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Richard Edgar is a retired scientist living near Denver, writing speculative character-driven queer fiction, science fiction, and sometimes just fiction about queer scientists.

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Average rating: 3.75 · 24 ratings · 10 reviews · 7 distinct works

	Necessary Lies: A Novel 3.33 avg rating — 15 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
	Ravynscroft (Necessary Lies #2) 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
	Transit Station (Necessary Lies Book 3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	But Before That: a novel it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	Ravynscroft: A Novel by Richard Edgar (Goodreads Author), Virtual Voice (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
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New review of Ravynscroft

There's a new review of my novel Ravynscroft in the December 2020 issue of the online literary journal Toasted Cheese:

https://tclj.toasted-cheese.com/2020/...

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Published on December 01, 2020 13:58 • Tags: lesbian-fiction, ravynscroft, review

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Berlin Game (Bernard Samson, #1)

by Len Deighton

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A Song for a New Day

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Richard Edgar said: " I love this book.

Luce got my attention in the first chapter, choosing not to tell her band that she had run away at fifteen rather than tell her religious parents and siblings she was queer; that she didn't have that word or any other, then, only the ...more "

Nov 15, 2022 11:53AM · see review

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This is... Huh. Not sure what to say. Well-written, certainly. Mob lawyer trying to balance a failing marriage, a delightful kid, and an impossible boss, averts a gang war, mindfully. The scheme makes some sense in the narrator's head, though I'm sur ...more
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This is... Huh. Not sure what to say. Well-written, certainly. Mob lawyer trying to balance a failing marriage, a delightful kid, and an impossible boss, averts a gang war, mindfully. The scheme makes some sense in the narrator's head, though I'm sur ...more
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Richard Edgar rated a book really liked it Murther and Walking Spirits (Toronto Trilogy, #1) by Robertson Davies	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
As always, Davies tells a great tale, full of interesting details. This is a re-read after many years on the shelf, and I was always charmed that the main character is murdered in the very first sentence of the book. The approach of personal history ...more
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This is a rip-roaring adventure tale, of extracting innocent family members from captivity intended to lure their actual target into the clutches of the enemy. As always, the very non-human point of view (a partially human Security Unit with a hacked ...more
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