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Matthew Jarpe

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http://www.matthewjarpe.com/

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Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Raymond Chandler, John Steinbeck, Isaac Asimov, Harlan Ellison, Iggy P...more

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I was born in St. Joseph, Michigan in 1966 but I grew up on a "farm" in Los Lunas, New Mexico. I use the scare quotes because we didn't actually raise much food, we just kept farm animals as pets. Well, we did eat the pigs and the chicken's eggs. I have a BS in Biology from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, a well known party school in the Big Ten (where Big Ten refers to the ten biggest mining schools, of which there are actually only two, and they're not that big). I have a PhD in Biochemistry from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and I use that PhD on a daily basis as Director of Biology at Acetylon.

I wrote Radio Freefall when I was working on my postdoctoral fellowship in Denver. I found writing to be a good way to rel...more

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Books by Matthew Jarpe

Average rating: 3.84 · 108 ratings · 16 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Radio Freefall 3.74 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Machine Intelligence 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011	My rating:
	Year's Best SF 11 by David G. Hartwell (Editor), Neal Asher (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Vonda N. McIntyre (Contributor) 3.91 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	My rating:

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Matthew's Writing

RADIO FREEFALL, Chapter one (Science Fiction & Fantasy)

1 chapters — updated Mar 29, 2010 04:35pm

Description: This is the first chapter of my novel, RADIO FREEFALL. I have two more chapters up at my web site, plus a lot more sample writing.

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Pirate Sun (Virga, #3)

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Matthew's Recent Updates

Matthew is now friends with April

Aug 18, 2010 03:03am

Matthew took the Never-Ending Book Quiz

questions answered:	15
correct:	9 (60.0%)
skipped:	0
best streak:	5
questions added:	0

Dec 11, 2008 11:11am · beat his score

Matthew made a comment on James's review of Radio Freefall

"Only four stars from my own cousin-in-law? Hey I'll take it. "

Aug 26, 2008 12:46pm · see review

Matthew read and liked "The Great iPod Indie-Rock Challenge of 2008 -- a mid-year report." by Jason Pettus

"(Originally written as a personal essay for the website of my arts organization, the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography [cclapcenter.com]. I am the original author of this essay, as well as"

Aug 26, 2008 12:38pm · read story

Matthew voted on the list Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books