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Ray Tabler

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Louisville, KY, The United States

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Ray Tabler is a retired chemical engineer who started writing around 2000. Born and raised in Kentucky, he chased the northbound dollar to Michigan and forgot the way home. Just as well. Ray's wife worries about him when he's out wandering after dark...So does Ray, for that matter.
Ray's books are best described as light space opera. (Starship Troopers, hijacked by Monty Python. Or Gilbert and Sullivan, bankrolled and unduly influenced by Flo Ziegfeld.) So, if you'd like some science fiction you can enjoy, crack open one of Ray's novels and come along for the ride.
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	The Best of Jim Baen's Universe by Eric Flint (Editor), Eric Witchey (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Alan Dean Foster 3.76 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	Hairballs, Hiccups and Hope by Amanda Montandon, Laura Begley (Editor), Clair Kiernan 4.65 avg rating — 20 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
	Shadows & Light: Volume II by Alva J. Roberts (Editor), Cat Rambo (Goodreads Author), Lydia Sharp (Goodreads Author) 4.71 avg rating — 7 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
	A Grand Imperial War 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — 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
	Fool's Paradise 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 5 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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Ray's Latest, Snitty's Guide to Interstellar Bartending, is Live for Preorders!

I am happy to announce that my 5th novel, Smitty’s Guide to Interstellar Bartending, will be released by Misti Media’s SciFi/Fantasy imprint Nazca Press on August 25th, 2026. Print copies can be preordered now via
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Smitty is an itinerant bartender, abducted by aliens. So, of course, he opens a bar. Grab a copy and enjoy the ride!
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Ray’s Quotes

“Faith, humility, fanaticism, and arrogance walk the same path. Faith and humility seek to understand the way, fanaticism and arrogance assume they know the way.”
― Graeme Rodaughan, The Key of Ahknaton

tags: arrogance, cautionary, faith, fanaticism, hubris, humility

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