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Tama Wise

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April 07, 1975 in New Zealand

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Tama Wise is a Māori author of Ngāpuhi descent. He was influenced by growing up with hip hop culture, as one of a generation of urban Polynesians searching for identity. Coming to writing in his teens, he was quickly drawn to what little fiction he could find that addressed race, sexuality, and poverty in an urban setting. Since then he has told stories of this world and others, weaving love, life, and a Māori view of things.

Tama has been published both locally in New Zealand and abroad, with short stories published in the anthology Huia Short Stories 7: Contemporary Māori Fiction, and more recently the Yellow Medicine Review. He lives in Auckland with his partner and three budgies. His first novel, Street Dreams, is due for release March 2...more


Average rating: 3.60 · 10 ratings · 7 reviews · 2 distinct works
Street Dreams
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Death of an empire (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
1 chapters   —   updated Mar 29, 2010 04:32pm
Description: Whilst on a particularly long and ponderous information pod shift I came up with the first paragraph and concept for this short story. When I got home, the rest wrote itself ...... 'High Lord-General Alexander Sampson could say he was there in the final moments. As the brace of fighters shrieked above him in the skies, and the last of the battalions began to surround the great edifice of the Eternal Sun Palace, he knew he was witnessing the fall of an empire that had lasted as long as suns themselves.'
The Wolf Gift
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I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
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Sometime in the future the world has been overrun by vampires, and one man survives, locked in his house by night and scrounging for food by day. Something of a classic, it's probably the grandaddy of the zombie genre, given it was written back in th...more
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The Wolf Gift by Anne Rice
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Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert
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"Thanks for the congrats and love all the same! And thanks for spreading the word. I miss Tyson too, but I know he's doing well. "
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"I hope you do like where it ends, if you pick it up again. "
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A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
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The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
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Street Dreams by Tama Wise
" Amazing story, I loved it!! Review to come in March 2012 :D "
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Katherine Mansfield
“I imagine I was always writing. Twaddle it was, too. But better far write twaddle or anything, anything, than nothing at all.”
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Aussies and Kiwis unite! Come and chat about the challenges and joys of writing in and about Australia and New Zealand. Readers welcome, as are people...more



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message 5: by Tama

Tama Wise Thanks for the congrats and love all the same! And thanks for spreading the word. I miss Tyson too, but I know he's doing well.


message 4: by Laura

Laura Hi! I have on my calendar the 27th of March as a street date for Street Dreams. Ugh! So sorry---I would have sent love and congrats your way yesterday! It came out on the 13th??!!! Congratulations! I loved it and will spread the word! :D I still miss Tyson.


message 3: by Tama

Tama Wise Sweet! Be interested to hear what you think of it when you're done.


message 2: by Laura

Laura Hi Tama-- Thank you for the add & the recommendation! I’m looking forward to reading B-Boy!


message 1: by Ed

Ed Thank you for the friend add, Tama. I hope all your reads are good ones. Have a great week and holiday.

Ed Lynskey
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