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J.Z. Colby

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Young Adult, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Self Help

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August 2010

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Born in the Mojave Desert, J. Z. Colby now lives and writes deep in a forest of the Pacific Northwest.

He has studied many subjects, formally and informally, including psychology, philosophy, education, and performing arts, but remains a generalist. His primary profession as a mental health counselor, specializing with families and young adults, gives him many stories of personal growth, and the motivation to develop his team of young critiquers and readers.

All his life, he has been drawn toward a broad understanding of human nature, especially those physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual situations in which our capacity to function seems to reach its limits. He finds fascinating those few individuals who can transcend the limits of ou ...more

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J.Z. Colby's Blog: NEBADOR News and Youth Futures

The End of the NEBADOR Series!

NEBADOR Book Ten: Stories from Sonmatia, with a novella by J. Z. Colby and 3 new short stories, is now available in Paperback, Hardcover, and Large Print: http://www.nebador.com/Where10.html

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J.Z. Colby’s books

Average rating: 4.43 · 249 ratings · 218 reviews · 21 distinct works

	The Test (NEBADOR, #1) by J.Z. Colby (Goodreads Author), Amanda Herman (illustrator) 4.03 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2010 — 11 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
	Journey (NEBADOR, #2) by J.Z. Colby (Goodreads Author), Amanda Herman (Illustrator), Mireille Xioulan Powers (Illustrator) 4.48 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2010 — 10 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
	Selection (NEBADOR, #3) by J.Z. Colby (Goodreads Author), Mireille Xioulan Powers (Illustrator) 4.59 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2010 — 10 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
	Flight Training & Kibi and the Search for Happiness (NEBADOR, #4) by J.Z. Colby (Goodreads Author), Katelynn Persons (Goodreads Author), Mireille Xioulan Powers (Illustrator) 4.54 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2011 — 6 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
	Back to the Stars (NEBADOR, #5) by J.Z. Colby (Goodreads Author) (illustrator), Karen Buchanan, Katelynn Persons (Goodreads Author) 4.52 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2011 — 6 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 Station (NEBADOR, #6) by J.Z. Colby (Goodreads Author), Karen Buchanan, Sidney Oster (illustrator) 4.53 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2012 — 6 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
	Witness (NEBADOR, #8) by J.Z. Colby (Goodreads Author), Kathleen Tully, Sidney Oster (illustrator) 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014 — 7 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 Local Universe (NEBADOR, #7) by J.Z. Colby (Goodreads Author) (illustrator), Shadow Buffalo-Walker 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2013 — 6 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
	NEBADOR Trilogy One (NEBADOR, #1-3) by J.Z. Colby (Goodreads Author), Amanda Herman (Illustrator), Mireille Xioulan Powers (Illustrator) 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — 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
	A Cry for Help (NEBADOR, #9) by J.Z. Colby (Goodreads Author) (illustrator), Anne Marie Beltzer (illustrator) 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2015 — 8 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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Series by J.Z. Colby

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Quotes by J.Z. Colby (?)

“One thing I can guarantee, is that the world will never change itself because of our weaknesses. In fact, it has ways of actually becoming more dangerous when we approach it with a bad attitude.”
― J.Z. Colby, Selection

tags: adventure, educational, personal-power, science-fiction, young-adult

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“Personal power is the ability to stand on your own two feet with a smile on your face in the middle of a universe that contains a million ways to crush you.”
― J.Z. Colby, Journey

tags: personal-power

18 likes

“I come from a place where everyone has great power, by your standards, and they steadfastly refuse to use it for self-aggrandizement ... anywhere ... ever.”
― J.Z. Colby, Selection

tags: adventure, educational, personal-power, science-fiction, young-adult

7 likes

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J.Z.’s Quotes

“Personal power is the ability to stand on your own two feet with a smile on your face in the middle of a universe that contains a million ways to crush you.”
― J.Z. Colby, Journey

tags: personal-power

18 likes

“Happy Hauntings; and, pleasant dreams!”
― Peter James, Heaven Can You Hear Me?

tags: dreams, ghosts, hauntings

1 likes

“Relationships are set up to be imperfect. They are designed by the master creator of relationships to be flawed, to be forever inadequate, and to be a work of art.”
― Julieanne O'Connor, Spelling It Out for Your Man

tags: relationships, wisdom

3 likes

“It is not the purpose of the universe to get things done as quickly and efficiently as possible. That's a mortal preoccupation, especially strong in monkey mammals, but we all feel it to one degree or another ...”
― J.Z. Colby, Star Station

tags: efficiency

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“If there were some adventurous young people who were so smart they wouldn't like the strict policies of the religious orders, couldn't stand the narrow structure of the guilds, refused to be hidden away in the back of a shop, and weren't rich enough to attend the college, where would they be found?

... People like that would easily get into trouble, and quickly wind up as slaves.”
― J.Z. Colby, The Test