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Mark Finn

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url
http://www.goodreads.com/profile/MarkFinn

born
October 24, 1969

gender
male

place of birth
United States

website

genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery & Thrillers, Nonfiction

influences
Robert E. Howard, Raymond Chandler, Donald Westlake, Theodore Sturgeon, Richard Matheson, Betrand Brinley, and Don Robertson, Damon Runyon--but not in that order.


about this author

I've got a Wiki page, which is weird. And I also have a guy out in Cyberspace running a role-playing game based on some stuff that my writing group, Clockwork Storybook, did a few years back. Interesting.

Blood & Thunder was nominated for a World Fantasy Award, which it didn't win. It was also nominated for the Locus Award, which it didn't win, either. However, it *did* win the Cimmerian Award for Best Book about Robert E. Howard. And frankly, that's the coolest statue I've ever seen.

I currently live in a small town, where a great many people don't understand me.

Man, I miss Austin.

Stuff I've done can be found at www.revolutionsf.com and I also blog irregularly at www.thecimmerian.com.





books by Mark Finn

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avg rating: 4.14 | 37 ratings | 4 distinct works
Blood and Thunder: The Life an... Blood and Thunder: The Life and Art of Robert E. Howard (Paperback)
by Mark Finn (Goodreads author!)
avg rating 4.29 — 21 ratings — published 2006
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Gods New and Used Gods New and Used (Paperback)
by Mark Finn (Goodreads author!)
avg rating 4.00 — 6 ratings — published 2001
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The Clockwork Reader The Clockwork Reader (Paperback)
by Mark Finn (Goodreads author!)
avg rating 4.00 — 5 ratings — published 2001
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Year of the Hare Year of the Hare (Paperback)
by Mark Finn (Goodreads author!)
avg rating 3.80 — 5 ratings — published 2001
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Mark's writing

Fool Your Friends! (Humor)
1 chapters   —   updated 07/28/2008 02:12PM
description: A Short essay on the joys of old comic book ads.
Which House? (Horror)
1 chapters   —   updated 07/25/2008 05:15PM
description: In the suburbs, everything looks alike; the houses, the cars, and even other people's husbands...



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September 22
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Danger Boy, Episode... Mark gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
Danger Boy, Episode 1: Ancient Fire (Hardcover)
by Mark London Williams
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July 31
414843 Mark took the never-ending book quiz.
questions answered: 231
correct: 177 (76.6%)
skipped: 107
best streak: 10
questions added: 0
21m87mqmvjl New comment on Charles's review of A Confederacy of Dunces
414843 Mark wrote: "You know, the first chapter was torture for me. I had real trouble with it. But after about three ch...more "

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July 28
414843 Mark wrote Fool Your Friends!: An Essay, not a book chapter.

"In comics, anything was possible. Men could walk up walls, fly through the air, and foil dastardly p" ...more
July 26
The Haunted Monaster... Mark gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
The Haunted Monastery and the Chinese Maze Murders (Paperback)
by Robert Hans van Gulik
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Judge Dee at Work: E... Mark gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
Judge Dee at Work: Eight Chinese Detective Stories (Judge Dee Mysteries)
by Robert Hans van Gulik
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The Monkey and the T... Mark gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
The Monkey and the Tiger: Two Chinese Detective Stories (Paperback)
by Robert Hans van Gulik
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Necklace and Calabas... Mark gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
Necklace and Calabash: A Chinese Detective Story (Judge Dee Mysteries)
by Robert Hans van Gulik
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Murder in Canton: A... Mark gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
Murder in Canton: A Judge Dee Mystery (Paperback)
by Robert Hans van Gulik
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Mark's favorite quotes

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"I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled."
P.G. Wodehouse

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"Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret."
Ambrose Bierce

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"From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away. "
Raymond Chandler

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"It is no use telling me there are bad aunts and good aunts. At the core, they are all alike. Sooner or later, out pops the cloven hoof. "
P.G. Wodehouse

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"I have said that Texas is a state of mind, but I think it is more than that. It is a mystique closely approximating a religion. And this is true to the extent that people either passionately love Texas or passionately hate it and, as in other religions, few people dare to inspect it for fear of losing their bearings in mystery or paradox. But I think there will be little quarrel with my feeling that Texas is one thing. For all its enormous range of space, climate, and physical appearance, and for all the internal squabbles, contentions, and strivings, Texas has a tight cohesiveness perhaps stronger than any other section of America. Rich, poor, Panhandle, Gulf, city, country, Texas is the obsession, the proper study, and the passionate possession of all Texans."
John Steinbeck (Travels with Charley: In Search of America)




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8782 Dark Forces Book Group — 5 members — last activity 1 day ago, 12:13AM
Founded in 2000 by Goodreads denizens Peggy Hailey and Rick Klaw, the Dark Forces Book Group meets the second Wednesday of each month to discuss dark ...more




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