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Ivan Turner

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born

in New York, The United States

gender

male

website

http://ninekingdoms.com

twitter username

igturner

genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror, Comics & Graphic Novels

influences

Star Trek, Roger Zelazny, Robert Silverberg, John Wyndham, Terry Brook ...more

member since

May 2012

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A child of the movies, I was always consumed by fantastic stories told by others and translated into adventures to be retold by me through the action figure medium. As I grew older, I put the action figures away and moved into the realm of role playing. Though I never outgrew role playing, I certainly don't have the time for it anymore. Since I was eleven years old, I've been pouring almost every ounce of creative energy I have into writing.

I graduated college in 1993 with a degree in computer science. I tried my hand at programming for a couple of years and found it pretty unsatisfying. I later became a partner at a comic book store, where I spent several years. Though it wasn't a financial success, the experience I gained from running the...more

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Where Did All These Zombies Come From?

Maybe I shouldn't be admitting this publicly, but I don't really consider myself a zombie fanatic. All right, I have a fascination with the undead but that's largely come from role playing and fantasy rather than horror. A friend of mine introduced me to Night of the Living Dead when I was college and I thought it was amazing. Then we watched Dawn of the Dead and I didn't like it very much.

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Average rating: 4.22 · 366 ratings · 23 reviews · 26 distinct works · Similar authors

	Zombies! Episode 1: Shawn of the Dead 4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2010	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
	Zombies!: Episode 2: Abby's Bad Day 4.36 of 5 stars 4.36 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2010	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
	Zombies! Episode 5: Sinners and Saints 4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2011	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
	Zombies! Episode 6: Barriers Collapse 4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2011	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
	Zombies! Episode 3: Love Bites 4.42 of 5 stars 4.42 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2010	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
	Zombies! Episode 8: The Good, the Bad, and the Zombie 4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2011	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
	Zombies Episode 4: The Sick and the Dead 4.39 of 5 stars 4.39 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2010	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
	Zombies! Episode 7: Conflicts of Interest 4.41 of 5 stars 4.41 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2011	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 Book of Revelations 3.19 of 5 stars 3.19 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Zombies! Episode 2.1 4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 15 ratings	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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Ex-Patriots (Ex-Heroes, #2)

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Ivan Turner made a comment in the group Q&A with Ivan Turner — Intelligent Zombies vs. Savage Zombies topic "You make some great points Tracyt. I'm curious. Do you have a preference? Regardless of what you thought of my intelligent zombies (and I thank you fo...more "
Jul 09, 2012 04:53pm
Ivan Turner made a comment in the group Q&A with Ivan Turner — The end of Zombies! - All spoilers topic "Now that Zombies! has come to an end, leaving a different world behind, what are your thoughts. Was it a happy ending or a sad one? Did the right peop...more "
Jul 04, 2012 04:41am
Ivan Turner made a comment in the group Q&A with Ivan Turner — Welcome topic "Tell us about yourself. What kind of books do you like to read? Who are your favorite authors? Are you a digital person or do you prefer the solid fee...more "
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Ivan Turner made a comment in the group THE JAMES MASON COMMUNITY BOOK CLUB — Readers, have your say: Does a 99c price for an ebook suggest low quality? topic "The number of pages varies from ereader to ereader and usually doesn't match up with document pages."
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Ivan Turner made a comment in the group Chaos Reading — Zombies! topic "Hi, all. As I've only just joined Goodreads, I'm also getting ready to close out Series 2 of Zombies! It's had a good run so far so I thought I would...more "
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Ivan Turner rated a book 1 of 5 stars Slimer by Harry Adam Knight	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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