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Chris Moriarty

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I am the author of SF novels SPIN STATE and SPIN CONTROL, and winner of the 2006 Philip K. Dick Award. Upcoming books include GHOST SPIN and THE INQUISITOR'S APPRENTICE, a middle grade fantasy set on New York's Lower East Side, circa 1900. I also have a regular book review column in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. ...more

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WINTERLING ARC Giveaway!

Hello all! This week I'm giving away an advance review copy of Sarah Prineas's new book, Winterling.

Sarah Prineas is one of my favorite children's fantasy writers. She writes like a great watercolor artist, painting vivid pictures with spare and economical prose that makes every syllable count. It's a perfect style for the kind of book Prineas specializes in: tales of mystery and magic deep enou

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	Spin State (Spin Trilogy, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 2,499 ratings — published 2003 — 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
	Spin Control (Spin Trilogy, #2) 3.80 avg rating — 1,050 ratings — published 2006 — 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 Inquisitor’s Apprentice (Inquisitor's Apprentice, #1) by Chris Moriarty (Goodreads Author), Mark Edward Geyer (Illustrator) 3.58 avg rating — 1,040 ratings — published 2011 — 10 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
	Ghost Spin (Spin Trilogy, #3) 3.89 avg rating — 422 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	The Watcher in the Shadows (Inquisitor's Apprentice, #2) by Chris Moriarty (Goodreads Author), Mark Edward Geyer (Illustrator) 3.86 avg rating — 270 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Fantasy & Science Fiction, January/February 2010 (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, #687) by Gordon van Gelder (Editor), Robert Reed (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Charles de Lint (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.40 avg rating — 5 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
	Science-Fiction 2007 by Lavie Tidhar (Contributor), Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Jean-Claude Dunyach (contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007	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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	Untitled Middle Grade Fantasy by Chris Moriarty (Goodreads Author), Mark Edward Geyer (Illustrator) 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
	Control de transmisión (Solaris ficción nº 160) (Spanish Edition) by Chris Moriarty (Goodreads Author), Isabel Blanco González (Translator) 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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Spin Trilogy (3 books)
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Inquisitor’s Apprentice (2 books)
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The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF

by David G. Hartwell

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Chris Moriarty said: " I've been 'currently reading' this and its companion volume, Hard SF Renaissance, for years. It's a wonderful overview of the genre. Highly recommend it, both to fans who want to delve into the history of the genre and to writers who want to read the ...more "

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The Hard SF Renaissance

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“The trouble with friends was that you couldn’t get rid of them. There was no way to take back a friendship in the wake of betrayal or disappointment. The friendship, and everything that went with it, stayed. It just became unreliable, like an abandoned house; you still knew where all the rooms were, and which stairs creaked underfoot, but you had to check every floorboard for rot before trusting your weight to it.”
― Chris Moriarty, Spin State

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“You don’t trust people because they’re a sure bet or even a good risk. You trust them because the risk that you’ll lose them is worse than the risk that they’ll hurt you.”
― Chris Moriarty, Spin State

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“Arkady looked at the other man. he felt that he was actually seeing him as a physical being for the first time.....He tried to imagine that body with Bella, with any woman, and found the idea...not repulsive exactly, but incomprehensible. How would it work exactly? And how would either of them, knowing nothing of their lover's body, needs and desires, ever be able to satisfy the other?”
― Chris Moriarty, Spin Control

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