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Michael D. Smith

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http://www.goodreads.com/orangerhinosmith

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October 18, 1952 in The United States

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http://www.sortmind.com

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literature & Fiction

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Michael D. Smith was raised in the Northeast and the Chicago area, then moved to Texas to attend Rice University, where he developed as a writer and visual artist. In addition to exhibiting and selling paintings and drawings, he has completed fourteen novels. He recently placed a novella, The First Twenty Steps, on both Barnes and Noble’s PubIt site and on amazon.com’s Kindle Direct Publishing in order to offer some sample work and to experiment with e-publishing processes. His science fiction novel The Martian Marauders was published by Double Dragon Publishing in January 2012, with the second and third books in the series, Jack Commer, Supreme Commander, and Nonprofit Chronowar, to follow.

Smith's writing in both literary an...moreMichael D. Smith was raised in the Northeast and the Chicago area, then moved to Texas to attend Rice University, where he developed as a writer and visual artist. In addition to exhibiting and selling paintings and drawings, he has completed fourteen novels. He recently placed a novella, The First Twenty Steps, on both Barnes and Noble’s PubIt site and on amazon.com’s Kindle Direct Publishing in order to offer some sample work and to experiment with e-publishing processes. His science fiction novel The Martian Marauders was published by Double Dragon Publishing in January 2012, with the second and third books in the series, Jack Commer, Supreme Commander, and Nonprofit Chronowar, to follow.

Smith's writing in both literary and science fiction genres uses humor to investigate psychological and spiritual themes. His web site, www.sortmind.com, contains further examples of his novels and visual art, and he muses about writing and art processes on his blog, www.blog.sortmind.com. His novels include:

The Soul Institute, 2011. Himal Steina fulfills his dreams of sanctuary when he becomes Writer in Residence at The Soul Institute and falls in love with one of its numerous faculty goddesses.

CommWealth, 2010. When the Forensic Squad theatrical troupe breaks CommWealth’s Four Rules of property sharing, several actors lead a suicidal revolution against the government.

Akard Drearstone, 2010. A twelve year-old girl at a rock commune near Austin, Texas falls victim to the Akard Drearstone Group’s severely disturbed bass player.

The University of Mars, 2009. In a dysfunctional 2065 where religious zealots restrict the world to outdated twentieth century technology, eighteen year-old Bill North seeks comrades dedicated to the further evolution of humanity.

Sortmind, 2009. Is a database of all our queries and responses being used to track the progress of a coming apocalypse? High school art students Oliver and Sam struggle to define themselves in the face of urban terrorism and the malfunctioning, reality-altering Telepathic Database.

The Jack Commer Series:

The Martian Marauders, 2012. After the evacuation of the Earth’s population to Mars, Captain Jack Commer and the crew of the Typhoon I spaceship fight native Martian terrorists led by their new human Emperor, the evil socialist Sam Hergs.

Jack Commer, Supreme Commander, USSF, 2012. Jack Commer brings poor negotiating skills to the war with the fascist Alpha Centaurian Empire, losing his United System Space Force crew to alien brainwashing as he and his wife are tortured on a barren planet.

Nonprofit Ladies, 2012. The 2020 conference of The Committee to End Suffering on Planet Earth is ruined when former space pilot Joe Commer inadvertently time travels from 2036 to find himself lecturing the Committee’s nonprofit ladies on the coming breakdown of the solar system and the destruction of the Earth itself in 2033.
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Publication of The Martian Marauders

The Martian Marauders, the first of three novels in my Jack Commer science fiction series, has just been published by Double Dragon Publishing as an eBook, in a variety of formats including EPUB, PDF, Mobi Pocket, and Rocket eBook. In … Continue reading → read more »

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Michael Smith gave to: Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith recommended for: People who've read the first two in the series read in January, 2012	My rating:
Tom Rob Smith is an extraordinary and unique author and his first two books, Child 44 and The Secret Speech, are marvelous in ways I’m not sure I can articulate. Their historical take on Soviet Russia reverberates deeply, far beyond the fascinating ...more
Jan 24, 2012 04:21pm · see review
Michael Smith gave to: Arsenals of Folly: The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race by Richard Rhodes read in January, 2012	My rating:
From reading Rhodes’ first two books, The Making of the Atomic Bomb and Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb, I was expecting an in-depth and objective history of the arms race, but while this book contains some interesting information, it feels...more
Jan 23, 2012 03:43pm · see review
Michael Smith gave to: The Martian Marauders by Michael D. Smith (Goodreads Author) read in January, 2012	My rating:
I am the author and I wouldn't have given this five stars if I didn't think I had done my best with it. This is a science fiction novel, the first of a series, and is available from Double Dragon Publishing at: http://www.double-dragon-ebooks.com/...more
Jan 19, 2012 08:16am · see review
Michael Smith gave to: Gone For Soldiers by Jeff Shaara read in December, 2011	My rating:
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Michael Smith gave to: R. Crumb's Kafka by Robert Crumb read in December, 2011	My rating:
R. Ctumb's drawings are wonderful as usual. The text by David Mairowitz seems to be asserting the author's peculiar sense of ownership of Kafka.
Dec 31, 2011 10:50am · see review
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Michael Smith liked Tracy's review of The First Twenty Steps: " This is not my genre of choice, but read it because the author is a friend and fellow librarian. It's a novella and his first published work. Harry is a guy who is just out of prison after serving 6 years for a cyber crime. He gets caught up with a m... " Read more of this review »
Dec 15, 2011 04:23pm · see review
Michael Smith gave to: It's All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff by Peter Walsh	My rating:
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Michael Smith gave to: Mornings on Horseback by David McCullough read in February, 2011	My rating:
The book started out strong and did paint an interesting picture of life for the privileged in this era, and of the Roosevelt clan. The background on asthma and dealing with it in the mid 19th century was illuminating. However, while the author pro...more
Dec 01, 2011 05:55pm · see review
Michael Smith gave to: Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson read in November, 2011	My rating:
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