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K.J. Parker

Born

in The United Kingdom

September 13, 1961

Website

http://www.kjparker.net/

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Influences

C.J. Cherryh

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K.J. Parker is a pseudonym for Tom Holt.

According to the biographical notes in some of Parker's books, Parker has previously worked in law, journalism, and numismatics, and now writes and makes things out of wood and metal. It is also claimed that Parker is married to a solicitor and now lives in southern England. According to an autobiographical note, Parker was raised in rural Vermont, a lifestyle which influenced Parker's work.

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Average rating: 3.85 · 37,741 ratings · 4,575 reviews · 125 distinct works • Similar authors

	Devices and Desires (Engineer Trilogy, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 3,848 ratings — published 2005 — 13 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 Folding Knife 3.94 avg rating — 2,458 ratings — published 2010 — 13 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
	Evil for Evil (Engineer Trilogy, #2) 3.88 avg rating — 2,161 ratings — published 2006 — 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
	The Escapement (Engineer Trilogy, #3) 3.88 avg rating — 2,044 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
	Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City 4.15 avg rating — 2,092 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Colours in the Steel (Fencer Trilogy, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 1,561 ratings — published 1998 — 17 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
	Sharps 3.85 avg rating — 1,335 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Shadow (Scavenger, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 1,216 ratings — published 2001 — 14 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 Hammer 3.84 avg rating — 1,092 ratings — published 2011 — 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 Company 3.45 avg rating — 1,359 ratings — published 2008 — 12 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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Engineer Trilogy (3 books)
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Fencer Trilogy (3 books)
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The Two of Swords (23 books)
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“The easiest way to do anything is properly.”
― K. J. Parker

tags: inspirational, science

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“He turned away, and suddenly she thought about the old children's story, where the stupid girl opens the box that God gave her, and all the evils of the world fly out, except Hope, which stays at the bottom; and she wondered what Hope was doing in there in the first place, in with all the bad things. Then the answer came to her, and she wondered how she could've been so stupid. Hope was in there because it was evil too, probably the worst of them all, so heavy with malice and pain that it couldn't drag itself out of the opened box.”
― K.J. Parker, Sharps

tags: evil, false-hope, hope, malice, pain, pandora-s-box

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“Secretly, deep down, everybody on Earth believes they can write poetry, apart from the members of the Poets' Guild, who know they can't.”
― K.J. Parker

tags: humor, poetry

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Which Novella or Anthology/Colelction would you like to discuss together in the group in November?

Burning Girls novella by Veronica Schanoes

3 votes, 30.0%

We See a Different Frontier A Postcolonial Speculative Fiction Anthology by Fábio Fernandes

We See a Different Frontier: A Postcolonial Speculative Fiction Anthology edited by Fabio Fernandes

2 votes, 20.0%

Academic Exercises collection by K.J. Parker

2 votes, 20.0%

Lost Songs The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card, Vol. 5 by Orson Scott Card

Lost Songs: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card, Vol. 5 collection by Orson Scott Card

1 vote, 10.0%

Time Shifters novella by Shanna Lauffey

1 vote, 10.0%

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year (Volume 8) by Jonathan Strahan

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year edited by Jonathan Strahan

1 vote, 10.0%

Adventures in Time and Space by Raymond J.Healy & J. Francis McComas

Adventures in Time and Space anthology edited by Raymond J.Healy & J. Francis McComas

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Robots Have No Tails collection by Henry Kuttner

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The Call of The Black River by Martin Adil-Smith

The Call of The Black River novella by Martin Adil-Smith

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