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Chogan Swan

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Genre

Science Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction

Influences

Octavia Butler, Orson Scott Card

Member Since

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Chogan Swan is a subversive, wild-eyed, non-violent neoRevolutionary who lives in the country of the mind in the world of thoughts in the universe of ideas.

In this tiny corner of the space-time continuum, Chogan studied Philosophy and later collected graduate degrees in Business and Systems Engineering from a major US university renowned for its abundant alcohol consumption and passion for a particularly barbaric blood-sport. Go Hokies! :)

These studies, however, led to an interest in Systems Thinking and how to work together to save the world for everyone.

It won't be easy.
(But then what is that's worth having?)

Philosopher, poet, prophet, revolutionary--sentients in various realities have used these words to describe Chogan. Of course, the t ...more

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Nom-de-guerre: Why?

Hi everyone, Chogan here –
A number of people have asked me lately why I’ve decided to write with a nom-de-guerre. Fair question… here are the reasons.
I choose to remain anonymous for three reasons.
Reason one: I’m a pretty private person. I don’t want my personal life to be taken over by the persona of “My Name, the Author of…” I think it might cause me to forget to turn off the artificial definin Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 4.21 · 307 ratings · 44 reviews · 23 distinct works

	1799 Planetfall (Symbiont Wars Universe #1) 3.91 avg rating — 118 ratings — 14 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
	In Dreams Begin: Alien Chimaera (The Symbiont Wars Saga Book 4) 4.46 avg rating — 35 ratings — 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
	Thick Black Night: Alien Emancipation (The Symbiont Wars Saga Book 5) 4.54 avg rating — 28 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
	Valishnu Rising: Alien Ascension (The Symbiont Wars Saga Book 6) 4.52 avg rating — 21 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
	Time Burning: Alien Alliance (The Symbiont Wars Saga Book 3) 4.38 avg rating — 21 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
	No Longer Aliens: Alien Insurgent (The Symbiont Wars Saga Book 2) 4.30 avg rating — 20 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
	Sentients in the Maze (Symbiont Wars, #2) 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings — 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
	Caves of Ice - Caverns of Fire: Against That Shining Darkness - Book 1 4.31 avg rating — 16 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
	Abandonment Of Stars: Alien Outcast 4.63 avg rating — 8 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
	Portal of Choice: A Symbiont Wars Novelette (The Symbiont Wars Saga) 4.38 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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“People can do terrible things when they feel safe and powerful.”
― Becky Chambers, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

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“Because the chief commodity a writer has to sell is his courage. And if he has none, he is more than a coward. He is a sellout and a fink and a heretic, because writing is a holy chore.”
― Harlan Ellison, Dangerous Visions

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