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Mark W. Tiedemann

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in St. Louis, Missouri, The United States

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, History, Mystery & Thrillers

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Also credited as Mark Tiedemann and M. William Tiedemann.

Mark W. Tiedemann has published twelve novels---three in the Asimov's Robot Universe series, /Mirage, Chimera /and/ Aurora/---three in his own Secantis Sequence, /Compass Reach, Metal of Night, /and /Peace & Memory/---as well as stand-alones /Realtime, Hour of the Wolf/ (a Terminator novel), and /Remains/, plus /Of Stars & Shadows/, one of the Yard Dog Doubledog series, Logic of Departure, and the historical novel Granger's Crossing. As well, he has published over seventy-five short stories, all this between 1990 and 2023. /Compass Reach/ was shortlisted for the Philip K. Dick Award in 2002 and /Remains /was shortlisted for the James Tiptree Jr. Award in 2006.

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	Mirage (Isaac Asimov's Robot Mystery, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 374 ratings — published 2000 — 16 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
	Aurora (Isaac Asimov's Robot Mystery, #3) 3.80 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 2005 — 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
	Chimera (Isaac Asimov's Robot Mystery, #2) 3.76 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 2001 — 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
	Compass Reach (The Secantis Sequence, #1) 4.41 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2001 — 7 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
	Terminator 2: Hour of the Wolf liked it 3.00 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2004 — 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
	Remains 3.93 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2005 — 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
	Metal of Night (The Secantis Sequence, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2002 — 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
	Granger's Crossing: A Novel 4.56 avg rating — 9 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
	Realtime 2.85 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2001 — 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
	Peace and Memory (The Secantis Sequence, #3) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2003	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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Reading Review, 2025, With Observations About the Future

I read 55 books cover to cover in 2025. So many things got in the way, but also I read a handful of bricks, and my research reading was extensive. My count of cover to cover is exactly that, those books I started and finished.

I read Isabel Wilkerson’s excellent and disturbing study of the roots of systemic discrimination, Caste. Why the West Rules…for Now by Ian Morris; Christopher Fowler’s Book o Read more of this blog post »

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Isaac Asimov's Robot Mystery (3 books)
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