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Matthew Candelaria loves telling meaningful stories set in imaginative, detailed worlds, including our own. Primarily a science fiction writer, he has lately discovered the joys of historical fiction, with its richness of detail and the ability to riffle fantasy elements between the true facts of history.

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	Speculations on Speculation: Theories of Science Fiction by James E. Gunn (Editor), Matthew Candelaria (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.75 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2004 — 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
	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 19 by Algis Budrys (Editor/Contributor), Frank Frazetta (Cover Artist), Joel Best (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.54 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2002 — 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
	Reading Science Fiction by James E. Gunn (Editor), Marleen S. Barr (Editor), Matthew Candelaria (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.72 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Sexual Ideology in the Works of Alan Moore: Critical Essays on the Graphic Novels by Todd A. Comer (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Joseph Michael Sommers (Editor), K.A. Laity (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Speak Truth to Fire (Cult of Mithras Book 1) 4.86 avg rating — 7 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
	Star Pepper: A Spicy Adventure in Interstallar Capitalism 4.67 avg rating — 3 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
	Dead Ground (Argent Abyss Book 2) 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
	Star Pepper: A Spicy Adventure in Interstellar Capitalism 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
	The Well Amid the Waste (Cult of Mithras Book 2) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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 Dancer from Atlantis

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This novel was an exciting read almost until the end. The last 50 pages or so were almost unbearable, though. I'm not talking about the absolutely unhinged theories about Atlantis. No, I'm totally here for that. What I'm talking about is the way the ...more
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Matthew Candelaria and 31 other people liked Jael ~ ~ Syhren ~ ~'s review of Atlantis Rising (Warriors of Poseidon, #1): "ok I am going to shuck the normal review and just post my thoughts on how I felt while reading this book. "did I miss something" "is this the first book" re-reads the front cover "really?" "oh come on" puts down book " shut up and have sex already" Read more of this review »
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One of the things that made this book boring was that it was often repetitive. Like, not just repetitive in the way that romance novels can be repetitive, with people constantly making goo-goo eyes and professing how much they love each other, but be ...more
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