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Tyler Patrick Wood

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Dostoevsky, Kurt Vonnegut, Tom Clancy, Edgar Allan Poe

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Tyler Patrick Wood is the author of On Killing and Innocence, The Laws of Space, The Divorcer, The Names We Go By and Between Good and Hollywood. He has a blog at tylerhaswords.com. For storytelling that offers quality and entertainment in equal measure, pick up a book or have a visit to the blog.

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About Noble Retreat

Post 2046:

In the course of writing a story, sometimes I’ll get lost in another world. I look to the clock and see time has flown, sands have shifted, day is night. It’s pretty cool, getting to go someplace else without moving more than my fingers.

It's also a tad abnormal. Not very adult. The real world has so much already, good and bad. It should be enough. And yet…

Could be, writing is a retre

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If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
If We Were Villains
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I know a nice bit of scholarship went into this novel, but it comes off more like an exercise than a story. Could be I'm too dumb to appreciate all the Shakespeare. Could be I can't think of any people I'd rather not be around than college kids Shake ...more
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Mr. Peanut by Adam Ross
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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
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This book is nearly a hundred years old. Scary, some of the prognostications. Dystopian fiction isn’t my favorite genre, but when it’s good—yeah. There are some fantastic passages in this short novel that test your brain and provide insights into th ...more
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All the Colors of the Dark by Chris  Whitaker
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From the Corner of His Eye by Dean Koontz
From the Corner of His Eye
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It's too long and very frustrating, though there are some interesting moments. I think it gets less intriguing with every page, and as that may sound like the natural result of narrative revelation, this story has the opposite effect. Revelation is i ...more
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Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Station Eleven
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A good writer. The prose is clear. Excellent at times. Easy to follow, though ultimately I'm not sure what is accomplished. I don't particularly like any of the characters, perhaps that's not the point. It's a few years after the apocalypse and it's ...more
Between Good and Hollywood by Tyler Patrick Wood
"This book gave me major Ocean’s Eleven meets Elmore Leonard vibes. Smart, stylish, and just the right amount of morally gray. Can’t wait to see what Wood writes next."
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Little Heaven by Nick Cutter
Little Heaven
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Nick Cutter’s Little Heaven is very good. I bet someone will make it into a TV series. The characters are nice and separate and realized and their points of view are understandable. It is a story that gets down into the muck and challenges the reader ...more
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“If you say nothing long enough, people are going to start talking.”
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“The people were being people, and you know how people can be...”
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“A fugitive on the run with a plan for the future is the definition of hubris.”
Tyler Patrick Wood, On Killing and Innocence: The Chronicles of Henry Fellows
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“Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be afraid.”
Frederick Buechner, Beyond Words: Daily Readings in the ABC's of Faith

“The people were being people, and you know how people can be...”
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“If you need philosophy and you're waiting on the gas chamber, stick to Socrates. At least he had a sense of humor.”
Tyler Patrick Wood, On Killing and Innocence: The Chronicles of Henry Fellows
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“A fugitive on the run with a plan for the future is the definition of hubris.”
Tyler Patrick Wood, On Killing and Innocence: The Chronicles of Henry Fellows
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“If you say nothing long enough, people are going to start talking.”
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