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I'm a big fan of good stories, and sharing them. I've been reading a lot since I was a towheaded kid, growing up in a small town with a reading and writing tradition called Concord, Massachusetts. Our house was about a half mile from Walden Pond. That didn't make me a better writer by osmosis, but it darn sure made me a reader! I was the kid sitting under a tree, head buried in a book. I read every hardcover and paperback I could get my hands on.

A family friend gave me anthologies of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells when I was in the third grade. They encompassed the first adult narratives and science fiction I had read. They were hardcover, heavy, and I couldn't put them down, until I had to put them down, because they were heavy.

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	To the North by Bruce W. Perry (Goodreads Author), Laura LaRoche (Illustrator) 4.20 avg rating — 167 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
	Fitness for Geeks: Real Science, Great Nutrition, and Good Health 3.09 avg rating — 225 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Devastated Lands: A Post-Apocalyptic Adventure by Bruce W. Perry (Goodreads Author), Laura LaRoche (Illustrator) 4.30 avg rating — 159 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
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Ready Or Not, Here Sigma Comes, As A Pre-Order

Sigma is the third novel in the series that begins with The Last.

In the new novel, Bret Hunter is an IT engineer in contemporary Boston who dreams of changing his life. He lives in a cramped apartment with his beautiful, demure girlfriend Eva.

Circumstances arise that all but make their dreams come true, except that they erupt into a nightmarish reversal of fortune. At this point, it hasn't been r Read more of this blog post »

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“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
― Mark Twain

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“The natural healing force within each of us is the greatest force in getting well.”
― Hippocrates

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“Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children.”
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