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Tad Williams

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Tad Williams is a California-based fantasy superstar. His genre-creating (and genre-busting) books have sold tens of millions worldwide, in twenty-five languages. His considerable output of epic fantasy and science fiction book-series, stories of all kinds, urban fantasy novels, comics, scripts, etc., have strongly influenced a generation of writers: the ‘Otherland’ epic relaunches June 2018 as an MMO on steam.com. Tad is currently immersed in the creation of ‘The Last King of Osten Ard’, planned as a trilogy with two intermediary novels. He, his family and his animals live in the Santa Cruz mountains in a suitably strange and beautiful house. @tadwilliams @mrstad

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Tad has been on tour in Germany for the past week and a half, so we are just at the halfway point now. Here are some impressions from the tour so far: More to come with events in Kassel, Aachen, … Continue reading →

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Average rating: 4.03 · 424,593 ratings · 18,969 reviews · 350 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 77,448 ratings — published 1988 — 93 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
	To Green Angel Tower (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #3) 4.21 avg rating — 57,057 ratings — published 1993 — 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
	Stone of Farewell (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 52,751 ratings — published 1990 — 87 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
	City of Golden Shadow (Otherland, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 28,728 ratings — published 1996 — 54 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
	To Green Angel Tower, Part 2 (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #3; Part 2) 4.23 avg rating — 24,257 ratings — published 1993 — 66 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
	River of Blue Fire (Otherland, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 16,913 ratings — published 1998 — 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
	Mountain of Black Glass (Otherland, #3) 4.08 avg rating — 16,468 ratings — published 1999 — 42 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
	Sea of Silver Light (Otherland, #4) 4.15 avg rating — 14,832 ratings — published 2001 — 41 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
	Tailchaser's Song 3.98 avg rating — 13,146 ratings — published 1985 — 64 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
	Shadowmarch (Shadowmarch, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 12,675 ratings — published 2004 — 56 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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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn (3 books)
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Osten Ard Saga (9 books)
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Vzpomínka, Žal a Trn (7 books)
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Otherland (4 books)
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Tad Williams wrote a new blog post Tad on Tour Tad has been on tour in Germany for the past week and a half, so we are just at the halfway point now. Here are some impressions from the tour so far: Read more of this blog post »
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“As for monkeys, I would have five, and they would be named: See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, Do Pretty Much Whatever The Hell You Want, and Expensive Attorney.”
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“He who is certain he knows the ending of things when he is only beginning them is either extremely wise or extremely foolish; no matter which is true, he is certainly an unhappy man, for he has put a knife in the heart of wonder.”
― Tad Williams, The Dragonbone Chair

tags: ending, foolish, wisdom, wonder

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“Never make your home in a place. Make a home for yourself inside your own head. You'll find what you need to furnish it- memory, friends you can trust, love of learning, and other such things. That way it will go with you wherever you journey.”
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SERIES DISCUSSION: This poll determines which two series will move on to the run-off poll for our second official Beyond Reality Series Discussion!

The Wars of Light and Shadow - Janny Wurts

13 votes, 28.9%

Chronicles of Amber - Roger Zelazny

10 votes, 22.2%

Book of the New Sun - Gene Wolfe

6 votes, 13.3%

The Chanur series - C.J. Cherryh

4 votes, 8.9%

Saga of Pliocene Exile / Intervention / Galactic Milieu - Julian May

3 votes, 6.7%

Chronicles of the Cheysuli - Jennifer Roberson

2 votes, 4.4%

The Dragaeran Books - Steven Brust

2 votes, 4.4%

The Shadowmarch series - Tad Williams

2 votes, 4.4%

The Recluce Saga - L.E. Modesitt Jr.

1 vote, 2.2%

Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever - Stephen R. Donaldson

1 vote, 2.2%

The Garrett, PI series - Glen Cook

1 vote, 2.2%

The Dragon Prince & Dragon Spawn trilogies - Melanie Rawn

0 votes, 0.0%

The Emberverse series - S.M. Stirling

0 votes, 0.0%

The Alvin Maker series - Orson Scott Card

0 votes, 0.0%

45 total votes

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Thanks for friending. Love the Otherland Series! One of the most imaginative things I've read in a long time. Still have to get to some of your other work! Peace!

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