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Amos T. Fairchild

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Amos T. Fairchild is a farmer, writer, dog collector and destroyer of worlds too numerous to mention who is currently based in blissful and often cyclone ravaged northern Queensland, Australia. Born in April 1962 and author of several novels and short stories, he is currently documenting several significant events in a number of parallel dimensions over a period of some seventy-three million standard years and releasing the details in an ebook format of your choice.

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Getting back to speed. ..

Yes, I have been away even longer thanks to further health issues. The smart thing to do may have been to document some of that, but there was a period there when I didn't really think I would be around much longer. After recovering quite well from a ruptured aneurysm, the aortic dissection caught me a little by surprise. One tip is that open heart surgery tends to leave a chest wound that hurts

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Average rating: 4.15 · 117 ratings · 18 reviews · 18 distinct works

	Long Days in Paradise (Shards of Heaven, #1) 3.53 avg rating — 38 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
	Time of the Dula Kaena (Shards of Heaven, #2) 4.54 avg rating — 13 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
	Alice and the Rabbit: A Shards of Heaven Story 3.67 avg rating — 15 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 Face of Destiny (Shards of Heaven, #3) 4.50 avg rating — 12 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
	Memoirs of an Agility Dog #1 4.63 avg rating — 8 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
	Bukwyrld: The Short Story 4.71 avg rating — 7 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
	Mirrim Dawn (Mirrim, #1) 4.50 avg rating — 4 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
	Housekeeping it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 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
	Mirrim Vale (Mirrim, #2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Ronald Pinkly, These Are Your Lives. 4.33 avg rating — 3 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

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Conditioned Response (Phoenician #2)

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“Whenever you are sick, it's nice to know there are dogs who are willing to spend as long as it takes to lick you better.”
― Amos T. Fairchild

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“You do realize that Nowhere is a pretty stupid name for a city.”
― Amos T. Fairchild, Long Days in Paradise

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“So I just waltz up to your witch-god and ask to go home,' Jorden said with little regard as to whether the statement was offensive or not.
The kaedith nodded again. 'That's about the size of it,' she said, and lit up another cigar.”
― Amos T. Fairchild, Long Days in Paradise

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“And remember, no matter where you go, there you are.”
― Confucius

tags: rockstar-physicist

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“Whenever you are sick, it's nice to know there are dogs who are willing to spend as long as it takes to lick you better.”
― Amos T. Fairchild

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“You do realize that Nowhere is a pretty stupid name for a city.”
― Amos T. Fairchild, Long Days in Paradise

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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter

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