PJ Haarsma


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PJ Haarsma

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url http://www.goodreads.com/profile/Theylor
born June 05, 1964
gender male
place of birth Georgetown, Canada
website http://www.thesoftwire.com
genre Science Fiction & Fantasy
influences Henlein, Card, Asimov, Clarke

about this author

A lot about The Softwire comes from my own experiences growing up. No, I never traveled on a seed-ship to Orbis but I did feel like I was a slave working in my parents ceramic factory as a teenager. In the summer I would slug 50lbs+ molds around while standing in a room with kilns firing at 1400 degrees. It wasn't fun and at the time I really resented my parents for it. I felt used and not in control of what I wanted. Probably like a lot of other kids my age then but hey, what did I know, I was fourteen.

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books by PJ Haarsma

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avg rating: 4.65 | 79 ratings | 4 distinct works
The Softwire: Virus on Orbis 1 The Softwire: Virus on Orbis 1 (Softwire)
by PJ Haarsma (goodreads author!)
avg rating 4.55 — 40 ratings — published 2006
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The Softwire: Betrayal on Orbi... The Softwire: Betrayal on Orbis 2 (Softwire)
by PJ Haarsma (goodreads author!)
avg rating 4.68 — 25 ratings — published 2008
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The Softwire: Virus on Orbis 1 The Softwire: Virus on Orbis 1 (Softwire)
by PJ Haarsma (goodreads author!)
avg rating 4.78 — 9 ratings — published 2008
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Softwire Virus on Orbis One Softwire Virus on Orbis One (Book 1)
by PJ Haarsma (goodreads author!)
avg rating 5.00 — 5 ratings — published 2008
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Charlie's Monsters 05/08 PJ is currently reading:
Charlie's Monsters (Nightmare Academy)
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Erec Rex: The Monste... 03/30 PJ gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
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June 13
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PJ joined the Erec Rex and Grey Griffins Guild groups.
May 08
Charlie's Monsters PJ is currently reading:
Charlie's Monsters (Nightmare Academy)
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March 30
3093 PJ made a comment in the group The Haarsma CafeFrom PJ topic:
890283 PJ wrote: "Hi everyone!

I thought I would stop in and have a coffee. (The scones are divine by the way!)

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Reflex PJ marked as to-read:
Reflex (Jumper, Book 2)
by Steven Gould
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Jumper: A Novel PJ gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
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Erec Rex: The Monste... PJ gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
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Erec Rex: The Dragon... PJ gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
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PJ's groups (recent posts)

527 Building a SciFi/Fantasy Library — 690 members — last activity 5 hours, 34 min ago
All the good, important, and must-have books from SciFi and Fantasy... ageless, timeless, and without boundaries.

Add your books to the list, but m...more

3070 Kids Need to Read — 44 members — last activity 5 days ago, 06:56AM
Kids Need to Read started this group as a place to discuss the books on its official donation list, brainstorm new ways to inspire reading among child...more
Groups_nophoto-25x33 Erec Rex — 71 members — last activity 11 days ago, 07:18PM
This group is to discuss Kaza Kingsley's book series "Erec Rex".


3093 The Haarsma Cafe — 33 members — last activity 28 days ago, 11:35AM
PJ Haarsma, author of The Softwire: Virus on Orbis 1 and the upcoming novel The Softwire: Betrayal on Orbis 2 invites readers to get up-close and pers...more
3382 Grey Griffins Guild — 25 members — last activity 05/06/2008 03:16PM
The Grey Griffins come to Goodreads!
Join fans of the Grey Griffins series as we discuss the adventures of Max Sumner and his three best friends, Ha...more

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from PJ
03/05/2008 07:35PM

890283 Well, Tarzana on March 12th. San Diego on April 3rd. BEA at the end of May... Phoenix the entire month of Sept. I think though I'm going to start charging for the pix. You know like the sci-fi actors at the cons? Just kidding! You bring the camera, I'll smile!

from Kayefex
03/05/2008 07:29PM

896071 I gotta keep track of your schedule so I can have one of those trendy me-with-the-author photos, too! =)

from Denise
02/13/2008 11:58PM

894687 Check out my review of Orbis 2 on my page. :)



from PJ
02/09/2008 09:06AM

890283 Hey, you come on over to the Rings of Orbis, now there's a place to hang out. Aliens, toonbas, slave trading... ah, if only it were real!

from Daanon
02/08/2008 09:50PM

848033 It's about time you got on here.












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