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John R. Fultz

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John R. Fultz lives in the Bay Area, California, but is originally from Kentucky. His fiction has appeared in Weird Tales, Black Gate, and Space & Time, as well as the comic book anthologies Zombie Tales and Cthulhu Tales. His graphic novel of epic fantasy, Primordia, was published by Archaia Comics. John’s literary heroes include Tanith Lee, Thomas Ligotti, Clark Ashton Smith, Lord Dunsany, William Gibson, Robert Silverberg, and Darrell Schweitzer (not to mention Howard, Poe, and Shakespeare). When not writing stories, novels, or comics, John teaches English Literature at the middle/high school level and plays a mean guitar. In a previous life he made his living as a wandering storyteller on the lost continent of Atlantis.

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John R. Fultz’s books

Average rating: 3.73 · 4,438 ratings · 707 reviews · 59 distinct works • Similar authors

	Seven Princes (Books of the Shaper, #1) 3.15 avg rating — 671 ratings — published 2012 — 14 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
	Seven Kings (Books of the Shaper, #2) 3.69 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Seven Sorcerers (Books of the Shaper: #3) 4.01 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2013 — 9 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
	Worlds Beyond Worlds: The Short Fiction of John R. Fultz 4.24 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Immaculate Scoundrels (The Scaleborn Series, #1) 4.52 avg rating — 23 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
	The Testament of Tall Eagle 4.47 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2015 — 7 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
	Primordia by John R. Fultz (Goodreads Author), Roel Wielinga (Illustrator), Joel O'Chua (Colorist) 3.11 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Darker Than Weird: Fourteen Tales of Horror by John R. Fultz (Goodreads Author), Don Webb (Foreword), Dan Sauer (Illustrator) 4.15 avg rating — 13 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
	Times Never Change (The SCALEBORN Series) 4.55 avg rating — 11 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
	The Revelations of Zang 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2013 — 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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Books of the Shaper (3 books)
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“Civilization taught them that as individuals they were less important than the whole of society. They would accept almost any obscenity in the name of law and order.”
― John R. Fultz, Times Never Change

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“Even the boldest warriors must follow the path set by their own hearts.”
― John R. Fultz, Times Never Change

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“That was how the world functioned. Those who did the hardest work reaped the least rewards, and the men who sat at the top did very little work but grew ever more wealthy.”
― John R. Fultz, Immaculate Scoundrels

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Topic(s) poll for July-Aug; Top two usually win. Folks were feeling weird & horrific, so let's have an early Halloween, Sword and Sorcery style

The Reign of Wizardry by Jack Williamson

Jack Williamson's classics, The Reign of Wizardry or Golden Blood or others

8 votes, 27.6%

Tarra Khash Hrossak! Tales of the Primal Land by Brian Lumley

Tales of the Primal Land by Brian Lumley

Brian Lumley's Primal Land Series: Tarra Khash: Hrossak!: Tales of the Primal Land, Sorcery in Shad, Tales of the Primal Land

8 votes, 27.6%

Seven Princes (Books of the Shaper) by John R. Fultz

Seven Kings (Books of the Shaper, #2) by John R. Fultz

Seven Sorcerers (Book of the Shapers 3) by John R. Fultz

John R. Fultz's books of the Shaper: Seven Princes, Seven Kings, Seven Sorcerers

6 votes, 20.7%

The Mask of the Sorcerer by Darrell Schweitzer

Sekenre The Book of the Sorcerer by Darrell Schweitzer

The Mask of the Sorcerer Sekenre: The Book of the Sorcerer We Are All Legends by Darrell Schweitzer

4 votes, 13.8%

Michael Shean' Nifft the Lean, Mines of Behemoth, or The A'Rak

2 votes, 6.9%

Brian Lumley (write-in)

1 vote, 3.4%

29 total votes

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