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Yoon Ha Lee


Born
in Houston, Texas, The United States
January 26, 1979

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Yoon Ha Lee is an American science fiction writer born on January 26, 1979 in Houston, Texas. His first published story, “The Hundredth Question,” appeared in Fantasy & Science Fiction in 1999; since then, over two dozen further stories have appeared. He lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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Louisiana Zine Fest

I’ll be tabling at the Louisiana Zine Fest (not yet listed but confirmed)! I’ll be there with a Ninefox comic zine and solo journaling / micro-TTRPG zines, including some never before released to the wild! Come say howdy if you’re in the area.

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“The problem with authority is that if you leave it lying around, others will take it away from you.”
Yoon Ha Lee, Ninefox Gambit

“All communication is manipulation,” Jedao said. “You’re a mathematician. You should know that from information theory.”
Yoon Ha Lee, Ninefox Gambit

“In space there are no seasons, and this is as true of the ships that cross the distances between humanity's far-flung homes. But we measure our seasons anyway: by a smile, a silence, a song.”
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