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Steven R. Southard

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Historical Fiction

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Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert A. Hei ...more

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I write science fiction intended to make readers feel like they’ve solved a challenging problem or taken an adventurous voyage along with my characters. I've written in several genres, including science fiction, steampunk, historical, alternate history, horror, and fantasy.

My short stories appear in over a dozen anthologies. Fourteen others form the What Man Hath Wrought series. I co-edited the following anthologies: 20,000 Leagues Remembered; Extraordinary Visions, Stories Inspired by Jules Verne; and Ain’t Our First Rodeo.

Ideas prevalent in my works include submarines, the ocean, the evolution of technology, and how the past could have been different.

Feel free to dive into my website (where I’m known as Poseidon’s Scribe) at http://www ...more

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	20,000 Leagues Remembered by Steven R. Southard (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kelly A. Harmon (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Eric Choi (Goodreads Author) 3.75 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
	A Steampunk Carol 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 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 Seastead Chronicles by Steven R. Southard (Goodreads Author), Kelly A. Harmon (Goodreads Author) (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	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 Six Hundred Dollar Man really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 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 Sea-Wagon of Yantai it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009 — 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
	Against All Gods it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012 — 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
	Alexander's Odyssey it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011 — 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 Wind-Sphere Ship it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010 — 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
	Leonardo's Lion it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011 — 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
	A Tale More True (What Man Hath Wrought Book 8) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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

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Steven rated a book liked it Seasteaders: High Seas by Chloe Garner (Goodreads Author)	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 love the idea of seasteading, so looked forward to reading this. Unfortunately, the book didn’t make much of a splash with me. First, the positives: the novel portrayed the challenges of living on a seastead struggling to become a nation of its own ...more
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Steven rated a book really liked it Beneath the Silence: A Submariner's Storry of Fear, Brotherhood, and Survival: A True Story from the Depths of the USS Bluefish. 26 pages. by Noe C Huerta	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 featured submarine of this book got me hooked. Like the author, I served aboard USS Bluefish (SSN-675), though I left many years before the author reported aboard. As far as I know, this marks the only book about that vessel. Let’s get the negativ ...more
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Steven rated a book it was amazing How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method by Randy Ingermanson (Goodreads Author)	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 found out about Dr. Ingermanson’s Snowflake Method about a decade ago while surfing online. Since then I’ve used the method for dozens of short stories (many now published) and also written first drafts of two novels. Only recently did I purchase t ...more
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Steven rated a book it was amazing Paris Rematch (The Parisian Capers Book 2) by Nigel Blackwell (Goodreads Author)	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
Full disclosure: I’m a friend of the author, but I bought this book and he never asked me for a review. As a sequel, this novel follows close on the heels of Paris Love Match, but you need not have read that one to enjoy this. I hadn’t. Early on, the ...more
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Steven rated a book liked it The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About by Mel Robbins	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 enjoy self-help books because I usually learn something valuable for bettering myself. If you’d told me someone could write a self-help book based on a two-word theory, I’d have doubted you. In general, The Let Them Theory is simplistic, almost chil ...more
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I enjoy self-help books because I usually learn something valuable for bettering myself. If you’d told me someone could write a self-help book based on a two-word theory, I’d have doubted you. In general, The Let Them Theory is simplistic, almost chil ...more
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Steven rated a book liked it War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches by H.G. Wells	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 loved the premise of this book—create stories of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds and depict the Martian invasion from the viewpoints of famous people of the time. Editor Kevin J. Anderson gathered stories from many impressive authors. This promised t ...more
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Steven rated a book really liked it The Dragon in the Sea by Frank Herbert	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 book long ago, when I was in high school, and that version went by its alternate title, Under Pressure. I recalled most of the novel’s premise, a future with oil so valuable and its supply so dwindling, that it’s pumped from secret unders ...more
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