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Liam Stirling

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Fantasy, Science Fiction, Humor and Comedy

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Liam Stirling is the author of The God Particle, a fast-paced adventure which mixes fantasy, science-fiction, religion and philosophy with a liberal sprinkling of laugh-out-loud humour. Liam is currently working on his second novel, The Ivory Tower, and has a head full of stories queueing up for time on the keyboard.

Liam began life as a baby, but found the professional options limited. He switched career paths a couple of times, exploring challenging roles as both toddler and child, before rising to the heady heights of teenager and eventually moving on to study Zoology at Oxford University. Following a few years as a research scientist, Liam was briefly a saxophonist in an marvelously unsuccessful reggae band, before the gravity of adult l ...more

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	The God Particle: An Apocalyptic Comic Science Fantasy 4.11 avg rating — 145 ratings — 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
	What About the Farmers?: An Episode from the Legion Chronicles: 2000 Years of Theirstory (The Hercules Leek series) 3.94 avg rating — 18 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
	The God Particle 3.80 avg rating — 5 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
	What About the Farmers?: An Episode from the Legion Chronicles: 2000 Years of Theirstory 4.67 avg rating — 3 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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A Little Hatred (The Age of Madness, #1)

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“If nothing travels faster than the speed of light, how come darkness always gets there first?”
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