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Robert Rodi

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Born

in Chicago, Illinois, The United States

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http://www.robertrodi.com/

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Gay & Lesbian, Humor, Literature & Fiction

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March 2013

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Robert was born in Chicago in the conformist 1950s, grew up in the insurrectionist 1960s, came of age in the hedonist 1970s, and went to work in the elitist 1980s. This roller-coaster ride has left him with a distinct aversion to isms of any kind; it also gave him an ear for hypocrisy, cant, and platitudes that allowed him, in the 1990s, to become a much-lauded social satirist.

After seven acclaimed novels set in the gay milieu, Robert grew restless for new challenges — which he found in activities as wide-ranging as publishing nonfiction, writing comic books, launching a literary-criticism blog, and taking to the stage (as a spoken-word performer, jazz singer, and rock-and-roll front man).

In 2011, excited by the rise of digital e-books, he ...more

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Robert Rodi's Blog

AMELIA WEBSTER: Chapter 4 of a forthcoming novel

Here is the fourth installment of Amelia Webster—which, like my previous novel, Edgar and Emma, is based on a three-page story written by the juvenile Jane Austen.

Such was the meekness of Sally Hervey’s demeanor that no one gave serious consideration to her committing any impropriety; for surely, quiet and as demure as she was, any tendency towards the illicit was beyond her.And yet Sally Herv Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 3.99 · 21,778 ratings · 1,438 reviews · 154 distinct works • Similar authors

	Loki by Robert Rodi (Goodreads Author), Esad Ribić (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,596 ratings — published 2004 — 17 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
	Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers by Robert Rodi (Goodreads Author), Esad Ribić (Illustrator) 4.02 avg rating — 763 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
	Bitch In a Bonnet: Reclaiming Jane Austen From the Stiffs, the Snobs, the Simps and the Saps, Volume 1 3.86 avg rating — 360 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Closet Case 3.82 avg rating — 328 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Fag Hag 3.51 avg rating — 450 ratings — published 1993	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
	Kept Boy 3.69 avg rating — 290 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Thor: For Asgard by Robert Rodi (Goodreads Author) (Writer), Simone Bianchi (Illustrator) 3.33 avg rating — 334 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
	Dogged Pursuit: My Year of Competing Dusty, the World's Least Likely Agility Dog 3.62 avg rating — 267 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
	Rogue, Vol. 1: Going Rogue by Robert Rodi (Goodreads Author), Cliff Richards (Illustrator) 3.63 avg rating — 234 ratings — published 2005 — 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
	Astonishing Thor by Robert Rodi (Goodreads Author), Mike Choi (Illustrator) 3.22 avg rating — 281 ratings — published 2011 — 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

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Series by Robert Rodi

Thor: Miniseries (24 books)
by

Robert Rodi (Goodreads Author),

Stephen Segovia (Illustrations)

3.72 avg rating — 11,177 ratings

Loki (2004) (4 books)
by

Robert Rodi (Goodreads Author),

Esad Ribić (Illustrator)

3.98 avg rating — 2,457 ratings

Rodi's Loki & Thor (5 books)
by

Robert Rodi (Goodreads Author) (Text),

Esad Ribić (Illustrations),

Simone Bianchi (Illustrations),

Mike Choi (Illustrations)

3.77 avg rating — 2,289 ratings

Rogue (2004) (12 books)
by

Robert Rodi (Goodreads Author),

Rodolfo Migliari (Illustrator),

Norm Rapmund (Illustrator),

Cliff Richards (Illustrator)

3.68 avg rating — 572 ratings

Thor: For Asgard (6 books)
by

Robert Rodi (Goodreads Author),

Simone Bianchi (Illustrator)

3.32 avg rating — 384 ratings

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“Over all the millennia, only you have ever loved me, Thor. Only you have ever looked at me with affection in place of condescension. Why, then, am I killing you, and not the others? Because you stopped.”
― Robert Rodi, Loki

tags: thor

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“To be fated to lose. To know destiny itself the architect of my torment. Can it be true? Is to be Loki to be without hope? And if so...to whom can a god appeal for mercy?”
― Robert Rodi, Loki

tags: character-development

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“Christ on a bike." -- Lola Sugarman”
― Robert Rodi, The Sugarman Bootlegs

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