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Seth Dickinson

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Fantasy, Science Fiction

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Since his 2012 debut, Seth's fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld, Lightspeed, Analog, and nearly every other major science fiction and fantasy market.

He's a lapsed student of social neuroscience, where he studied the role of racial bias in police shootings, and the writer of much of the lore and fictional flavor for Bungie Studios' smash hit Destiny. In his spare time he works on the collaborative space opera Blue Planet: War in Heaven.

THE TRAITOR BARU CORMORANT is his first novel. ...more

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I JUST GOT THE TRAITOR AND I UNDERSTAND THERE WILL BE ANOTHER BOOK. AN ADVISE WHEN THERE ARE TOO MAY SEQUELS OF A BOOK I PERSONALLY DO NOT READ THEM, SO ONE OR TWO SEQUEL IS FOR ME THE MAXIMUM, IT SOMETIMES BECOME BORING TOO MANY SEQUELS, DO YOU AGREE WITH ME?
Seth Dickinson YEAH SURE I GUESS I AGREE IT SOMETIMES BECOME BORING TOO MANY SEQUELS
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Will there be more books about Baru? I read the end of "Traitor" as a possible indication that there will be more, and I intensely hope there will be. Also, well done on the ending; it was amazing.
Seth Dickinson Thank you! Yes, I am working on more books. Don't give up hope! That's what the Masquerade wants.…moreThank you! Yes, I am working on more books. Don't give up hope! That's what the Masquerade wants.(less)
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The Privilege of the Happy Ending by Kij Johnson
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If you could write like Kij you could write anything. You can't, but you can try to get a little closer. ...more
Jan 01, 2026 09:00AM  · 7 likes ·   · see review ·  preview book
Seth Dickinson answered Matt's question:
How are you doing lately? Any update on the 4th Baru book?
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I worked on it a lot and then I stopped. I will work on it again. No timetable yet though.
Oct 11, 2024 08:31AM  · 23 likes · 
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" Sorry I suck so much :( "
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I have a lot to say and I don't think I trust anyone else to say it right. Just have to get something down now and edit a better review in later, brain permitting.

If I don't get to a longer review by the time the book comes out - please trust the boo ...more
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“This is the truth. You will know because it hurts.”
― Seth Dickinson, The Traitor Baru Cormorant
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“Freedom granted by your rulers is just a chain with a little slack.”
― Seth Dickinson, The Traitor Baru Cormorant
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“Your error is fundamental to the human psyche: you have allowed yourself to believe that others are mechanisms, static and solvable, whereas you are an agent.”
― Seth Dickinson, The Traitor Baru Cormorant
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DECEMBER FANTASY: This poll decides which book will be our December 2015 Fantasy Book of the Month.

 
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“Light is the left hand of darkness
and darkness the right hand of light.
Two are one, life and death, lying
together like lovers in kemmer,
like hands joined together,
like the end and the way.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
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