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Karin Lowachee

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Karin was born in South America, grew up in Canada, and worked in the Arctic. Her novels have been translated into French, Hebrew, and Japanese, and her short stories have been published in numerous anthologies and magazines, some of which were edited by John Joseph Adams, Nalo Hopkinson, Nisi Shawl and Ann VanderMeer. When she isn't writing, she serves at the whim of a black cat.

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Average rating: 3.9 · 9,743 ratings · 1,715 reviews · 62 distinct works • Similar authors

	Warchild (Warchild, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 2,263 ratings — published 2002 — 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
	Burndive (Warchild #2) 3.92 avg rating — 942 ratings — published 2003 — 25 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
	Cagebird (Warchild #3) 4.01 avg rating — 827 ratings — published 2005 — 15 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 Gaslight Dogs (Middle Light, #1) 3.07 avg rating — 473 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	The Mountain Crown (The Crowns of Ishia, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 179 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	Omake: Stories from the Warchild Universe 4.37 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2020 — 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 Desert Talon (The Crowns of Ishia, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	Under the Silence (Warchild #2.5) 4.39 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	A Covenant of Ice (The Crowns of Ishia, #3) 3.91 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	The Warboy 4.44 avg rating — 9 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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I'M NOW ON KO-FI

I'm decommissioning my Patreon and launched a Ko-fi account. As I roll out content in the future, especially related to my Warchild Mosaic, hopefully this method makes it easier for readers internationally to contact and contribute, and for me to deliver my writing directly to you. For readers who would like to directly support my ability to write and thrive, I appreciate you. More to come!

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Series by Karin Lowachee

Warchild (4 books)
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Middle Light (1 book)
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3.07 avg rating — 473 ratings

The Crowns of Ishia (3 books)
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3.85 avg rating — 288 ratings

Karin is Currently Reading

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Life in a Medieval Castle

by Joseph Gies

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Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)

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Jane Austen's England: A Travel Guide

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Karin has read Asimov's Science Fiction, June 2004 (Asimov's Science Fiction, #341) by Gardner Dozois	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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Karin has read The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois	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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“Privacy,is what you shut your mouth about,Denial is what you shut your eyes against.”
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“It's a bitch on this ship, isn't it?' That got an unexpected smile out of the symp. Musey had two dimples on his cheeks that made him look about half his chronological age.”
― Karin Lowachee, Burndive

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“Society has made it so I have to get paid in order to do basic things like eat and be indoors and not be naked. Once that's happened, morality's bound to get slippery.”
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November BOM Poll: Science Fistion

The Stark Divide by J. Scott Coatsworth

10 votes, 21.3%

Warchild by Karin Lowachee

6 votes, 12.8%

Dark Space by Lisa Henry

5 votes, 10.6%

Beauty and His Beast by Bey Deckard

5 votes, 10.6%

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

3 votes, 6.4%

Return of the Asgard by Erik Schubach

3 votes, 6.4%

The 'Lovely' Past by David Richards

3 votes, 6.4%

Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time by Hope Nicholson

3 votes, 6.4%

A Chip in His Shoulder by L.A. Witt

2 votes, 4.3%

The Alternate Universe by Rob Wolf

2 votes, 4.3%

An Island in the Stars by Susan Laine

2 votes, 4.3%

A Treason of Truths by Ada Harper

1 vote, 2.1%

Countermind by Adrian Randall

1 vote, 2.1%

Perihelion by Tami Veldura

1 vote, 2.1%

All Men’s Space – In Space!: Bufik Lanet’s Tale by C.B. Archer

0 votes, 0.0%

Dalí by E.M. Hamill

0 votes, 0.0%

Euphoria by Jayne Lockwood

0 votes, 0.0%

47 total votes

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Queereaders: * List of group reads	1	1550	Oct 30, 2009 05:04PM
Beyond Reality: Nominations for July!	9	74	Apr 29, 2010 10:03AM
Beyond Reality: Nominations for August!	18	72	May 25, 2010 03:34PM
Beyond Reality: Welcome to June!	1	31	Jun 01, 2010 09:43AM
Beyond Reality: Welcome to July!	1	33	Jul 01, 2010 07:57AM
Beyond Reality: Welcome to August 2010!	1	37	Aug 01, 2010 08:18AM
Beyond Reality: 2010-08 THE GASLIGHT DOGS: post your questions for Karin here!	36	34	Aug 06, 2010 01:08PM
Beyond Reality: 2010-08 THE GASLIGHT DOGS: finished reading spoilers!	26	38	Aug 16, 2010 06:33PM
Beyond Reality: What are you reading in August 2010?	129	121	Sep 01, 2010 07:41AM
Beyond Reality: 2010-08 THE GASLIGHT DOGS: first impressions and rollcall (no spoilers!)	31	33	Sep 04, 2010 09:37AM

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Karin’s Quotes

“This is the problem of all great revelations: their significance so often exceeds the frame of our comprehension. We understand only after, always after. Not simply when it is too late, but precisely because it is too late.”
― R. Scott Bakker, The Darkness That Comes Before

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“Doubt begets understanding, and understanding begets compassion. Verily, it is conviction that kills.”
― R. Scott Bakker, The Thousandfold Thought

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“Faith is the truth of passion. Since no passion is more true than another, faith is the truth of nothing.”
― R. Scott Bakker, The Darkness That Comes Before

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“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

tags: books, thought

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