John Crowley
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born
December 01, 1942
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place of birth
Presque Isle, Maine, The United States
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Science Fiction & Fantasy
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John Crowley was born in Presque Isle, Maine, in 1942; his father was then an officer in the US Army Air Corps. He grew up in Vermont, northeastern Kentucky and (for the longest stretch) Indiana, where he went to high school and college. He moved to New York City after college to make movies, and did find work in documentary films, an occupation he still pursues. He published his first novel (The Deep) in 1975, and his 15th volume of fiction (Endless Things) in 2007. Since 1993 he has taught creative writing at Yale University. In 1992 he received the Award in Literature from the American Academy and Inst...more
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Little, Big by John Crowley avg rating 4.10 — 959 ratings — published 1981 21 editions |
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Aegypt (Bantam Spectra Book) by John Crowley avg rating 4.01 — 183 ratings — published 1987 14 editions |
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Engine Summer by John Crowley avg rating 4.27 — 132 ratings — published 1979 7 editions |
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The Translator by John Crowley avg rating 3.70 — 150 ratings — published 2002 3 editions |
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Daemonomania by John Crowley avg rating 4.11 — 93 ratings — published 2000 4 editions |
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Love & Sleep by John Crowley avg rating 4.12 — 88 ratings — published 1994 6 editions |
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Lord Byron's Novel: The Evening Land by John Crowley avg rating 3.71 — 85 ratings — published 2005 4 editions |
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Endless Things (The Aegypt Cycle: Book 4) by John Crowley avg rating 4.06 — 70 ratings — published 2007 3 editions |
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Beasts by John Crowley avg rating 3.42 — 65 ratings — published 1976 9 editions |
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Novelty: Four Stories by John Crowley avg rating 4.00 — 42 ratings — published 1989 3 editions |
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""Well, do you do that consciously?" Daily Alice asked, only partly of Cloud.
"Do what?" Cloud said. "Grow up? No. Well. In a sense. You see it's inevitable, or refuse to. You greet it or don't -- take it in trade, maybe, for all you're going to lose anyway. Or you can refuse, and have what you've got to lose snatched from you, and never take payment -- never see a trade is possible.""
— John Crowley (Little, Big)
"Do what?" Cloud said. "Grow up? No. Well. In a sense. You see it's inevitable, or refuse to. You greet it or don't -- take it in trade, maybe, for all you're going to lose anyway. Or you can refuse, and have what you've got to lose snatched from you, and never take payment -- never see a trade is possible.""
— John Crowley (Little, Big)
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