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Phillip Berrie

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in Brisbane, Australia

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror, Science

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December 2011

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Phill Berrie is retired and lives in Yass, Australia with his wife and stepson.

He has a Bachelors degree in Applied Physics, a Masters in Information Science and a Graduate Diploma in Education. During this career he worked in the back rooms of education-related institutions for most of his life as an IT professional helping academics with the computational aspects of their professions. This included such diverse activities: as analysing the mineral potential of rock samples, authenticating and distributing electronic editions of famous Australian literature, and helping science teachers teach science.

Phill is a futurist and has had a lifelong love affair with science, speculative fiction and gaming. His love of roleplaying led him to star ...more

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Average rating: 3.85 · 100 ratings · 44 reviews · 10 distinct works

	The Changeling Detective 3.77 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Transgressions (The Engelian Transformations, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 12 — 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
	The Never Never Land by Mitchell Akhurst (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Phillip Berrie (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ian McHugh (Editor) 3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Antipodean SF Issue 250 by Ion Newcombe (Editor), Louise Zedda-Sampson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Phillip Berrie (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.83 avg rating — 6 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
	Masques by Gillian Polack (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Scott Hopkins (Editor), Astrid Cooper (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2009	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
	Attina's Homecoming 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015	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
	Monsters Among Us really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 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
	Love is Blind 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 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 Legacy of a Life liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 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
	Voices from the Valley Vol. VI: An Anthology of Stories and Verse by Yass Valley Writers Group, Phillip Berrie (Goodreads Author) (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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My use of World Anvil

Now that the second in the Changeling Detective series has been made available on Amazon, I can now concentrate on the second in the Engelian Transformations series.

A big part of this is working on the background and setting, and to do this I am using an online tool called World Anvil.

For those who haven't heard of it, World Anvil is a platform designed for writers and role playing referees to not Read more of this blog post »

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Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)

by Matt Dinniman (Goodreads Author)

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Time Aerials: A Time Travel Diversion

by Russell Kightley (Goodreads Author)

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Phillip Berrie said: " This is a novel that explores the subject of consciousness, deep time and time travel.

What if time wasn't infinite? What if it was a limited resource that could run out? What if time was like a piece of string that had knots in it? Well, Great Minds ...more "

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The aspect of this book I liked the most was the way the author kept coming up with completely unexpected ways for the story to unfold. I also really liked the cushy job at the end.
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