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James Lovegrove

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December 24, 1965

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James Lovegrove is the author of several acclaimed novels and books for children.

James was born on Christmas Eve 1965 and, having dabbled in writing at school, first took to it seriously while at university. A short story of his won a college competition. The prize was £15, and it had cost £18 to get the story professionally typed. This taught him a hard but necessary lesson in the harsh economic realities of a literary career.

Straight after graduating from Oxford with a degree in English Literature, James set himself the goal of getting a novel written and sold within two years. In the event, it took two months. The Hope was completed in six weeks and accepted by Macmillan a fortnight later. The seed for the idea for the novel — a world in...more

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Books by James Lovegrove

Average rating: 3.57 · 1,999 ratings · 228 reviews · 34 distinct works

	The Age of Ra 3.20 avg rating — 321 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Age of Zeus 3.62 avg rating — 234 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Age of Odin 3.60 avg rating — 195 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Redlaw 2.90 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Age of Aztec 3.64 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Days 3.64 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1997 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Hope 3.68 avg rating — 19 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Worldstorm 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Provender Gleed 3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Gig 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Pantheon Triptych (4 books)
by James Lovegrove

3.44 avg rating — 772 ratings

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“...I don't believe in Him, and if He does exist, I don't like Him. His type of gods aren't gods who echo how mortals behave. They're gods who are held up as example of perfection to be emulated. They're not gods of the people. They're remote and inaccessible, they demand blind, unthinking obedience from their followers. They're dictators. We Aesir and Vanir, by contrast, are mirrors. Other gods rule. We reflect and magnify. We are you, only more so. We share your flaws and foibles. We are as humanlike as we are divine, and I think we are all the better for that.”
― James Lovegrove

tags: god , norse-myth , paganism , science-fiction

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“Our pasts shape us,Sam.None of us the person he or she used to be,it's true, but what we are still contains a great proportion of what we once were.Nothing,not even suffering the worst kind of tragedy,alters us completely.At core,we are set in stone.”
― James Lovegrove, The Age of Zeus

tags: life , pain , past , suffering , tragedy

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“I will endure until the stars wink out & the very last trace of heat ebbs from the cosmos & there is nothing but eternal icy nothingness”
― James Lovegrove, The Age of Ra

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