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Robin C.M. Duncan

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I am a Civil Engineer by profession, and have written since 1980, but seriously only since 2013. My debut novel The Mandroid Murders published in 2022, its sequel The Carborundum Conundrum in 2023, and my latest, The Rigel Redemption, in June 2024. My stories feature in Space Wizard Science Fantasy’s four Worlds Apart anthologies, and the Gallus anthology from the Glasgow SF Writers' Circle. My story The NEU Oblivion was long-listed for the 2019 James White Award. In addition to the GSFWC, I belong to Reading Excuses, the British Fantasy Society, and the British Science Fiction Association. ...more

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This story is a delight; it is charming, entertaining, exciting and satisfying. Our hero, Greton, contends with a toxic establishment, hostile colleagues, a racist society, plus unwanted adventure, deception and betrayal. He confronts these forces in ...more
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J.R.R. Tolkien
“Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men, doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.”
J.R.R. Tolkien

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