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Michael’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Michael’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Michael Gardner’s Followers (74)
318 books
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28 friends
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518 books
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186 books
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360 books
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437 friends
870 books
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178 books
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987 books
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Michael Gardner
Goodreads Author
Born
in Wellington, New Zealand
Twitter
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Member Since
June 2013
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Iron William and the Carpenter's Tears
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2013
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3 editions
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Henry & Isa (Outside Inside #2)
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2016
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2 editions
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Breaking Point (Rescue One #1)
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2014
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2 editions
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Iron William and the Lost Prophecy
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2014
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Writer's Block (Outside Inside #1)
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2015
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3 editions
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Rescue One (Rescue One #2)
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2014
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4 editions
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Romance in Four Seasons
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2015
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7 editions
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Gone Wonder Land
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Goddammit, Larry!
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Space Plumber
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AI Publishing: The graveyard of regurgitated content
Friend of Mike: “So, Mike, what are your plans for today?”
Mike: “I’m writing and publishing a book. My AI chatbot gave me a great idea for a prompt.”
Friend of Mike: “Cool. So what are your plans after your morning coffee?”
Mike: “Oh, it’ll take me all day. It’s a ten-part epic fantasy that will make A Game of Thrones look like a pamphlet.”
STOP–RIGHT–THERE. Is this the future of publishing? No, it i Read more of this blog post »
Mike: “I’m writing and publishing a book. My AI chatbot gave me a great idea for a prompt.”
Friend of Mike: “Cool. So what are your plans after your morning coffee?”
Mike: “Oh, it’ll take me all day. It’s a ten-part epic fantasy that will make A Game of Thrones look like a pamphlet.”
STOP–RIGHT–THERE. Is this the future of publishing? No, it i Read more of this blog post »
Michael’s Recent Updates
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Michael Gardner
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E.J. Albert
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Michael Gardner
made a comment on
AI Publishing: The graveyard of regurgitated content
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William wrote: "... springs from HUMAN creativity is..."
Hi William. First, how are you? Hope you're well. It's taken me a minute to compose a response ...more " |
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Michael Gardner
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Connie Lacy's
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Two of my books were used to train AI. Am I angry? Yes, I am!
"I I recently learned that at least two of my books were pirated and used by Anthropic PBC to train large language models for use by its Claude chatbot. A class action lawsuit was filed last year against Anthropic for copyright infringement by thr..."
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DNF No disrespect to Alastair Reynolds with the DNF. Me and hard science fiction have never got along well. Plus, the book is loooooooong and dated (people chain smoke and still wear glasses in the future... who knew?), so it's better we part ways ins ...more |
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“Traumatic events can be compared to facing a demon pitcher on the baseball diamond. Life tells us we have to take a swing at the ball, but engaging this demon comes with consequences. If you make first base, you’ll feel the need to sleep. Not so bad. Second, you’ll want to forget it all happened. Don’t we all? But third base brings the onset of madness and if you step off the plate there’s only death. In the great game of life, sometimes it’s better to strike out than hit a home run. After all, you can relax in the Dugout with friends until you’re ready to knock the demon out of the park.”
Alexander Rollins, Keystrokes”
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Alexander Rollins, Keystrokes”
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Topics Mentioning This Author
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| Making Connections: 3270. - RESCUE ONE (Rescue One #1) by Michael Gardner | 1 | 12 | Jun 23, 2014 07:04PM |
“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
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“Traumatic events can be compared to facing a demon pitcher on the baseball diamond. Life tells us we have to take a swing at the ball, but engaging this demon comes with consequences. If you make first base, you’ll feel the need to sleep. Not so bad. Second, you’ll want to forget it all happened. Don’t we all? But third base brings the onset of madness and if you step off the plate there’s only death. In the great game of life, sometimes it’s better to strike out than hit a home run. After all, you can relax in the Dugout with friends until you’re ready to knock the demon out of the park.”
Alexander Rollins, Keystrokes”
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Alexander Rollins, Keystrokes”
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Thanks for the friend invite, Michael.I loved your book Iron William and the Carpenter's Tears. Such an excellent story!
Thanks for the friend-vite, Mike. It's great to be friends with another passionate writer.
