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Ryan Somma

Goodreads Author

Born

in Daytona Beach, Florida, The United States

Website

http://ideonexus.com/

Twitter

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Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science, Computers & Internet

Influences

Isaac Asimov, Kurt Vonnegut, Alan Dean Foster, Carl Sagan ...more

Member Since

June 2008

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https://www.goodreads.com/ideonexus

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Fun Facts about Ryan Somma:

(Barely) Graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute with a BA in English and a 2.1 GPA and is a lifetime member of MENSA.

Has spent over a decade working in Information Technologies as a Web Programmer, building cloud-based applications for clients such as Lockheed Martin, PSINet, Sony Corporation, Eastern Virginia Medical School, and the United States Coast Guard.

Currently resides in Occoquan, Virginia, 30 minutes south of Washington DC, with his wife Vicky and son Sagan (named after Carl “Cosmos” Sagan).

Has run a successful blog at ideonexus.com for nearly 10 years.

Writes because he wants to be read.

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WOW! vs the Intergalactic Space Whale – A Print-and-Play Cooperative Children’s Game

A hungry intergalactic space whale has wandered upon planet WOW! It has vacuumed up all the animals from the Zoo for Endangered Alien Animals. In this co-op game, our young players will assemble a team of superdupers to venture into the whale’s bowels and rescue the animals by matching various, age-appropriate patterns between alien cards.

My kids love co-op games, but with a pre-schooler, kinder

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Average rating: 4.39 · 38 ratings · 3 reviews · 10 distinct works

	Entropy of Imagination 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2010 — 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 Spiraling Web really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2006 — 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
	Clones 4.50 avg rating — 4 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
	Mediaphilism it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Enlightenment Living it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	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
	Enchanting Existence it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Clones it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	Shah Mat, A Creative Commons Play it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	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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	Enlightenment Living, Essays on Living a Virtuous Scientific Life 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	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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Tomb of Annihilation

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From Masher to Master: The Educated Video Game Enthusiast’s Fighting Game Primer

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Kingdom Hearts, Vol. 4 (Kingdom Hearts, #4)

by Shiro Amano

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“Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality. When we recognize our place in an immensity of light‐years and in the passage of ages, when we grasp the intricacy, beauty, and subtlety of life, then that soaring feeling, that sense of elation and humility combined, is surely spiritual. So are our emotions in the presence of great art or music or literature, or acts of exemplary selfless courage such as those of Mohandas Gandhi or Martin Luther King, Jr. The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.”
― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

tags: atheism, religion, science, science-vs-religion, spirituality

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