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Rusty Williamson

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Born

in Bakersfield, The United States

January 05, 1949

Website

http://www.virtualmediastudios.com/

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RustyWriter

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Science Fiction, Thriller, Science

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February 2012

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Ronald (Rusty) Williamson lives in San Diego CA with his wife Denise and their two dogs. The two just celebrated their thirty-ninth wedding anniversary. Both have been retired since 2002. They have two children. Besides writing science fiction, he owns and operates a 3D animation studio, and at a layman's level, has been a fan of quantum physics (Super-strings and LQG) and cosmology since 1980. His other hobbies are archeology, hiking, biking, RC airplanes and playing guitar. Almost every Friday, Saturday and Sunday you can find him and his wife dancing to a live band at some San Diego night club. Before retiring in 2002, he worked as a computer programmer and he and his wife flipped houses in their spare time. In the mid-eighties, he publi ...more

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The Spiral Slayers and Life

In the universe I created for The Spiral Slayers, life is seeded on planets by meteors and comets—bacteria are carried by meteors and eukaryote cells are carried in comets. And therefore, anywhere in the universe, once a suitable planet is seeded, life progresses in the same way unless something interrupts it. What determines what type […]

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	The Spiral Slayers (Encounters, #1) 3.36 avg rating — 22 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
	Odyssey (The Spiral Slayers Book 3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 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
	Countdown Armageddon (The Spiral Slayers Book 2) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 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
	Encounters it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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 Spiral Slayers: Countdown: A short story 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
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	Chalk and the Mixed Couples. by Richard Williamson, Rusty Williamson (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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