John Birmingham

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born

in Liverpool, England, The United Kingdom

August 07, 1964

gender

male

website

http://www.cheeseburgergothic.com/

genre

Humor, Politics

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John Birmingham grew up in Ipswich, Queensland and was educated at St Edmunds Christian Brother's College in Ipswich and the University of Queensland in Brisbane. His only stint of full time employment was as a researcher at the Defence Department. After this he returned to Queensland to study law but he did not complete his legal studies, choosing instead to pursue a career as a writer. He currently lives in Brisbane.

While a law student he was one of the last people arrested under the state's Anti Street March legislation. Birmingham was convicted of displaying a sheet of paper with the words 'Free Speech' written on it in very small type. The local newspaper carried a photograph of him being frogmarched off to a waiting police paddy wagon...more

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John Birmingham's Blog

John Birmingham isn't a Goodreads Author (yet), but he does have a blog, so here are some recent posts imported from his feed.

Living well. It's the best revenge.

You guys have never seen the little button I hit to delete a comment which offends mine eye. It's a small masterpiece of design by Dan which yells "SPARTA!!!" with me when I kick an unruly communter into The Pit.

I've kicked a few in there overnight. Creeply little creatures that crawled in here to take issue with yesterdays Blunty. I had thought of extracting the communts to run in their own en...

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John Birmingham's Books

Average rating: 3.81 · 7,658 ratings · 719 reviews · 23 distinct works · Similar authors

	Weapons of Choice (Axis of Time, #1) 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 1,599 ratings — published 2004 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Designated Targets (Axis of Time, #2) 3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 1,038 ratings — published 2005 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	He Died With A Felafel In His Hand 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 1,064 ratings — published 1994 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Without Warning (The Disappearance, #1) 3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 1,118 ratings — published 2008 — 19 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Final Impact (Axis of Time, #3) 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 940 ratings — published 2007 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	After America (The Disappearance, #2) 3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 702 ratings — published 2010 — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Angels of Vengeance (The Disappearance, #3) 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 344 ratings — published 2012 — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tasmanian Babes Fiasco 3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 234 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leviathan: The Unauthorised Biography of Sydney 3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 1999 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dopeland 3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 93 ratings — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by John Birmingham

Axis of Time (aka, World War 2.0) (4 books)
by John Birmingham
3.928630249794126 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 3,643 ratings

The Disappearance (3 books)
by John Birmingham
3.7109158186864013 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 2,162 ratings

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Quotes by John Birmingham

“300 million people turned into jelly by The Wave and Rupert Murdoch wasn't one of them. There is no god.”
― John Birmingham, Angels of Vengeance

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The Yiddish Policemen's Union, by Michael Chabon

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Weapons of Choice, by John Birmingham

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