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Ben Gelinas

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I am an editor and writer currently based in Edmonton, a sprawling provincial capital in the frigid wastes of the Canadian prairies.

For a handful of years, I worked as a crime reporter here. During my time at the Edmonton Journal, I covered hostage takings, stage collapses, infanticides, house explosions, and more homicides than most people have birthdays. In between, I dabbled in arts writing, reviewing concerts and interviewing some of the world’s most famous celebrities, including Peter Wunstorf, Bobcat Goldtwait and my mom.

Currently, I somehow get paid money to be a story editor on the Dragon Age team at BioWare, a triple-A video game studio founded by medical doctors.

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	Dragon Age: The World of Thedas Volume 1 by David Gaider, Ben Gelinas (Goodreads Author), Mike Laidlaw 4.55 avg rating — 1,512 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Dragon Age: The World of Thedas Volume 2 4.59 avg rating — 893 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
	BioWare: Stories and Secrets from 25 Years of Game Development 4.36 avg rating — 59 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
	Shy: An Anthology by Naomi K. Lewis (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rona Altrows (Editor), Don McKay (Contributor) 3.83 avg rating — 24 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

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I devoured this book. I would give it five stars if it had more developed characters who weren’t almost all space dudes. But I do enjoy a good disgraced space detective and so, so many end-of-chapter cliffhangers. Almost as exciting and action packed ...more
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Somehow this is the first Terry Pratchett book I have ever read and I regret not reading him sooner. Much like The Transformers: The Movie (1986), it pivots around death and features an extended cast of memorable characters.
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Ben Gelinas rated a book it was amazing My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh	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
I devoured this book. Something about the author’s voice clicks in that good way that is maybe super subjective. But I found myself cackling and horrified at times despite it literally being a book about doing nothing. Divisive. Kind of like divisive ...more
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It doesn’t grab you by the throat quite as eagerly as My Year of Rest and Relaxation, but like The Transformers: The Movie (1986) it develops it’s central characters well and has a satisfying (though much less predictable) conclusion. I wish it was l ...more
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I devoured this book. Something about the author’s voice clicks in that good way that is maybe super subjective. But I found myself cackling and horrified at times despite it literally being a book about doing nothing. Divisive. Kind of like divisive ...more
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