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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Historical Fiction

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Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert A. Hei ...more

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May 2011

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I write science fiction intended to make readers feel like they’ve solved a challenging problem or taken an adventurous voyage along with my characters. I've written in several genres, including science fiction, steampunk, historical, alternate history, horror, and fantasy.

My short stories appear in over a dozen anthologies. Fourteen others form the What Man Hath Wrought series. I co-edited the following anthologies: 20,000 Leagues Remembered; Extraordinary Visions, Stories Inspired by Jules Verne; and Ain’t Our First Rodeo.

Ideas prevalent in my works include submarines, the ocean, the evolution of technology, and how the past could have been different.

Feel free to dive into my website (where I’m known as Poseidon’s Scribe) at http://www ...more

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	20,000 Leagues Remembered by Steven R. Southard (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kelly A. Harmon (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Eric Choi (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 8 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
	A Steampunk Carol 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 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 Seastead Chronicles by Steven R. Southard (Goodreads Author), Kelly A. Harmon (Goodreads Author) (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 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
	The Six Hundred Dollar Man really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 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 Sea-Wagon of Yantai it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009 — 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
	Against All Gods it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012 — 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
	Alexander's Odyssey it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011 — 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
	The Wind-Sphere Ship it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010 — 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
	Leonardo's Lion it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011 — 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
	A Tale More True (What Man Hath Wrought Book 8) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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

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Just before they closed, Leaves Book and Tea Shop held one last Afternoon with Authors event. That’s where I met Ann Katagiri. Just as Leaves combines books with food, so does Ann. Not only is she an author, but she’s soon to start her own cafe. Not only is her book a fun read, but it might inspire you to learn a new language, or two. As you’ll find out from the interview, Ann has specific dreams,

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Steven rated a book liked it Attar's Revenge (Attar the Merman, #1) by Robert Graham	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
I suspect Joe Haldeman wrote the two Attar books before The Forever War, even though they were published afterward, and under the pseudonym Robert Graham. In Attar’s Revenge, it appears the author was still honing his craft. Intrigued by the possibil ...more
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Steven rated a book it was amazing Exhalation by Ted Chiang	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
Wonderful short stories and novellas in this volume. Chiang’s ability to blend science, philosophy, and fiction is unmatched. In these tales, he explores many aspects of our reality—time, free will, artificial intelligence, and more. He sets parts of ...more
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Steven rated a book liked it Scimitar SL2 by Patrick Robinson	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
I’ve read a few Patrick Robinson books, including HMS Unseen, The Shark Mutiny, Nimitz Class, and now Scimitar SL2. I always get exciting naval warfare, with realistic-sounding dialogue and details. Rough-talking Arnold Morgan is always in the thick ...more
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Steven rated a book liked it Scimitar SL2 by Patrick Robinson	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
I’ve read a few Patrick Robinson books, including HMS Unseen, The Shark Mutiny, Nimitz Class, and now Scimitar SL2. I always get exciting naval warfare, with realistic-sounding dialogue and details. Rough-talking Arnold Morgan is always in the thick ...more
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Steven rated a book liked it Titanic Terastructures by Jessica Augustsson (Goodreads Author)	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
Maybe I expected more. As is typical for anthologies, story quality varied. There wasn’t as much variety in the type of terastructure as I’d hoped. Several authors used space elevators in their stories, so that seemed repetitive. I liked the first st ...more
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Steven rated a book really liked it Write for Life: Creative Tools for Every Writer by Julia Cameron	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
I’d read The Artist’s Way decades ago. Since then, I look with suspicion on books with titles like that. Every artist and every writer finds a different way to success, if they do find it. Calling the book An Artist’s Way would be more honest, but Th ...more
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Steven rated a book liked it Blackmail (Trident Deception #4) by Rick Campbell (Goodreads Author)	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
I’d previously read the novels The Trident Deception and Treason by this author. This novel starts with a U.S. aircraft carrier getting attacked. Sensing U.S. weakness, the Russians attempt to blackmail the U.S. with a plan to blow up major oil pipel ...more
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Steven and 34 other people liked Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽'s review of Sixth Column: "It makes me sad to 2-star this Heinlein novel that was one of my very favorites when I was 13 or 14. But it didn't hold up well at all on rereading. First you have to handwave pervasive racial insults and insensitities (American is conquered by an im" Read more of this review »
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Steven rated a book it was ok Sixth Column by Robert A. Heinlein	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
This lesser-known Heinlein novel starts with small Army research group hidden in the Colorado Rockies. They discover that the U.S. has been taken over by an enemy force—the “PanAsian Alliance.” The good news is that the tiny group of five Army guys a ...more
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Steven rated a book liked it The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman	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
If the author is making an overall point with the book, it went over my head. The main character starts out as an immature grad student at MIT. I guess he’s a little less immature at the end, but did he learn an interesting lesson along the way? I do ...more
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