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Linda Nagata

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I'm a writer from Hawaii best known for my high-tech science fiction, including the near-future thriller, The Last Good Man , and the far-future adventure series, INVERTED FRONTIER.

Though I don't review books on Goodreads, I do talk about some of my favorite books on my blog and those posts are echoed here. So I invite you to follow me for news of books and many other things. You can also visit my website to learn more about my work, and to sign up for my newsletter. ...more

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Linda Nagata made a comment on Recommended Reading: Kate Elliott’s Furious Heaven " Oh, I agree. My question above was mostly facetious as I try to understand Tor's pricing strategy. I think it's hurt a lot of writers. As I commented ...more "
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Linda Nagata wrote a new blog post Recommended Reading: Kate Elliott’s Furious Heaven Back in 2020 I posted about space opera and Kate Elliott’s novel, Unconquerable Sun — which I highly recommended. It’s been a very long wait for the n Read more of this blog post »
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Linda Nagata made a comment on 2023 Writing Goals " Thanks Melissa! I wish I could write faster, but it is what it is. :-) "
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Linda Nagata made a comment on Crossing-the-Genres Year-End Ebook Sale " Update: the sale has ended. Thanks to all who bought and/or boosted. It's truly appreciated. ...more "
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“We think we can plan our lives," he muttered. "We think we can model reality. But chaos is an intrusive, inconsiderate bitch.”
― Linda Nagata, The Bohr Maker

tags: chaos

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“It’s the doom of our species that psychopaths always want to be in charge.”
― Linda Nagata, The Red: First Light

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“because it’s easier to pay our taxes than to risk our livelihoods by trying to change the system.”
― Linda Nagata, The Red: First Light

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4th Quarter 2021 - SciFi #2

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler, 345p

6 votes, 66.7%

The Art of Saving the World by Corinne Duyvis, 384p

1 vote, 11.1%

The Quantum Magician by Derek Künsken, 478p

1 vote, 11.1%

Noor by Nnedi Okorafor, 224p

1 vote, 11.1%

The End of Men by Christina Sweeney-Baird, 416p

0 votes, 0.0%

Plague Year by Jeff Carlson, 304p

0 votes, 0.0%

The Tar-Aiym Krang by Alan Dean Foster, 251p

0 votes, 0.0%

Delirium by Lauren Oliver, 441p

0 votes, 0.0%

Limit of Vision by Linda Nagata, 347p

0 votes, 0.0%

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green, 343p

0 votes, 0.0%

Anyone: A Novel by Charles Soule, 400p

0 votes, 0.0%

Breathe by Sarah Crossan, 373p

0 votes, 0.0%

Dreamland by Rosa Rankin-Gee, 480p

0 votes, 0.0%

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	First Light (The Red, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 3,375 ratings — published 2013 — 24 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 Trials (The Red, #2) 3.79 avg rating — 1,640 ratings — published 2014 — 15 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 Bohr Maker (The Nanotech Succession, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 1,563 ratings — published 1995 — 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
	Going Dark (The Red, #3) 3.84 avg rating — 1,460 ratings — published 2015 — 13 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
	Edges (Inverted Frontier, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 1,178 ratings — published 2019 — 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 Last Good Man 4.01 avg rating — 1,044 ratings — published 2017 — 6 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
	Silver (Inverted Frontier, #2) 4.23 avg rating — 739 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Vast (The Nanotech Succession, #3) 3.96 avg rating — 749 ratings — published 1998 — 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
	Deception Well (The Nanotech Succession, #2) 3.82 avg rating — 678 ratings — published 1997 — 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
	The Martian Obelisk 3.75 avg rating — 665 ratings — published 2017 — 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

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