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Chris Minnick

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Born

in Detroit, The United States

Website

http://www.chrisminnick.com

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Genre

Nonfiction, Fiction, History

Influences

Steinbeck, Hemingway, Vonnegut, Joyce, Kerouac

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Chris Minnick is a prolific published author of both fiction and non-fiction.

In his non-fiction writing, Minnick specializes in finding unique and engaging ways to incorporate stories and fun into teaching beginners and kids highly technical skills such as computer programming.

In his fiction writing, his style might be best described as absurdist bizarro fictional history. He published his first novel, Pickled Punk, in 2019. His second novel, Music For Losers, will be released in 2023.

In addition to his writing, Chris is an enthusiastic amateur at something new every day.

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	Coding with JavaScript For Dummies by Chris Minnick (Goodreads Author), Eva Rose Holland 3.61 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2015 — 12 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
	JavaScript For Kids For Dummies by Chris Minnick (Goodreads Author), Eva Holland (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Mastodon For Dummies by Chris Minnick (Goodreads Author), Michael McCallister (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15 ratings — 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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	Coding All-in-One For Dummies 4.63 avg rating — 8 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
	Writing Computer Code: Learn the Language of Computers! by Chris Minnick (Goodreads Author), Eva Holland (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — 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
	Beginning ReactJS Foundations Building User Interfaces with ReactJS: An Approachable Guide it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 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
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	CIW E-Commerce Designer Certification Bible 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2001 — 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
	JavaScript All-in-One For Dummies 4.20 avg rating — 5 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

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An Interview with Peter T. Lundlehart III

The following interview was conducted with an AI version of Peter T. Lundlehart III, who appears in my latest novel, “Music For Losers.” If you’d like to chat with Mr. Lundlehart yourself, you can always find him here: https://chat.openai.com/g/g-98Q1ckhav-peter-t-lundlehart-iii

Chris: Mr Lundlehart, you’ve had quite a life and done so many interesting things. What does a typical day look like

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Sourdough

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The Complete Harvard Classics - ALL 71 Volumes: The Five Foot Shelf & The Shelf of Fiction: The Famous Anthology of the Greatest Works of World Literature

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