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Chris I. Naylor

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in The United Kingdom

Genre

Fantasy, Humor and Comedy

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Lord Dunsany, J.R.R.Tolkien, Terry Pratchett ...more

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Chris I. Naylor grew up in the English Midlands. At university he studied philosophy, which inevitably led to him writing humorous stories about wizards. After that he worked in an office for 30 years, mainly as a way of keeping out of the rain. He now lives in the south of England with his wife, and spends a surprising amount of his time making soup.

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Average rating: 3.98 · 148 ratings · 33 reviews · 17 distinct works

	Wizard's Brew really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1998 — 20 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
	Wizards Behaving Badly 3.79 avg rating — 28 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
	Fear of Dragons 4.28 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2012 — 7 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
	Trust Me, I'm a Wizard really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 18 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
	Wizard through the Looking Glass 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Man who Stole the Future really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1996 — 6 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
	Camelot Wizards books 1-4 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 8 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
	Camelot Wizards books 1-3 4.50 avg rating — 2 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
	Two fatal errors in Anselm’s Ontological Argument 2.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	6 Fantasy Books it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 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

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Hogfather

by Terry Pratchett

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The Artful Dickens: The Tricks and Ploys of the Great Novelist

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The Darkest Road (The Fionavar Tapestry #3)

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Chris Naylor and 19 other people liked Bionic Jean's review of Rose, Rose: "Rose Rose is a very short story by Barry Pain, which I read in “The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories”: a compilation of 48 stories which are organised chronologically. This means that the reader can estimate approximately where in literary histor" Read more of this review »
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Chris Naylor and 17 other people liked Bionic Jean's review of The Story of Baba: "The Story of Baba was one of my childhood favourites, among several much-loved illustrated books for young children, by Betty Larom. It was first published in 1949 and remained popular throughout the 1950s and 60s. “Baba” is a lamb, and Betty Larom s" Read more of this review »
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Chris Naylor and 11 other people liked Bionic Jean's review of Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad: "’Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad’ is one of the most effective ghost stories I know. I’ve read it several times, seen at last two dramatisations of it, listened to both a dramatisation and a reading more than once, and it never ceases to se" Read more of this review »
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“Talents are like the fairies. If no-one believes in them, they die.”
― Chris Naylor

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“The grass on the other side of the hill may well be greener, but you should always check that there isn't something with teeth and claws crouching in it.”
― Chris Naylor, Wizard's Brew

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“A politician has an axe to grind
With which he aims to chop off half your mind.”
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