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Mark Niemann-Ross

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Mark Niemann-Ross is a Portland-based writer of hard science-fiction with an emphasis on the impact of technology on society. He is a two-time winner of Analog Magazine Reader's Choice Award, has appeared in Stupefying Stories, and narrated audio books..

His day gig is teaching R and Raspberry Pi for LinkedIn Learning.
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Average rating: 4.05 · 189 ratings · 60 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors

	Stupid Machine 3.85 avg rating — 41 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
	CROOKED V.1: A Sci-Fi Crime Anthology by Jessie Kwak (Goodreads Author), Eric Warren, Mark Teppo (Goodreads Author) 4.64 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Crooked V.2 by Jessie Kwak (Goodreads Author) (Editor), G.J. Ogden (Goodreads Author), Austin Dragon (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 21 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
	My Favorite Mother-In-Law 4.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — 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
	Patches Catches the Sargo County Cattle Rustler by Mark Niemann-Ross (Goodreads Author), Mark Niemann-Ross (Goodreads Author) 4.58 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	NetPuppets 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013	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
	Humanity By Proxy and Other Stories it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	Portrait of a Young Girl 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Humanity by Proxy it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013 — 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
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Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

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Loved True Blue Kangaroo because I also loved The Prisoner. I remember puzzling over the bizarre references, setting, and sparse explanations of "The Prisoner." So it was a delight to see Curtis start with that as a backstory and weave it around his ...more
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