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I grew up in New Orleans, was educated at Chicago, and currently live in New England.

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Average rating: 3.72 · 6,152 ratings · 1,102 reviews · 65 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Darkling Sea 3.76 avg rating — 2,650 ratings — published 2014	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
	Corsair 3.41 avg rating — 753 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	The Godel Operation (The Billion Worlds, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 258 ratings — 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
	Arkad's World 3.63 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	The Scarab Mission (The Billion Worlds Book 2) 3.83 avg rating — 98 ratings — 9 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 Initiate 3.39 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2020 — 10 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
	Star Hero by James L. Cambias (Goodreads Author), Steven S. Long 3.76 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1989 — 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
	GURPS Mars 3.91 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2002 — 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
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	Outlaws and Aliens 4.11 avg rating — 19 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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Australia, Part 7

From Warrnambool we drove west along the coast some more, but not far. Just a few miles away is Tower Hill, a fascinating environment well worth the stop.

The southern part of the Australian state of Victoria is made of limestone. It's even called the "Limestone Coast." That's how you get cool formations like the sea stacks I described in the previous post. But underneath Victoria there's a plume o

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Polls

MARCH SCIENCE FICTION -- this poll decides which two books will go into the run off poll of the Science Fiction Book of the Month for March.

The Diamond Age: or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson

19 votes, 26.8%

A Darkling Sea by James L Cambias

11 votes, 15.5%

To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer

11 votes, 15.5%

The Mechanical by Ian Tregillis

10 votes, 14.1%

Dark Eden by Chris Beckett

4 votes, 5.6%

A Just Determination by John G. Hemry

3 votes, 4.2%

The Man in the Maze by Robert Silverberg

3 votes, 4.2%

Forgotten Suns by Judith Tarr

3 votes, 4.2%

Echopraxia by Peter Watts

3 votes, 4.2%

Zer0es by Chuck Wendig

2 votes, 2.8%

The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey

2 votes, 2.8%

71 total votes

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