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Randy Anderson

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Born

in The United States

January 01, 1974

Website

http://www.onmakingoff.com

Twitter

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Genre

Science Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Fiction

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John Irving, John Searles, Barbara Kingsolver, Jeffrey Eugenides ...more

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Randy is the author of five books. He began his literary adventure when he self-published his first book, On Making Off: Misadventures off off Broadway, a memoir of making theatre in New York City. His second book, Careful is a coming-of-age tale set in Ecuador. In 2016 he launched a time travel series called Time Phantom. The first two books, Amsterdam and Copenhagen are currently available. The third will be released later in 2017. His fifth book is the incendiary political novella, Divisible.

He is currently working on a literary trilogy where each book is a collection of short stories. This epic journey follows a disheartened baby boomer pastry chef through the second half of the last century.

Before writing books, Randy ran a small New Y ...more

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Average rating: 3.86 · 188 ratings · 72 reviews · 17 distinct works

	Time Phantom: Amsterdam 3.92 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Careful 4.30 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Divisible 3.29 avg rating — 28 ratings — 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
	On Making Off 3.23 avg rating — 26 ratings — 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
	Time Phantom II: Copenhagen 4.50 avg rating — 18 ratings — 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
	Kill The President liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 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 Dwelling it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	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
	SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS OF DAYNA ABRAHAM'S BOOK CALM THE CHAOS: A Fail-Proof Road Map For Parenting Even The Most Challenging Kids 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
	Team Building: The Ultimate Guide to Build & Manage Winning Teams 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS OF Yapoka Yeebo's Book ANANSI'S GOLD: The Man Who Looted The West, Outfoxed Washington, And Swindled The World 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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Preview of Divisible, a political novella

This is an excerpt from Divisible, a political novella. The full novella is available in paperback on Amazon as well as all ereader platforms. Enter to win one of ten copies here on Goodreads! Contest ends May 31st.

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An Open Letter to a Future Generation, The Nation of Ute

I wish I could tell you, descendants of mine, exactly what it was that brought us to this point. But if I knew such a t Read more of this blog post »

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Published on May 22, 2017 16:56 • Tags: give-a-way, novella, politics, science-fiction

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The Elements (The Elements, #1-4)

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Who's Afraid of Gender?

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