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Scott Baker

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Born
in Oak Park, Illinois, The United States
September 29

Genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror

Influences
Thomas Pynchon, Count Vladimir Tepes Dracula, Astounding magazine from ...more

Member Since
November 2011


Scott Baker discovered his love of reading in grade school when his mother bet him he couldn't stay up until midnight every night reading Dracula. He finished the book, won 50 cents, slept with the lights on for the next four years, and was hooked for life on science fiction, fantasy, and horror.
Scott first attempted a novel in third grade. It was a page long and featured a rocket ship that ran on liquid copper.
In college, Scott drifted away from SF, but he was driven back to it by the deadly dullness of U.C. Irvine's Ph.D. program. Abandoning academia, he devoted himself to chemically-assisted hedonism in the Los Padres National Forest. During this time, Scott made several attempts at novels, but it was only after his van was stolen, he lo ...more

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Average rating: 3.57 · 1,594 ratings · 225 reviews · 95 distinct works • Similar authors
Dhampire
2.59 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1982 — 5 editions
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Symbiote's Crown
3.35 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1978 — 3 editions
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Nightchild
3.26 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1979 — 3 editions
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Webs
2.73 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1989 — 3 editions
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Firedance (Ashlu Cycle, #2)
4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1985 — 6 editions
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Drink the Fire from the Flames
3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1987 — 3 editions
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America is Not Broke!
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions
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I'd Rather Be Fishing: Disc...
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The Lurking Duck
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message 2: by Scott
Nov 02, 2011 03:12PM

Scott John R. wrote: "I was trying to follow your 42reviews but can't seem to find a way to do it. Perhaps you have to have posted at least one before the button appears."

Haven't posted one yet. I'm still exploring all the websites people at wfc recommended, and won't actually be using any of them for a while.


message 1: by John R.
Nov 01, 2011 07:27PM

John R. I was trying to follow your reviews but can't seem to find a way to do it. Perhaps you have to have posted at least one before the button appears.


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