Tad Williams





Tad Williams

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in San Jose, California, The United States
March 14, 1957

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Tad Williams has held more jobs than any sane person should admit to—singing in a band, selling shoes, managing a financial institution, throwing newspapers, and designing military manuals, to name just a few. He also hosted a syndicated radio show for ten years, worked in theater and television production, taught both grade-school and college classes, and worked in multimedia for a major computer firm. He is cofounder of an interactive television company, and is currently writing comic books and film and television scripts as well as novels.

Tad and his wife, Deborah Beale, live in the San Francisco Bay Area with their children and far more cats, dogs, turtles, pet ants and banana slugs than they can count.


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Sometimes I am funny ha-ha. Other times, I am funny peculiar. I treasure this balance. Which is good, because it's involuntary and irreversible. Continue reading →
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“As for monkeys, I would have five, and they would be named: See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, Do Pretty Much Whatever The Hell You Want, and Expensive Attorney.”
Tad Williams

“He who is certain he knows the ending of things when he is only beginning them is either extremely wise or extremely foolish; no matter which is true, he is certainly an unhappy man, for he has put a knife in the heart of wonder.”
Tad Williams, The Dragonbone Chair

“Never make your home in a place. Make a home for yourself inside your own head. You'll find what you need to furnish it- memory, friends you can trust, love of learning, and other such things. That way it will go with you wherever you journey.”
Tad Williams

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Spring/Summer 2013 Series Final Round - What series will we start reading in June 2013?

Below are the top five from our first round of voting.

The top two will be our next group reads. Whichever one is the 'darker' or 'grittier' series will fall into the Alternate Series group read slot (starts on the 15th of each month). The other 'lighter' one will be the 1st of the month group read.

 
  51 votes, 25.4%

 
  46 votes, 22.9%

 
  41 votes, 20.4%

 
  36 votes, 17.9%

 
  27 votes, 13.4%

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