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Dale L. Sproule

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Born

in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Website

https://godsofthenewwilderness.com

Genre

Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy

Influences

William Browning Spencer, William Gibson,
Tim Powers, Elizabeth Hand

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July 2012

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DALE L. SPROULE
Author of the Gods of the New Wilderness Series:
I'm getting excited! Book Two Crossing The Carnivorous Forest releases July 30.
Book One, Remapping the Human Template is free from all online retailers until book two appears.
Find out more on his author page: https://www.godsofthenewwilderness.com.

In the late 90’s Dale co-published/edited the celebrated journal, TransVersions – Literature of the Fantastic, with Sally McBride.

As D. L. Sproule, Dale has also published two short story collections: Psychedelia Gothique and Psychedelia Noir. He has over 60 published stories and dozens of non-fiction articles for venues ranging from Books in Canada to Rue Morgue.

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	The Exile Book of New Canadian Noir by Claude Lalumière (Goodreads Author) (Editor), David Nickle (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Shane Simmons (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.04 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Remapping the Human Template: Gods of the New Wilderness Book One 4.76 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Northern Frights IV (Northern Frights, #4) by Don Hutchison (Editor), Colleen Anderson (Goodreads Author), Nancy Kilpatrick 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1997	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
	9Tales Told in the Dark #4 (9Tales Dark) by Eric S. Brown, Sara Green, Dale L. Sproule (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2015	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
	Psychedelia Gothique really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings — 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
	Horror Anthology by C.A. Baynam (Goodreads Author), Sidney Shiv (Goodreads Author) (editor), Dan Shrader (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	The Colored Lens #17 Autumn 2015 by Dawn Lloyd (Editor), Daniel Scott (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Arthur Davis it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2015	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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Dale L. Sproule's Blog: Psychedelia Gothique Blog

The Opposite of Gratuitous Sex

A few weeks before the release of Crossing the Carnivorous Forest, I started worrying that the amount of sex in my science fiction series Gods of the New Wilderness would drive away readers.

I have certainly had readers suddenly start treating me differently after reading some of those scenes — a few admitting that they were caught off guard by some of the more explicit scenes.

This is something I h Read more of this blog post »

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Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)

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Dale liked Jeffrey Zion's review of Crossing the Carnivorous Forest: "This book radiates a fierce, almost unsettling beauty. It isn’t simply about survival or power, it’s about what happens when the rawness of nature, the fragility of flesh, and the cold logic of code all collide. There’s a sense of reverence threaded " Read more of this review »
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Dale and 79 other people liked Bradley's review of The Peripheral (Jackpot #1): "Re-Read 11/9/22: I got the hankering to re-read with a buddy in preparation to watch the TV show. Not regretting it. :) Original Review: In a genre overloaded with lighter fare and simply garnished SF tropes, a novel like this from the wonderful William" Read more of this review »
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Quotes by Dale L. Sproule (?)

“We are the magic. And the sooner we can stop looking for it everywhere except within ourselves, the better off we’ll be.”
― Dale L. Sproule

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Dale’s Quotes

“I had read and admired Ballard and Burroughs, and I thought of them as very powerful effect pedals. You get to a certain place in the story and you just step on the Ballard.”
― William Gibson

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“The unreal is more powerful than the real. Because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it. Because its only intangible ideas, concepts, beliefs, fantasies that last. Stone crumbles. Wood rots. People, well, they die. But things as fragile as a thought, a dream, a legend, they can go on and on. If you can change the way people think. The way they see themselves. The way they see the world. You can change the way people live their lives. That's the only lasting thing you can create.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Choke

tags: believe, inspirational

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“A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.”
― Winston S. Churchill

tags: fanaticism, zealot

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“Who knew death could lead to an eating disorder?”
― Corey Redekop, Husk

tags: horror, humor, humour, monsters, zombies

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“It's about permitting yourself to touch the weird in search of the amazing.”
― Nick Harkaway