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A.A. Attanasio

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http://www.goodreads.com/AAAttanasio

born

September 20, 1951 in Newark, New Jersey, The United States

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male

website

http://www.aaattanasio.com

twitter username

AAAttanasio

genre

Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Historical Fiction

influences

Jorge Luis Borges, Muriel Rukeyser, Lawrence Durrell

member since

August 2011

About this author

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I’m a novelist and student of the imagination living in Honolulu. Fantasies, visions, hallucinations or whatever we call those irrational powers that illuminate our inner life fascinate me. I’m particularly intrigued by the creative intelligence that scripts our dreams. And I love carrying this soulful energy outside my mind, into the one form that most precisely defines who we are: story.

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A.A. Attanasio's Blog: Author Dreaming of Dragons

Twelve Steps for the Undead

1. I admit I am powerless over my lust for human blood—that my undead existence has become unmanageable.
2. I come to believe that the human spirit is a power greater than my vampire self and can restore me to humanity.
3. I decide to turn my will and my undead existence over to the care of my human spirit.
4. I conduct my human spirit on a searching and fearless moral inventory of my vampire sel... read more »

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Books by A.A. Attanasio

Average rating: 3.81 · 2,015 ratings · 152 reviews · 33 distinct works

	The Dragon and the Unicorn (Arthor, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 414 ratings — published 1994 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Radix 3.85 avg rating — 248 ratings — published 1981 — 11 editions	My rating:
	The Eagle and the Sword (Arthor, #2) 3.94 avg rating — 174 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Wolf and the Crown (Arthor, #3) 3.86 avg rating — 153 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Serpent and the Grail (Arthor, #4) 3.94 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 1999 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Wyvern 4.15 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 1988 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Last Legends of Earth (Radix, #4) 4.20 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 1989 — 11 editions	My rating:
	In Other Worlds (Radix, #2) 3.56 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1984 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Solis 3.48 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1994 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Arc of the Dream (Radix, #3) 3.46 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1986 — 4 editions	My rating:

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Series by A.A. Attanasio

Arthor (4 books)
by A.A. Attanasio (Goodreads Author)

3.87 avg rating — 867 ratings

Radix (4 books)
by A.A. Attanasio (Goodreads Author)

3.85 avg rating — 524 ratings

Dark Shore (2 books)
by A.A. Attanasio (Goodreads Author)

3.29 avg rating — 14 ratings

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A.A. Attanasio wrote a new blog post: Twelve Steps for the Undead Twelve Steps for the Undead 1. I admit I am powerless over my lust for human blood—that my undead existence has become unmanageable.2. I come to believe that the human spirit... read more »
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A.A. Attanasio gave to: The Reflexive Universe: Evolution of Consciousness by Arthur M. Young	My rating:
This book weaves a nubbly tapestry of creation (of the physical and biological kingdoms) that features the freedom of photons, the dynasties of atoms and molecules, the phyla of life and the dynamism of consciousness, purpose and myth. First publishe...more
Apr 26, 2012 02:46pm · see review
A.A. Attanasio added: The Book of Wonder by Lord Dunsany	My rating:
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A.A. Attanasio voted on a poll in the Sci Fi Aficionados group February 2012 Random Run-off he voted for 1Q84
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A.A. Attanasio made a comment in the group Goodreads Author Feedback Group — Adding a new title to my Author Dashboard topic "Thank you! Your patience and know-how resolved the problem, taught me something - and brightens my way! "
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A.A. Attanasio made a comment in the group Sci Fi Aficionados — What are you currently reading? topic "James Tiptree, Jr. is excellent for philosophical sf of depressing mien. Her one novel Up the Walls of the World is dark though not as depressing as s...more "
Aug 27, 2011 05:45pm
A.A. Attanasio made a comment in the group SciFi and Fantasy Book Club — Cynicism in Fantasy topic "I can see how The Odyssey qualifies as cynical: Odysseus and his crew suffer the wrath of Poseidon, because Odysseus used the sea god’s emblem, a hors...more "
Aug 20, 2011 01:49pm
A.A. Attanasio made a comment in the group Sci Fi Aficionados — August Themed Read-Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? topic ""The electric things have their lives, too." I find the text ambiguous about the difference between the real and the artificial, and about what it mea...more "
Aug 18, 2011 11:38pm
A.A. Attanasio made a comment in the group The Truth about Comix — what are you reading? topic "Richard Marazano and Jean-Michel Ponzio: “The Chimpanzee Complex” - three volume series of a near future mystery involving an Apollo Moon Mission (nos...more "
Aug 18, 2011 10:42pm

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Quotes by A.A. Attanasio

“I dream of a true husband—a good man, not a brute, nor a champion of men on the battlefield; I dream but of a gentle man, one who neither speaks too loud nor ignores evil. I pray for such a like-minded mate, who will be ever for me like harmony to music, virtue to the soul, prosperity to the state, and forethought to the universe.”
― A.A. Attanasio, The Dragon and the Unicorn

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“Being human is the most terrible loneliness in the universe.”
― A.A. Attanasio

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“The fact of that devotion is nothing less than sacrifice. The only good of which mortals are capable of love. To even begin to do good, one must be willing to go beyond oneself. All things made by man perish. All words scatter into the emptiness that is the future. Only love endures. Love for what is. Not for what was or could be. Love for what is—that alone is true love. That alone the future cannot dissolve. For that love is God.”
― A.A. Attanasio, The Dragon and the Unicorn

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