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Richard Seltzer

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in Clarksville, TN, The United States

February 23, 1946

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Author of two dozen books, I've been editor, novelist, Russian translator, parttime spy, Internet evangelist, and ebook entrepreneur. I've published children's fantasies, historical novels, and pioneering books about how to do business on the Internet. As a spokesperson for Digital Equipment, a tech leader in the early Internet, I saw how consumer choices and business models molded the outcomes we live with today. My latest book, "In Flux," puts AI into context and suggest how we can nudge the future toward either serving us or oppressing us.

I graduated from Yale, with a major in English and went to grad school there in Comparative Literature. At Yale I had creative writing courses with Robert Penn Warren and Joseph Heller.

In my 70s I've fi ...more

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	The Lizard of Oz really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1974 — 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
	Beyond the 4th Door really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 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
	The Name of Hero 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1981 — 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
	Let the Women Have Their Say: a Trojan Novel 3.14 avg rating — 7 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
	Nevermind 4.20 avg rating — 5 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
	Saint Smith and Other Stories it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Now and Then and Other Tales from Ome 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	In Flux by Richard Seltzer (Goodreads Author), Tim Seltzer 4.67 avg rating — 3 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
	We All Are Shakespeare 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
	Parallel Lives 4.50 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

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Pushcart Prize XLV

The Pushcart Prize XLV: Best of the Small Presses 2021 Edition by Bill Henderson

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

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The Red One Who Rocks by Aamina Ahmad
Fall River Wife by Peter Orner
The Samples by Kristopher Jansma
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Richard Seltzer rated a book it was amazing The Waves by Virginia Woolf	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 just read this book for the third time. It's less coherent than Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse, but there are passages I mark in pencil and savor, like: Life passes. The clouds change perpetually over our house. I do this, do that, and again do ...more
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Richard Seltzer rated a book it was amazing To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf	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 read this for the second time as research for my novel Nevermind, which will soon be published by All Things That Matter Press. This is now my favorite Woolf novel. Read it yet again, seven years later. Amazed by the immediacy and the continuity of ...more
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Richard Seltzer rated a book it was amazing Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf	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
For the third time. This is a book you need to read at least twice. First to learn the vocabulary of peple and places and memories, of expectations and self-awareness. To bcome famliar with that social world, that context -- like learning a foreign la ...more
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Richard Seltzer has read The Good War: An Oral History of World War II by Studs Terkel	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
Extraordinary. Well worth the long slog. WWII as it was lived/experienced.
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Richard Seltzer rated a book it was amazing Kindred by Octavia E. Butler	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
A woman is transported (without the need for any explanation) from California in 1976 to Maryland in early 19th century. This story realistically and dramatically ortrays the lived experience of slavery. The narrator's perspective gradually changes f ...more
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Richard Seltzer rated a book really liked it Leonardo: The Artist and the Man by Serge Bramly (2008-06-26) by Serge Bramly	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
Well done.
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Richard Seltzer rated a book it was amazing Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1) by Arthur C. Clarke	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
Sounds very much like Oumuamua and ATLAS.
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Richard Seltzer rated a book did not like it The Psychology of the Child by Jean Piaget	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
It is hard to extract any useful information from the psycho-babble.
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I edited this book, so of course I love it. Google's AI describes it: A project drawing on thousands of WPA Slave Narratives, restoring immediacy and individuality to formerly enslaved people in the U.S. who were previously reduced to symbols or statis ...more
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I edited this book, so of course I love it.
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message 7: by Tracey

Sep 26, 2020 04:26AM

Thanks so much for the goodreads friendship Richard!

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message 6: by Majenta

Jul 17, 2020 11:06AM

Hello, Richard! Thank you for contacting me! Congratulations on your books. Happy reading, writing, and everything else. Happy Friday, have a great weekend! Blessings!
Best wishes from Majenta

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message 5: by Richard

Jul 04, 2020 07:49PM

Thanks. I'm new here.
I've kept a list of every book I read since 1958, and I'm entering them all here. So I'm quickly getting a high number of "books read" but I know very little about how goodreads works.
Richard

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message 4: by Olivia's

Jul 04, 2020 07:40PM

Hi,

Thanks so much for the friend invite! Welcome to GR! :)

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message 3: by Tani

Jun 21, 2020 05:15AM

Thanks for the friend invite. Looking forward for your bookish updates. Happy Reading! <3

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message 2: by Richard

Jun 05, 2020 04:53PM

Kasia wrote: "Thank you for the friend invite, I've added covers to some of the books you had on here that were missing and I will fix some of the data as well so all links :)"

Thank you.
Richard

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message 1: by Kasia (last edited Jun 05, 2020 04:46PM)

Jun 05, 2020 04:46PM

Thank you for the friend invite, I've added covers to some of the books you had on here that were missing and I will fix some of the data as well so all links :)

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