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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

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

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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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	Webs 2.71 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1989 — 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
	Firedance (Ashlu Cycle, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1985 — 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
	Drink the Fire from the Flames 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1987 — 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
	America is Not Broke! it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	I'd Rather Be Fishing: Discipling People to Know and Experience Jesus it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 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
	The Lurking Duck 3.25 avg rating — 4 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
	NEITHERWORLD BOOK TWO Ishpiming it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007 — 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

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The Children of the Sky (Zones of Thought, #3)

by Vernor Vinge

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God's War (Bel Dame Apocrypha, #1)

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The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human

by V.S. Ramachandran

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message 2: by Scott

Nov 02, 2011 03:12PM

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.

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message 1: by John R.

Nov 01, 2011 07:27PM