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Roger Alan Bonner

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Born

in Wooster, Ohio, The United States

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Science Fiction, Crime, Psychology

Influences

Charles Bukowski (bukowski.net).

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November 2018

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Roger Alan Bonner is an American writer in crime, psychodrama, and science fiction. As of November 2024, he has written two novellas and eight novels.

In a prior life, he studied at Cornell University and the University of Minnesota, and lived for forty years in Washington, D.C., working as an economist for the U.S. government and the World Bank. He has also lived or worked in Venezuela, Argentina, Belgium, Germany, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine.

He admires and recommends Edward Robertson and Adrien Tchaikovsky. Going back a few years, he also likes the work of Frank Herbert, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mark Twain, Ursula K. le Guin, Joyce Carol Oates, Jim Harrison, and Charles Bukowski.

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Average rating: 4.26 · 31 ratings · 14 reviews · 17 distinct works

	A Thing of Dark Imaginings 4.31 avg rating — 13 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
	Milky Way Tango: Volume One of the Belt Stories 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2018 — 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 Vote Trader 4.50 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
	Milky Way Gala 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2019 — 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
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Now that the election is behind us, I am running a three-week promo: from February 3 to February 24, THE VOTE TRADER will be free at most major ebook platforms.

THE VOTE TRADER is a novella, a warm little adult story in social science fiction. Hector, a gray market financial expert, lives in Brooklyn. Though apolitical, he loves and lives with Sarah, a political operator trying to defeat New York’s

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Roger Bonner answered Blessing Oladeji's question: Hello Roger! I noticed your newly released book doesn’t have any reviews yet on Amazon. What’s your plan for getting those rolling in? 😊 I must admit, I don't have a plan. The marketing programs I've tried have not paid for themselves. Moreover, Amazon uses reviews strategically. Before they bought Goodreads, I had 102 reviews on Goodreads. Now, I have 33. Its algorithm, being sales-b See Full Answer
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“The young think they will live forever.
Time to wake up, kiddies.”
― Roger Alan Bonner, A Thing of Dark Imaginings

tags: life, life-quotes, psychodrama, psychological-thriller

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“Her mother stared at him. “You? In space? Where it’s cold, and there’s no air?”
Sarah’s father said, “I wasn’t planning to go in my underwear.”
― Roger Alan Bonner, Milky Way Tango

tags: funny, romance, science-fiction-sci-fi, space, space-opera

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“For a moment he saw her as she once had been - ah, my sweet, my queen, if it were up to me, if I had my way, I would take off with you and no one else. We could go to the North Isles, stay at an inn, sleep late and eat whatever and whenever we wanted.”
― Roger Alan Bonner, Thirds

tags: honesty, honesty-quotes, sci-fi, science-fiction, social-science-fiction

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