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A.A. Attanasio

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September 20, 1951

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I’m a novelist and student of the imagination living in Honolulu. Fantasies, visions, hallucinations or whatever we call those irrational powers that illuminate our inner life fascinate me. I’m particularly intrigued by the creative intelligence that scripts our dreams. And I love carrying this soulful energy outside my mind, into the one form that most precisely defines who we are: story.

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I truly enjoyed your work as a teenager back in the 1990's. They were hugely influential to how I see the world: ecstatically and with intentional wonder. I remember feeling about ten years ago that you seemed to have fallen off the SF/F proverbial "map." Is there another "great work" in the offing, like the Radix books? Or have you moved on to other ambitions? Either way, a thousand thanks for your stellar work!

A.A. Attanasio It’s really gratifying to know that my work has held up for you over the years, Brian! Your comments fathom a depth of satisfaction in me where ambiti…moreIt’s really gratifying to know that my work has held up for you over the years, Brian! Your comments fathom a depth of satisfaction in me where ambition finally rests. And, more than that, I’m uplifted to hear that my art has contributed to a life of intentional wonder! Wonder inspires poetic engagement with the cold mystery of existence, and to pull it off requires inventiveness and a lot of heart. That makes your warm appraisal of my fiction all the more meaningful to me. Yes, I did fall off the sf/f map at the turn of the millennium: A large corporation purchased my publisher in the late ‘90s and let go of their mid-list authors, including me. I haven’t found a publisher since willing to issue my unconventional novels; so, I’m self-publishing my creative efforts as e-books. That’s been a steep learning curve for me. Simply making available the titles from my backlist has taken several years. Presently, I do have three major, new projects in development: Negative Zero (sf), Dragon Dolorous (fantasy) and Reluctant Mirror (paranormal). I’m also discovering Goodreads as an effective venue for disenfranchised authors! I’m looking forward to spending more time here, connecting with responsive readers like yourself, who make me feel that all the hours I spend with my imaginary characters away from real people is worth those erasures. (less)

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I really enjoyed Solis - I have read it multiple times and wonder if you would ever write a sequel or something in the same milieu?

A.A. Attanasio Solis is a novel set on Mars a millennium from now. Centuries, a science fiction saga I published several years later, details the 'history of the fut…moreSolis is a novel set on Mars a millennium from now. Centuries, a science fiction saga I published several years later, details the 'history of the future' that led to the tech culture dramatized in Solis. As for future works about Mars and our human destiny beyond Earth, that is a journey already underway in my heart - and my mind is hurrying to catch up! (less)

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	The Dragon and the Unicorn (Arthor, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 1,399 ratings — published 1994 — 21 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
	Radix (Radix, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 1,213 ratings — published 1981 — 26 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 Last Legends of Earth (Radix, #4) 4.13 avg rating — 586 ratings — published 1989 — 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
	Wyvern 4.16 avg rating — 530 ratings — published 1988 — 23 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 Eagle and the Sword (Arthor, #2) 4.05 avg rating — 514 ratings — published 1997 — 9 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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	The Serpent and the Grail (Arthor, #4) 4.09 avg rating — 404 ratings — published 1999 — 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
	In Other Worlds (Radix, #2) 3.75 avg rating — 320 ratings — published 1984 — 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
	Solis 3.66 avg rating — 258 ratings — published 1994 — 22 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 Dark Shore (Dominons Of Irth, #1) by A.A. Attanasio (Goodreads Author), Adam Lee (Pseudonym) 3.81 avg rating — 169 ratings — published 1996 — 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

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“Being human is the most terrible loneliness in the universe.”
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“I dream of a true husband—a good man, not a brute, nor a champion of men on the battlefield; I dream but of a gentle man, one who neither speaks too loud nor ignores evil. I pray for such a like-minded mate, who will be ever for me like harmony to music, virtue to the soul, prosperity to the state, and forethought to the universe.”
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“…for a true Christian, all strangers are Jesus.”
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“Now you see. We are all fugitives. We have always been fugitives from the void. Whatever comfort, whatever power we gain from outside of ourselves diminishes us -- because comfort and power, unless they are won from the void inside of us, are illusions that make us forget the emptyness that carries us. When we forget that, we believe we deserve comfort and power and so are capable of any evil. We deserve nothing but what we make of ourselves. We deserve nothing else. And when we understand that, then nothing is enough.”
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