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Philip’s 2025 Year in Books
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Philip Athans
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January 2010
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https://www.goodreads.com/philathans
YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE ON SOCIAL MEDIA
I promise you I will improve; I will no longer, as has ever been my habit, continue to ruminate on every petty vexation which fortune may dispense; I will enjoy the present, and the past shall be for me the past.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther
You don’t have to be on social media of any kind, ever. It simply is not a requirement—not even for authors (believ
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Annihilation (Forgotten Realms: War of the Spider Queen, #5)
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2004
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A Reader's Guide to R.A. Salvatore's The Legend of Drizzt
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2008
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Baldur's Gate (Forgotten Realms: Baldur's Gate, #1)
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1998
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8 editions
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The Guide to Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction: 6 Steps to Writing and Publishing Your Bestseller!
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2010
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8 editions
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Realms of the Dragons (Forgotten Realms: Anthologies, #9)
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2004
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Realms of Mystery (Forgotten Realms: Anthologies, #6)
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1998
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Realms of the Elves (Forgotten Realms: Anthologies, #11)
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2006
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Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (Forgotten Realms: Baldur's Gate, #2)
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2000
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Writing Monsters: How to Craft Believably Terrifying Creatures to Enhance Your Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction
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2014
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Realms of the Deep (Forgotten Realms: Anthologies, #7)
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1999
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3 editions
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Philip’s Recent Updates
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Philip Athans
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The Little Book of Lost Words: Collywobbles, Snollygosters, and 86 Other Surprisingly Useful Terms Worth Resurrecting:
"THE LITTLE BOOK OF LOST WORDS will turn you into an ultracrepidarian. Don’t be a blatteroon, be better than a fopdoodle, and absquatulate to your favorite snuggery with your grimalkin. Your new vocabulary will verily impress any frumberdling you come"
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This was great fun--a nice way to spend part of an afternoon, for sure. And something fantasy authors might want to take a look at… but careful not to overdo it, eh? I made note of … amphigory a piece of writing that appears to have meaning but is real ...more |
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This is only the second novel by Jim Thompson I've read and he's already one of my favorite authors of all time. This, like Savage Night, is everything anyone could want in a hardboiled crime story. Wildly twisty and tough and intense and weird… I love ...more |
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Whew… extremely complicated feelings about this extremely complicated book. I have had an ongoing relationship with depression my entire life, and went into The Noonday Demon in an effort to gain a better understanding of this aptly named "demon," and ...more |
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“Upon the one thing every writer absolutely must have, and that is intellectual curiosity.”
― R.A. Salvatore's War of the Spider Queen, Volume II: Extinction, Annihilation, Resurrection
― R.A. Salvatore's War of the Spider Queen, Volume II: Extinction, Annihilation, Resurrection
“Stupid foes were easy to defeat and angry foes even easier. Mix the two together, though, and you’re in for a fight.”
― Annihilation
― Annihilation
“A religion without followers is just a weird guy with strange ideas.”
― How to Start Your Own Religion: Form a Church, Gain Followers, Become Tax-Exempt, and Sway the Minds of Millions in Five Easy Steps
― How to Start Your Own Religion: Form a Church, Gain Followers, Become Tax-Exempt, and Sway the Minds of Millions in Five Easy Steps
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Thanks for accepting my friend request! As an aspiring fantasy author, I try to learn from other fantasy authors and their writings =]
Kevin wrote: "Hey I just got The Collected Stories of Drizzt, can't wait to read it, not as much as the third book in Neverwind Trilogy, Icewind, hope it is going to be good."ENJOY!
Hey I just got The Collected Stories of Drizzt, can't wait to read it, not as much as the third book in Neverwind Trilogy, Icewind, hope it is going to be good.
ME TOO!