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Nathan Lowell

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Nathan Lowell has been a writer for more than forty years, and first entered the literary world by podcasting his novels. His sci-fi series, The Golden Age of the Solar Clipper grew from his long time fascination with space opera and his own experiences shipboard in the United States Coast Guard. Unlike most works which focus on a larger-than-life hero (prophesized savior, charismatic captain, or exiled prince), Nathan centers on the people behind the scenes--ordinary men and women trying to make a living in the depths of space. In his novels, there are no bug-eyed monsters, or galactic space battles, instead he paints a richly vivid and realistic world where the "hero" uses hard work and his own innate talents to improve his station and th Nathan Lowell has been a writer for more than forty years, and first entered the literary world by podcasting his novels. His sci-fi series, The Golden Age of the Solar Clipper grew from his long time fascination with space opera and his own experiences shipboard in the United States Coast Guard. Unlike most works which focus on a larger-than-life hero (prophesized savior, charismatic captain, or exiled prince), Nathan centers on the people behind the scenes--ordinary men and women trying to make a living in the depths of space. In his novels, there are no bug-eyed monsters, or galactic space battles, instead he paints a richly vivid and realistic world where the "hero" uses hard work and his own innate talents to improve his station and the lives of those of his community.

Dr. Nathan Lowell holds a Ph.D. in Educational Technology with specializations in Distance Education and Instructional Design. He also holds an M.A. in Educational Technology and a BS in Business Administration. He grew up on the south coast of Maine and is strongly rooted in the maritime heritage of the sea-farer. He served in the USCG from 1970 to 1975, seeing duty aboard a cutter on hurricane patrol in the North Atlantic and at a communications station in Kodiak, Alaska. He currently lives in the plains east of the Rocky Mountains with his wife and two daughters.

Awards & Recognition
2008 Parsec Award Finalist for Best Speculative Fiction for Full Share
2008 Podiobooks Founder's Choice Award for Double Share
2008 Parsec Award Finalist for Best Speculative Fiction for South Coast
2009 Podiobooks Founder's Choice Award for Captain's Share
2009 Parsec Award Finalist for Best Speculative Fiction for Double Share
4 out of 10 Books on Podiobooks.com Top Overall Rated by Votes (2. Double Share, 3. Quarter Share, 5. Full Share, 8. Half Share) -- as of Jan 4, 2009
6 out of 10 Books on Podiobooks.com Top Overall Rating (1. Ravenwood, 2. Quarter Share, 3. Double share, 4. Captain's Share, 5. Full Share, 7. South Coast) -- as of Jan 4, 2009

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Average rating: 4.32 · 63,251 ratings · 4,274 reviews · 38 distinct works • Similar authors

	Quarter Share (Golden Age of the Solar Clipper, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 8,435 ratings — published 2007 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Half Share (Golden Age of the Solar Clipper, #2) 4.16 avg rating — 6,025 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Full Share (Golden Age of the Solar Clipper, #3) 4.29 avg rating — 5,391 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Double Share (Golden Age of the Solar Clipper, #4) 4.33 avg rating — 5,084 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wizard's Butler (The Wizard's Butler, #1) 4.39 avg rating — 5,021 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Captain's Share (Golden Age of the Solar Clipper, #5) 4.40 avg rating — 4,555 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Owner's Share (Golden Age of the Solar Clipper, #6) 4.41 avg rating — 4,417 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Ashes Born (A Seeker’s Tale, #1) 4.47 avg rating — 3,259 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Fire Called (A Seeker’s Tale, #2) 4.35 avg rating — 2,558 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Milk Run (A Smuggler's Tale, #1) 4.39 avg rating — 2,374 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Solar Clipper Universe (13 books)
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“I made a mental note to figure out some way to stop making mental notes and start making real notes. That way I might be able to delegate a few of them, and even remember what they were.”
― Nathan Lowell, Owner's Share

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“Sometimes you needed to be an outsider to really appreciate how things worked.”
― Nathan Lowell, Captain's Share

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“We can live in fear, or not.”
― Nathan Lowell, Owner's Share

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3rd Quarter 2018 - SciFi

Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller, 336p

6 votes, 21.4%

Starfish by Peter Watts, 384p

5 votes, 17.9%

Vox by Christina Dalcher, 336p

5 votes, 17.9%

Ringworld by Larry Niven, 342p

3 votes, 10.7%

Little Brother by Cory Doctorow, 382p

2 votes, 7.1%

Ironclads by Adrian Tchaikovsky, 200p

2 votes, 7.1%

The World Jones Made by Philip K. Dick, 199p

2 votes, 7.1%

Ribofunk by Paul Di Filippo, 295p

2 votes, 7.1%

The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist, 268p

1 vote, 3.6%

The Oracle Year by Charles Soule, 416p

0 votes, 0.0%

Crompton Divided by Robert Sheckley, 182p

0 votes, 0.0%

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline, 231p

0 votes, 0.0%

Quarter Share by Nathan Lowell, 250p

0 votes, 0.0%

Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick, 204p

0 votes, 0.0%

Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve, 373p

0 votes, 0.0%

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