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Ransom Stephens

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Oakland, The United States

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Fantasy, Science Fiction, Science

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Author, speaker, and physicist, Ransom Stephens writes fantasy, science fiction, and popular science. His high concept fiction puts characters that make you laugh and cry at the center of conflict.

His latest, The Book of Bastards, is a rollicking, bawdy fantasy of chivalry and revenge. It comes out on January 14, 2020 and the e-book is being sold for $0.99 only as pre-order, on the launch date it goes to full retail!

In Too Rich to Die and The 99% Solution, three keyboard-wielding musketeers take you around the world on thrill rides that will leave you questioning centuries of world history; The Sensory Deception is a story of environmentalism and idealism gone wrong; and his first novel, The God Patent, is a perspective-altering story of s ...more

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	The God Patent 3.51 avg rating — 474 ratings — published 2009 — 11 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 Sensory Deception 3.60 avg rating — 394 ratings — published 2013 — 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 Left Brain Speaks, the Right Brain Laughs: A Look at the Neuroscience of Innovation Creativity in Art, Science Life 3.55 avg rating — 154 ratings — 11 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 Book of Bastards 4.52 avg rating — 23 ratings — 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 99% Solution 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2018 — 6 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
	Digital Communications Test and Measurement: High-Speed Physical Layer Characterization by Dennis Derickson (Editor), Ransom Stephens (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), James Prettyleaf (Contributor) 4.43 avg rating — 7 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
	Too Rich to Die (The Time Weavers #2) 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — 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
	Your Pursuit of Greatness - a workbook 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	God Patent, The by Ransom Stephens (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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One Leaf

A poem for the Autumnal equinox

Photo by Polina Grishma on Unsplash

Just one, coming down
coming down
Canary yellow, summer squash, autumn sunlight
yellow
barely a breeze, the others manage
to cling to their trees
How does the humble horse chestnut
rooted to the creek,
reaching between maples, Bay Laurels, oaks
Decide?

Who to let go
on that cool autumn day
Just one, coming down
wisping in one direction
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In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad #1)

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Mystery with personal conflict and perfectly managed romance-aspects that make even coldhearted bastards like me root for the relationship.
My guess on page 47 was way off, my guess on page 110 was ev ...more "

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The Invention of Yesterday: A 50,000-Year History of Human Culture, Conflict, and Connection

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Like Water and Other Stories

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“Love is a verb. When it becomes a noun, it's over."

from "The God Patent" by Ransom Stephens”
― Ransom Stephens, The God Patent

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“if you love something, let it go; if it doesn’t come back, then simulate it in software.”
― Ransom Stephens, The God Patent

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“men who identified with flags more than they did with the people they led had a proclivity for failure, and failure meant death. Sometimes it meant genocide.”
― Ransom Stephens, The Sensory Deception

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