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Alan K. Dell is a British science-fiction author and creative person with far too many hobbies. For his day job he works at the parish administrator for his local church, where he also volunteers as a musician. His hobbies include playing the guitar, illustration, graphic design, photography, astronomy, reading and playing video games. He lives at home in Essex with his wife and two children.

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	The Re-Emergence (The Augment Saga #0.5) 4.30 avg rating — 33 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
	From the Grave of the Gods (The Augment Saga #1) 4.14 avg rating — 28 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
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	The God Sun (The Augment Saga) 4.50 avg rating — 10 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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Book Review: The Astronaut Among the Flowers

A superbly written and deeply human collection of SF stories that tugs at the heart from P.A. Cornell.

I received a free advance reader copy/uncorrected proof of The Astronaut Among the Flowers from Stars & Sabers Publishing. I’ve been really enjoying a lot of short story collections recently—both from self-published authors and small presses, and The Astronaut Among The Flowers from the latter is

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A superbly written and deeply human collection of SF stories that tugs at the heart from P.A. Cornell. I received a free advance reader copy/uncorrected proof of The Astronaut Among the Flowers from Stars & Sabers Publishing. I’ve been really enjoying ...more
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The Lathe of Heaven was a wonderful story. Reading it was such a pleasure, and I enjoyed it so much, that I blasted it out in an afternoon (and it’s a longer book than I would normally be able to do that with). I just couldn’t put it down. Reading Le ...more
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