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John Grant

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in Aberdeen, The United Kingdom

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Fantasy/crime/sf, Science/science Hist/reference, Cinema/animation/film Noir

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John Grant is author of over eighty books, of which about twenty-five are fiction, including novels like The World, The Hundredfold Problem, The Far-Enough Window and most recently The Dragons of Manhattan and Leaving Fortusa. His “book-length fiction” Dragonhenge, illustrated by Bob Eggleton, was shortlisted for a Hugo Award in 2003; its successor was The Stardragons. His first story collection, Take No Prisoners, appeared in 2004. He is editor of the anthology New Writings in the Fantastic, which was shortlisted for a British Fantasy Award. His novellas The City in These Pages and The Lonely Hunter have appeared from PS Publishing.

His latest fiction book is Tell No Lies , his second story collection; it's published by Alchemy Press. Hi ...more

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	Discarded Science: Ideas That Seemed Good at the Time... 3.59 avg rating — 233 ratings — published 2006 — 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
	Debunk It: How to Stay Sane in a World of Misinformation 3.41 avg rating — 223 ratings — published 2015 — 13 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
	Bullsh*t 3.50 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 2014	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
	Corrupted Science: Fraud, Ideology and Politics in Science 3.73 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 2007 — 8 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
	Frankenstein by John Grant (Goodreads Author) (Adaptor), Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Original author), Usborne Publishing (Publisher) 3.67 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 1995 — 12 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 Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Science Fiction Art Techniques by John Grant (Goodreads Author), Ron Tiner 3.77 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1996 — 10 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
	An Introduction to Viking Mythology 3.44 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1990 — 18 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
	Denying Science: Conspiracy Theories, Media Distortions, and the War Against Reality 3.63 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2011 — 6 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
	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by John Grant (Goodreads Author) (Adaptor), Harvey Parker (Illustrator), Ron Tiner (Illustrator) 3.86 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1996 — 6 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
	Bogus Science: Or, Some People Really Believe These Things 3.24 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2009 — 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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my story "The Law of Conservation of Data" goes live at Lightspeed . . .

. . . and you can read it online for free! Here's the mag's cover, illustrating the story:

This stunning piece of artwork is by Reiko Murakami -- many thanks to her!

Here's the link so you can you feast your eyes upon the issue as a whole: voila. If you're so awestruck by what you see that there's nothing for it to preserve your sanity except subscribe, try clicking here.

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“We were born to be friends. We both knew it. The Australian Aborigines have the traditional belief that a complete human being comprises two parts that are split before birth, that we spend our lives seeking the other part to make ourselves whole again, and that only the lucky succeed in doing so.”
― John Grant, Clockwork Phoenix: Tales of Beauty and Strangeness

tags: friendship, love

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“This pain
It is a glacier moving through you
And carving out deep valleys
And creating spectacular landscapes”
― John Grant

tags: pain

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“High-Performance Habits” by Brendon Burchard.”
― John Grant, The Unstoppable Mindset for Health: How to Have Abundant Vitality Daily, Live at Your Full Potential and Eliminate Type 2 Diabetes

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“Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people. … The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good.”
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“At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - relief or despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking - 'wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant!”
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“It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.”
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“Lovely thing about Adam, and why I loved him, was that he was kind to me when it mattered and he had seen a lot too. It’s hard to be among vanilla bastards all the time. Normal people can get genuinely upset about a bad haircut, cross words, sick cats. It’s hard not to roll your eyes and say the wrong thing.”
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message 1: by Jim

Jul 02, 2013 10:04PM

John,

You're reading MY reviews. Good grief!

Most importantly, you need to see this clip on YouTube, which is the source of my question: "Who's on first." This is classic American humor from two guy dating back probably into the 1950's. I just love them and hope you will too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTcRRa...

Cheers!

Jim in Missoula, Montana

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