Shevdon (Goodreads Author)

3.86 avg rating — 812 ratings

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Mike Shevdon wrote a new blog post: Recipe: Winter BBQ Bream Recipe: Winter BBQ Bream I’m a great lover of outdoor cookery but England isn’t the best place for it. Unfortunately we are not famous forbarbecuesummers. It doesn’t mean w... read more »
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Mike Shevdon made a comment in the group Urban Fantasy — Looking for Recommendations: Other Supernatural Creature Other Than Vampire or Usual Shifters topic "Hmm, well, a couple of things come to mind that are a bit different: Mike Carey: Felix Castor novels, starting with The Devil You Know: Ghosts, Zombies...more "
Mar 26, 2012 01:10pm
Mike Shevdon made a comment on his review of The Alchemist of Souls (Night's Masque, #1) "You're welcome, it's fine book :-) "
Mar 14, 2012 02:13pm · see review
Mike Shevdon gave to: The Alchemist of Souls (Night's Masque, #1) by Anne Lyle (Goodreads Author) read in November, 2011	My rating:
I must confess up front that Anne is a friend and a fellow Angry Robot author so I can't claim to be unbiased in this review. While it's not unbiased, it is honest. It's also slightly early - the book isn't out yet, but it will be soon, hence the rev...more
Mar 14, 2012 02:11pm · see review
Mike Shevdon voted on a poll in the SciFi and Fantasy Book Club group SciFi Theme for January 2012 he voted for Aliens
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Mike Shevdon gave to: Zoo City by Lauren Beukes read in June, 2011	My rating:
I had the pleasure of meeting Lauren recently as she and I are both published by Angry Robot Books, we've chatted on twitter for some time so it was good to finally meet her in person. As a consequence, you may feel that I am not entirely unbiased in...more
Jun 20, 2011 01:45am · see review
Mike Shevdon added: Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1) by Charlaine Harris	My rating:
Jun 15, 2011 02:27am
Mike Shevdon made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians — Request for help sorting out ISBNs topic "Renske wrote: "The default edition is the most popular edition, it isn't possible to change that." Thanks for clarifying that, I guess we'll have to wa...more "
May 27, 2011 06:41am
Mike Shevdon made a comment on Pôl's review of Sixty-One Nails (Courts of the Feyre, #1) "When you publish your work you stick your head above the parapet and you can't be too surprised when someone takes a shot - bad reviews are part of th...more "
May 27, 2011 12:45am · see review
Mike Shevdon added: Hot Six (Stephanie Plum, #6) by Janet Evanovich (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
May 15, 2011 08:40am

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