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Patrick G. Conner

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Science Fiction, Thriller, Historical Fiction

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Patrick G. Conner has been a widely published writer and editor for over 30 years, of both fiction and non-fiction works. He was featured in Ballentine Books' Stellar No. 2, a collection of 'short science fiction stories by Asimov, Clement, Haldeman, Conner, Niven, and more'. Pat edited Black Belt Magazine for a time. He was the ghostwriter for a martial arts instruction book by a Korean SEAL attached to the U.S. SEAL force. He writes poetry.

Pat also writes a blog for a Disaster and Emergency website, titled SNAFU. The blog focuses on the potential for war starting in the Middle East, and covers everything that could suddenly bloom into World War III, or perhaps Armageddon. His writings on that site include articles on how to get water in a Patrick G. Conner has been a widely published writer and editor for over 30 years, of both fiction and non-fiction works. He was featured in Ballentine Books' Stellar No. 2, a collection of 'short science fiction stories by Asimov, Clement, Haldeman, Conner, Niven, and more'. Pat edited Black Belt Magazine for a time. He was the ghostwriter for a martial arts instruction book by a Korean SEAL attached to the U.S. SEAL force. He writes poetry.

Pat also writes a blog for a Disaster and Emergency website, titled SNAFU. The blog focuses on the potential for war starting in the Middle East, and covers everything that could suddenly bloom into World War III, or perhaps Armageddon. His writings on that site include articles on how to get water in a desert and a section called Medic!. They receive up to 40,000 page views per month.

His commercial writing credits number in the thousands, for products ranging from cosmetics to coffee, from technical coatings to designer furnishings, from ads for financial computers to computer instruction manuals.

His Irish-Nordic wife of many years, Colleen, is a source of wise knowledge and input for his current work. They have three adult children, one of whom has worked in Hollywood as a stage manager, and another who works deeply in the world of computers. The third is a beautiful Down Syndrome girl who taught Pat all he knows about the number 'one'.

Pat attended the University of California at Berkeley in the 1960's, and graduated with Honors In General Scholarship in 1970 with a major in History, after majoring in Mathematics and English. His focus of study in his senior year was Anglo-German Relations, March to September, 1939. He sometimes researched the original archives in German, the foreign language in which he is most proficient. He also has fairly good Spanish, some passible French, but only minimal Japanese, Russian, Hawaiian, and Mandarin.

Pat and Colleen have traveled extensively in Europe, and published the website InformationEurope after their 2001 journey. Pat also spent significant time in Paris in 1970.

Some places Pat has lived include Berkeley and other parts of the San Francisco Bay Area, the Russian River valley of Northern California, Mammoth Lakes in the Sierra Nevada, Kailua Kona Hawaii, Los Angeles, Cape Cod Massachusetts, and Catalina Island.

He plays stringed instruments and has sung and acted professionally. Some highlights include Henry the VIII in 1520 A.D., a bawdy dinner theater in Jack London Square, Oakland; King Henry in a Southern California production of The Lion In Winter; and improv at The Seventh Seal, a Berkeley coffeehouse. He has played and sung professionally on both U.S. coasts, and was for a short time a 'busker' on Carnaby Street in London.

For the past couple of decades, Pat has explored the extreme sport of bodybuilding, doing leg presses of 1,500 pounds, and shrugging a barbell with 805 pounds. He hates cardio but does it regularly to stay alive. He started training his wife Colleen in hardcore bodybuilding two years ago, which is a joy to them both. She is very talented, and he shares the deepest secrets of this realm with her. They crosstrain together every chance they get.

When Pat learned SCUBA diving, his second dive was to a wreck at 90 feet. He lost all anxiety about moray eels when one of his dive partners kept accidentally kicking a huge moray in the head over and over, without complaint. He has dived in a shark cage and encountered shark in the open ocean without protection, but says they still spook him. He loves night diving, and has seen many strange and beautiful things in the dark of the ocean. He sometimes turns off his light when underwater on a moonless, pitch dark night, just to see all the darkness.

He has said that working on the Thunder Valley Trilogy has been the high point of his literary career, and wishes all the people of the Valley... past, present, and future... happiness and love. ...more

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While I was doing some googling on The End of The Computer, I noticed that the book is being bootlegged in Russia (not sure if you're aware). How do you feel about that?

Patrick G. Conner Honored, actually. We've never been in this for the money. Andre, Nikki and Sonya have always wondered how this book would read in Russia. The fact it…moreHonored, actually. We've never been in this for the money. Andre, Nikki and Sonya have always wondered how this book would read in Russia. The fact it has been bootlegged in their native country actually made them relax. Apparently it plays as well there as it does in the West.(less)

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Of all the different characters in the Thunder Valley Trilogy, which one was your favorite to write?

Patrick G. Conner What an insightful question. Seemingly simple. But oh, so complex.

There are about a hundred people in the Thunder Valley Trilogy, roughly seventy with…moreWhat an insightful question. Seemingly simple. But oh, so complex.

There are about a hundred people in the Thunder Valley Trilogy, roughly seventy with significant dialog. Each of them are interesting in their own way, so I enjoyed writing about each one. From disgusting Grady Thompson in Hangtown, to my astounding Jane Harding when she becomes so... breathtaking... in her maturity. And of course Nikki. Knowing her has been thrilling.

Colleen, of course. My dear wife of many years. Heather, naturally. A dream of long ago that has become reality.

Am I rambling? Certainly. Some lives are so intricately woven, with many turnings.

But to answer the question, I have to say Catie.

Daughter of Eowyn, daughter of Jane, daughter of Gwendolyn. Her mother is a force of nature, her grandmother somewhere beyond that, and although I never met Jane's mother Gwendolyn, I can only imagine what she was like. Or is like. Jane has been less than transparent on the subject, and I won't push against her reticence. I've learned that lesson the hard way, more than once.

I wonder some days how Catie will turn out. We may not have so many years in front of us, with the world as it is. But each day, that little one astonishes us all. We try not to make too big an issue of it. We want to keep her pure and... although this is certainly the wrong word... simple.

If you wonder how I came to know about what she and Mishka did in the postchapter of Fireside Stories, I do not blame you. Although it happened the only way it could have. Cate came up to me as Colleen and I were finishing the book and simply told me. She said I'd need it to make the trilogy complete. At least for now.

So, once again, Catie.(less)

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	The End of The Computer (Thunder Valley Trilogy, #1) by Andre Mikhailovich Solonitsyn, Patrick G. Conner (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 73 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 Final World Order (Thunder Valley Trilogy, #2) by Andre Mikhailovich Solonitsyn, Nadezhda Nikitovna Solonitsyna, Patrick G. Conner (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2014	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
	Stellar #2 by Judy-Lynn del Rey (Editor), James White, Clifford D. Simak 3.76 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1976	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 First Commune (Thunder Valley Trilogy, #3) by William Rasmussen, Zhao Chenglei, Patrick G. Conner (Goodreads Author) 4.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2014	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 Scientists (Thunder Valley Trilogy, #4) by Eowyn Brown-Morozov, Jane Harding Rasmussen, Patrick G. Conner (Goodreads Author) 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2014	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
	Fireside Stories From Thunder Valley (Thunder Valley Trilogy, #5) by Patrick G. Conner (Goodreads Author), Colleen D. Conner it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015	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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“I understand now that you cannot fight for a noble cause with heinous actions.”
― Andre Mikhailovich Solonitsyn

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“You didn't choose God. He chose you. When you stop feeling hurt by everyone and plotting your comeback, he has some very important things he wants you to accomplish with your life.”
― Shannon L. Alder

tags: achievers, activism, changing-the-world, live-joyfully, move-on, rising-above-your-hate, seeing-the-big-picture, self-pity

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