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Brian G. Turner

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Fantasy, Science Fiction, Science

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I’m a freelance technology editor and writer, covering everything from cloud computing to exoplanets.

My big passions are ancient and mediaeval history, mythology and planetary science.

I live in the Highlands of Scotland where I run the world’s largest online science fiction and fantasy community at SFFchronicles.

In June 2020 I had a reaction to medication which left me with severe CFS, from which I am only very slowly recovering.

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Now posting harsher ratings

From now on I'm going to be a little more harsh with my ratings. I figure the following is a decent scale:

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	Destroyer (Destroyer Trilogy, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 234 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
	Survivor (Destroyer Trilogy #2) 4.07 avg rating — 55 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
	Insurrection (Destroyer Trilogy #3) 4.20 avg rating — 49 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
	Gathering (Chronicles of Empire 1) 3.82 avg rating — 33 ratings — 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 Living Universe: Space, Planets, and the Origins of Life 4.17 avg rating — 6 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
	My Lovely Rats: A Personal Story about How to Keep Pet Fancy Rats by Julie F. Turner, Brian G. Turner (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 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
	Chickadee's Terrible Temper by Julie Turner, Brian G. Turner (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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The Map of the Known World

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Life on a Mediaeval Barony: A Picture of a Typical Feudal Community in the Thirteenth Century

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The Slave Trade: The Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1440-1870

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This was advertised on sffchronicles.com and I idly took a closer look as I was intrigued by the title and cover - and was immediately impressed by the opening enough to buy a copy. What we have here is a fascinating genre mix of Welsh historical fic ...more
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