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Ted Kosmatka

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Born

in Chesterton, The United States

Website

http://www.tedkosmatka.com/

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Genre

Comics, Science Fiction, Horror

Member Since

March 2013

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TED KOSMATKA set his sights early on being a writer. This mostly involved having all his writing rejected, pursuing a biology degree, dropping out before graduation, and becoming a steel worker like his father and grandfather. Then the mill went bankrupt. After that he worked various lab jobs where friendships were born and fire departments were called. (And where he learned the fine point of distinction between fire-resistant and fire-proof) Eventually, Ted ended up at a research lab. Then came the final logical step: ditching all that to write video games in Seattle. Ted’s fiction has been nominated for the Nebula and Sturgeon awards. His novel THE FLICKER MEN was selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the best thrillers of the summer.

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Average rating: 3.71 · 9,654 ratings · 1,432 reviews · 66 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Flicker Men 3.62 avg rating — 2,212 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	The Games 3.50 avg rating — 2,262 ratings — published 2012 — 18 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
	Portal 2: Lab Rat by Ted Kosmatka (Goodreads Author) (Script), Michael Avon Oeming (Project Lead, Artist), Andrea Wicklund (Artist) 4.26 avg rating — 662 ratings — published 2011	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
	Prophet of Bones 3.32 avg rating — 818 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Lightspeed Magazine, December 2010 3.80 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	The Beast Adjoins 4.12 avg rating — 33 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
	Sale n... it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011	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 Ascendant really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009	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 Flicker Men by Ted Kosmatka (2015-11-19) by Ted Kosmatka (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 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
	Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2008 by Ted Kosmatka (Goodreads Author), Gordon van Gelder (editor), Mary Patterson Thornburg (Goodreads Author) 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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“I'd ask you to think outside the box on this, but it's obvious your box is broken. And has schizophrenia.”
― Ted Kosmatka, Portal 2: Lab Rat

tags: box, comic, gaming, glados, lab-rat, portal-2, science-fiction

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“I drank until I couldn’t remember which hand held the gun and which the bottle. I drank until they were the same.”
― Ted Kosmatka, The Flicker Men

tags: drinking-quotes

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“The enrichment center would like to announce a new employee initiative of forced voluntary participation.

If any Aperture Science employee would like to opt out of this new voluntary testing program, please remember; science rhymes with compliance.

Do you know what doesn't rhyme with compliance?

Neurotoxin.

Due to high mortality rates, you may be reluctant to participate in the new initiative.

The enrichtment center assures you this is a strictly selfish impulse on your part, and why can't you love science like [insert co-worker's name here]?”
― Ted Kosmatka, Portal 2: Lab Rat

tags: comic, gaming, glados, lab-rat, portal, portal-2

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