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Joshua Palmatier was born in Coudersport, PA, but since his father was in the military he moved around. Alot. He's lived in the states of Pennsylvania (three times), Florida (twice), Washington, California (briefly), Virginia, Texas (twice), and now resides in upstate New York. He has spent the majority of his life so far going to school, earning a Bachelors of Science and a Master of Arts degree in mathematics from the Pennsylvania State University, followed by a PhD in mathematics from Binghamton University. He is currently teaching mathematics (what else) at the State University of New York--Oneonta.

Joshua started writing science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories in the eighth grade, when the teacher assigned a one page Twilig...more


Average rating: 3.80 · 462 ratings · 80 reviews · 7 distinct works
The Skewed Throne (Throne o...
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions
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Silence is Michelle Sagara's first book in the new Queen of the Dead urban fantasy series. As most of you know, I'm not a huge fan of urban fantasy, but I love Michelle's other fantasy books, so I decided to give this one a try.

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The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King
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Ooo, cool, another Dark Tower novel. I can't say I loved ALL of the Dark Tower series (the first couple of books were a little rough . . . but then the first book was really a bunch of short stories pieced together), but King certainly got it togethe...more
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I loved the first book The Hunger Games, although I wanted it to go a little further and thus NOT be a young adult book when it came to the actual Games. I absolutely LOVED the second book, Catching Fire. I had no issues with that book whatsoever. So...more
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Finished this book yesterday. Here, a plague has bene unleashed on Bajor, brought on by contaminated material smuggled in by a woman attempting to keep the people in her town from starving. As the disease spreads across the planet--even jumping to De...more
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The second book in The Hunger Games trilogy is better than the first, in my opinion. I have to admit that when I finished the first book and really, really wanted to read the sequel, I asked myself what Suzanne Collins could possibly do in the sequel...more
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Daryl Josh -- are you on a mystery kick?


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