Rodman Philbrick





Rodman Philbrick

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Rodman Philbrick grew up on the New England coast, where he worked as a longshoreman and boat builder. For many years he wrote mysteries and detective novels. The Private Eye Writers of America nominated two of his T.D.Stash series as best detective novel and then selected Philbrick's 'Brothers & Sinners' as Best Novel in 1993. Writing under the pen name 'William R. Dantz' he has explored the near-future worlds of genetic engineering and hi-tech brain control in books like 'Hunger', 'Pulse', 'The Seventh Sleeper'. And 'Nine Levels Down'.

Inspired by the life of a boy who lived a few blocks away, he wrote 'Freak The Mighty', the award-winning young-adult novel, which has been translated into numerous languages and is now read in schools t...more


Average rating: 3.88 · 12,698 ratings · 2,163 reviews · 39 distinct works
Freak the Mighty
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 7,462 ratings — published 1993 — 34 editions
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The Last Book in the Universe
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 2,296 ratings — published 2000 — 12 editions
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The Mostly True Adventures ...
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 1,623 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 602 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions
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The Young Man and the Sea
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 349 ratings — published 2004 — 10 editions
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Fire Pony
3.26 of 5 stars 3.26 avg rating — 96 ratings7 editions
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3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions
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Rem World
3.26 of 5 stars 3.26 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions
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3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions
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3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions
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More books by Rodman Philbrick…
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3.842696629213483 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 89 ratings
Night Creature Children of the Wolf The Wereing
Werewolf Chronicles (3 books)
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3.5714285714285716 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 21 ratings
Strange Invaders Things Brain Stealers
Visitors (3 books)
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3.388888888888889 of 5 stars 3.39 avg rating — 18 ratings

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“The only real treasure is in your head. Memories are better than diamonds and nobody can steal them from you”
Rodman Philbrick, The Last Book in the Universe

“Bean finds the best apple in our tree and hands it up to me. "You know what this tastes like when you first bite into it?" she asks.
"No, what?"
"Blue sky."
"You're zoomed."
"You ever eat blue sky?"
"No," I admit.
"Try it sometime," she says. "It's apple-flavored.”
Rodman Philbrick, The Last Book in the Universe

“Books are like truth serum-- if you don't read, you can't figure out what's real.”
Rodman Philbrick, Freak the Mighty

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