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Sean Meriwether

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Born

in Princeton, NJ, The United States

Website

http://penboy7.com/

Genre

Short Stories, Gay & Lesbian, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Ray Bradbury, J.G. Ballard, Virginia Woolf, Haruki Murakami, F. Scott ...more

Member Since

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Sean Meriwether has published over fifty short stories in various venues including Best Gay Love Stories and Lodestar Quarterly. His collection of short fiction, The Silent Hustler , was released by Lethe Press (2009). He is currently writing for The Green Economist , a journal focused on Climate Change and Sustainable Development.

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Sean Meriwether's Blog: The Green Economist

Book Review: Climate of Hope

A number of climate change themed books track how we got to this (tipping) point and paint disaster-porn scenarios of our continued inaction. Cities underwater! Millions of climate refugees! Runaway temperatures! Melting icebergs! They raise multiple red flags and back up their statements with statistics and data trends. They rightfully lay blame on obstructionist government officials (looking...

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	The Silent Hustler 3.73 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Men of Mystery: Homoerotic Tales of Intrigue and Suspense by Sean Meriwether (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Greg Wharton (Editor) , Fiona Glass (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2007	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 Lost Library: Gay Fiction Rediscovered by Tom Cardamone (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Contributor), Michael Graves (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) , Stephen Greco (Contributor) 3.81 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Spank! by D.L. King (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Cervo , Allison Wonderland 4.45 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	So Fey: Queer Fairy Fiction by Steve Berman (Editor), Tom Cardamone (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) , Aynjel Kaye (Contributor) 3.61 avg rating — 212 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	Best Gay Love Stories by Nick Street (Editor), R.D. Cochrane (Contributor) , Scott D. Pomfret (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.63 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2006	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
	Tented by Jerry L. Wheeler (Editor), William Holden (Goodreads Author) , Sean Meriwether (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Best Gay Stories 2010 by Jameson Currier (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Anthony McDonald (Goodreads Author) , Paul Lisicky (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2010	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
	Love Under Foot: An Erotic Celebration of Feet by Greg Wharton (Editor), Sage Vivant (Contributor) , Paul J. Willis (Contributor) 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2004 — 2 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 Big Book of Erotic Ghost Stories by Greg Wharton (Editor), Susie Santiago (Contributor) , C.S. Fuqua (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2004 — 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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Requiem for a Dream

by Hubert Selby Jr.

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The Feast of the Goat

by Mario Vargas Llosa

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The Man in the High Castle

by Philip K. Dick

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Sean Meriwether has completed the 2018 Reading Challenge Sean Meriwether has completed his goal of reading 45 books for the 2018 Reading Challenge! 47 of 45 (104%) Create your own 2018 Reading Challenge »
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