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Jim C. Hines

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Jim C. Hines began his writing career with a trilogy about the irrepressible Jig the goblin, which actor and author Wil Wheaton described as "too f***ing cool for words." He went on to deconstruct fairy tales in his four-book Princess series, made all the world's literature a grimoire in the Magic ex Libris series, and explored the heroic side of spacecraft sanitation in his Janitors of the Post Apocalypse trilogy. His short fiction has appeared in more than fifty magazines and anthologies. Jim has been outspoken about topics like sexism and harassment, and was the editor of the Invisible series—three collections of personal essays about representation in sf/f. He received the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer in 2012. Jim currently lives in m ...more

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Average rating: 3.93 · 66,709 ratings · 8,239 reviews · 96 distinct works • Similar authors

	Libriomancer (Magic Ex Libris, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 13,032 ratings — published 2012 — 19 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
	Codex Born (Magic Ex Libris, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 5,796 ratings — published 2013 — 16 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 Stepsister Scheme (Princess, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 5,279 ratings — published 2008 — 17 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
	Goblin Quest (Jig the Goblin, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 4,623 ratings — published 2004 — 21 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
	Unbound (Magic Ex Libris, #3) 4.13 avg rating — 3,584 ratings — published 2015 — 8 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
	Terminal Alliance (Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 3,486 ratings — published 2017 — 15 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 Mermaid's Madness (Princess, #2) 3.91 avg rating — 3,000 ratings — published 2009 — 15 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
	Goblin Hero (Jig the Goblin, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 2,662 ratings — published 2007 — 17 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
	Revisionary (Magic Ex Libris, #4) 4.17 avg rating — 2,411 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Red Hood's Revenge (Princess, #3) 3.94 avg rating — 2,382 ratings — published 2010 — 9 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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How Do Kiteships Fly?

Since several people have asked, I thought I’d do an actual blog post talking about how the kiteships in Kitemaster actually fly.

Not to spoil the ending, but the short answer is: kites + sails + magic.

I think the original idea to have flying ships came along between the 2015 draft and the 2018 draft. My first thought was simply that kites fly and my book was about wind and kites and magic so why n

Series by Jim C. Hines

Magic Ex Libris (4 books)
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Princess (4 books)
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3.87 avg rating — 12,476 ratings

Jig the Goblin (3 books)
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4.03 avg rating — 10,591 ratings

Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse (3 books)
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Invisible (3 books)
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Mary Anne Mohanraj (Goodreads Author) (Editor),

K. Tempest Bradford (Goodreads Author) (Introduction),

Chelsea Alejando (Contributor),

Alliah (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

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Jim liked Deborah Blake's review of Kitemaster: "This book was a joy to read. Jim C. Hines has created a completely original world filled with flawed, believable characters, life-changing journeys, and creatures you could never have dreamed of. Hines takes you on an adventure that will pull you in " Read more of this review »
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Jim answered Aidan's question: just a quick thank you, i found you with goblin quest, loved it 5/5, ex libris was perfection, just give me more of that, thank you! was there a question here? not shure. Technically the question about the question is a question, right? Thank you. I'm so glad you enjoyed them!!!
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Quotes by Jim C. Hines (?)

“1. Bullying is not okay. Period.

2. Freedom of religion does not give you the right to physically or verbally assault people.

3. If your sincerely-held religious beliefs require you to bully children, then your beliefs are fucked up.”
― Jim C. Hines

tags: abuse-of-religion, bullying, legislation, outrage, schools

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“Freedom of speech does not protect you from the consequences of saying stupid shit.

[Blog post, March 12, 2012]”
― Jim C. Hines

tags: freedom-of-speech, stupidity

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“Your religious beliefs are your business. They are not and should not be the basis for law. If you use them as justification to discriminate against others, don’t be upset when others decide you’re an asshole."

[Blog post of July 26, 2011]”
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tags: belief, discrimination, law, religion

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Voting for December's Fantasy Themed Read: Pirates/High Seas

Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb

58 votes, 27.0%

The Scar by China Miéville

42 votes, 19.5%

On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers

39 votes, 18.1%

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

29 votes, 13.5%

The Red Wolf Conspiracy by Robert V.S. Redick

23 votes, 10.7%

The Mermaid's Madness By Jim C. Hines

14 votes, 6.5%

Pirate Freedom by Gene Wolfe

10 votes, 4.7%

215 total votes

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Jim’s Quotes

“There was magic, and there was magic. Thanks to Gutenberg, I could no longer pull wands, potions, and light sabers out of books, but when it came to research, give me a well-stocked library and I was a goddamned Merlin.”
― Jim C. Hines, Unbound

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“Look at the shiny magic thing trying to kill us, isn’t it awesome?”
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message 7: by Josh

Mar 27, 2014 01:06PM

Hi, Jim. Thanks for accepting. I don't get along too well with urban fantasy, but really enjoyed Libriomancer. Looking forward to reading Codex Born soon.

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message 6: by Kevin

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