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Michael Lauck

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Michael was born in the American midwest and, like so many others, was primarily babysat by television. Consequently, he has a soft spot in his heart for Space 1999, the original Battlestar Galactica and, above all, Star Trek. Despite all of this TV influence it was a movie that changed his life when he saw Billy Jack around the age of 6 or 7. A partial blood Indian hero finally gave him a role model... the hippies were something like his parents... he finally had a direction in life: he needed to learn martial arts. Michael has been teaching Chinese martial arts for about 25 years. Along the way he picked up a little magic (stage magic, not like Gandalf magic), a love of art, an ear for punk rock, a wife and kids.

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	The Grand Tournament 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Fists of Fiction by Scott Blasingame (Goodreads Author), Kyle Fiske (Goodreads Author), Michael Lauck (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 3 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
	The Heist (Black Sky Rangers, #1) 4.33 avg rating — 3 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
	The Greatest Party In The Galaxy: Black Sky Rangers Book Three 4.50 avg rating — 2 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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In the spirit of April Fools’ Day I thought we should take a moment to examine some of the oft-repeated stories in science fiction fandom which may be fooling fans. I know I have branded them “lies” in the title… but that is just because Sci-Fi Lies rhymes! Although some of these stories may have actually begun as intentional misrepresentations I prefer to think these more as “legends” which have

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