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L.J. Cohen

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in The United States

September 10

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http://www.ljcohen.net

Twitter

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Genre

Young Adult, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Influences

Madeline L'Engle, Ursula K. Le Guin, Patricia A. McKillip

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September 2011

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LJ lives outside of Boston with her family and dogs. Her writing spans the gamut from poetry, essays, short stories, and novels. LJ has a secret love of reading and writing YA books.

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Average rating: 3.95 · 1,039 ratings · 182 reviews · 17 distinct works • Similar authors

	Derelict (Halcyone Space, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 454 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Ithaka Rising (Halcyone Space, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Dreadnought and Shuttle (Halcyone Space #3) 4.29 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	The Between (Changeling's Choice, #1) 4.18 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Parallax (Halcyone Space, #4) by L.J. Cohen (Goodreads Author), Karen Conlin (editor) , Chris Howard (Goodreads Author) (illustrator) 4.51 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Future Tense 4.10 avg rating — 29 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
	Time and Tithe (Changeling's Choice, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Pen-Ultimate: A Speculative Fiction Anthology by L.J. Cohen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Talib S. Hussain (Editor) , K.J. Kabza (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2013 — 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 Star in the Void (Halcyone Space #5) by L.J. Cohen (Goodreads Author), Karen Conlin (Editor) , Chris Howard (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 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
	Stranger Worlds Than These 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2014 — 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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I went to morning services at my temple this morning. I went because someone in the community had a yartzeit - the anniversary of a death of a loved one - and the laws of Judaism require a minyon, a quorum of 10 participants in order to recite the memorial prayer.

So I went, more in service to the community than for my own beliefs, which are conflicted and complicated.

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Series by L.J. Cohen

Halcyone Space (4 books)
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L.J. Cohen (Goodreads Author),

Karen Conlin (editor)

Chris Howard (Goodreads Author) (illustrator)

3.92 avg rating — 895 ratings

Changeling's Choice (2 books)
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L.J. Cohen (Goodreads Author)

4.15 avg rating — 79 ratings

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L.J. Cohen wrote a new blog post What are we afraid of? I went to morning services at my temple this morning. I went because someone in the community had a yartzeit - the anniversary of a death of a love... Read more of this blog post »
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L.J. Cohen liked Barrie Davis's review of A Star in the Void (Halcyone Space #5): "Amazing,Brilliant idea for a new fresh storyline strong characters and new dropping technology a must read for all fans of world building sci-fi Can't wait for the next book "
Jun 18, 2018 06:08AM · see review
L.J. Cohen liked Ann Thomas's review of A Star in the Void (Halcyone Space #5): "What a wild ride! This series has so many twists and turns, I never got tired of it. The characters and their relationships and dilemma are so gripping, I bought one book after another to keep on reading. I was lucky enough to get a free copy of t..." Read more of this review »
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L.J. Cohen and 1 other person liked Masha Toit's review of A Star in the Void (Halcyone Space #5): "Is this really the last book in the series? I don't want the story to end :) By now I feel like I know these characters so well, and it's been wonderful reading through the series and watching them all learn and change and get better at being them..." Read more of this review »
Jun 07, 2018 07:03AM · see review
L.J. Cohen made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Request: Can someone edit the description? topic " Olivia wrote: "fixed" Many thanks!!! "
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L.J. Cohen made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Please delete this book! (pt. 37) [Anyone requests; leave deletions for superlibrarians] topic " These two version of my latest book, DREADNOUGHT AND SHUTTLE were not added by me, and don't follow the goodreads convention of using periods for the ...more "
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L.J. Cohen made a comment in the group SELF-e — Has anyone submitted to SELF-e? topic " Yes. My book, DERELICT was selected for the MA catalog. However, I'm not sure how to leverage that or promote it. "
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“Ro counted to three, waiting for the station's tired AI to parse her request and decide to give her access. The round door irised in silence. Daedalus didn't even bother to acknowledge her. Wiggling her middle finger at the recessed ocular, she stepped through the opening into the central nexus. She needed to get as far away from her quarters and her father as she could despite the confines of the station.”
― L.J. Cohen, Derelict

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L.J.’s Quotes

“If you are going through hell, keep going.”
― Winston S. Churchill

tags: hell, perseverance

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“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.”
― Leonardo da Vinci

tags: art, poetry

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“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

tags: bene-gesserit, fear, litany-against-fear, motivational, scifi

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