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Rob Dircks

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in New York, The United States

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Science Fiction, Humor

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Rob Dircks is the #1 Audible bestselling author of You're Going to Mars! , the Where the Hell is Tesla? series, The Wrong Unit , and more (including the anti-self-help book Unleash the Sloth! 75 Ways to Reach Your Maximum Potential By Doing Less ). He's also got a drawerful of screenplays and short stories, some of which appear on his original audio sci-fi short story podcast Listen To The Signal, also narrated by the author.

Rob's a member of SFWA (Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America), and is a big fan of classic science fiction. When not writing, he's helping other authors publish their own work with Goldfinch Publishing, writing and designing for the award-winning ad agency he owns with his brother (appropriately call ...more

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Average rating: 3.95 · 4,794 ratings · 893 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	Where the Hell is Tesla? (Where the Hell is Tesla? #1) 3.80 avg rating — 2,145 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	The Wrong Unit 4.19 avg rating — 823 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	You're Going to Mars! 3.86 avg rating — 794 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Don't Touch the Blue Stuff! (Where the Hell is Tesla? #2) 4.14 avg rating — 538 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
	Gigi Make Paradox (Where the Hell is Tesla? #3) 4.11 avg rating — 192 ratings — 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
	Where the Hell is Tesla? - Part One 3.91 avg rating — 82 ratings — 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
	Listen To The Signal: Short Stories Volume 1 4.29 avg rating — 72 ratings — 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
	Unleash the Sloth! 75 Ways to Reach Your Maximum Potential By Doing Less by Rob Dircks (Goodreads Author), Dave Dircks (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.73 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
	Where the Hell Is Tesla? - Part Two 4.42 avg rating — 24 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
	Alphabert! An A-B-C Bedtime Adventure by Rob Dircks (Goodreads Author), Dave Dircks (Illustrator) 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — 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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The latest FREE audio sci-fi short, “Carbon Monoxide Detector” posted to Listen To The Signal Podcast

The latest episode of the Listen To The Signal podcast is up!

Listen to the new episode “Carbon Monoxide Detector” now!

Hey, Rob here. I don’t have a lot of background for this story, but here’s how it started: I was talking to a friend, about how when I heard the carbon monoxide detector beep because it needed a new battery, I thought we were going to die, and she said, “hey, that would make a

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Rob Dircks wants to read Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (Goodreads Author) Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee in Best Fiction	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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Rob Dircks and 1 other person liked Glen Chung's review of You're Going to Mars!: "Listened on audible at 1.5 speed. The narrator on audible was very good at the different voices. Really had me immersed. I don’t think I would have been as engaged if I had read this myself because some aspects of the characters and plot twists were " Read more of this review »
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Rob Dircks and 1 other person liked Dina Alwani's review of Gigi Make Paradox (Where the Hell is Tesla? Book 3): "This series was so good. Listened to all three books on Audible and the narration made it so enjoyable. I feel bad now for abandoning the second book half way two years ago (I had stopped listening to audiobooks altogether, nothing against the book i" Read more of this review »
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Rob Dircks and 1 other person liked Teddi's review of The Wrong Unit: "Surprisingly good. This book had been sitting on my tablet for ages and I'm glad I finally read it!"
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Rob Dircks made a comment on James Orlando’s review of Don't Touch the Blue Stuff! (Where the Hell is Tesla? #2) " Holy cow James can I tell you? What a thoughtful review. Thanks dude!! "
May 28, 2022 09:04PM · see review
Rob Dircks is now following James Orlando and Josh Wright
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“Even when you’ve given up on life, annoying sounds are annoying sounds and must be dealt with. ”
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“(Official Interdimensional Travel Observation #2: you’d think that meeting yourself in another dimension would cause a total freak-out of the infinite order, pants-pissing, screaming, etc. But it’s the total opposite: weirdly calming. Like “Hey bro, I know you! Let’s go get a beer.”) But”
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