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David Joel Stevenson

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Science Fiction, Young Adult, Fiction

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Ray Bradbury, CS Lewis, Bruce Coville

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David Joel Stevenson lives outside of Nashville, TN with two dogs, several chickens, and thousands of honey bees. He is the singer in the band Manic Bloom (www.ManicBloom.com), a songwriter, a computer programmer, and is irregularly documenting his quests in homesteading on his blog, www.GeekOffGrid.com.

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Average rating: 4.12 · 339 ratings · 89 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Surface's End (The Surface's End, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 185 ratings — 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
	Victor Boone Will Save Us 4.22 avg rating — 74 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
	The Dirt Walkers (The Surface's End, #2) 4.28 avg rating — 72 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
	Victor Boone Must Die 4.50 avg rating — 8 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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All Industries are Dying – Learn a Practical Skill

It has been a while, y’all. I just dusted this blog off and found that I have a few unpublished posts, so… Maybe I’ll get back into it? But let’s start off with something everybody is already aware of:

I know I’m crazy.

If you know me, you probably put me on the same shelf as the guys with tinfoil hats who are locked in winnebagos listening for signs of intelligent life through static from the st

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