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Martin Olson

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Boston, The United States

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Literary, Humor and Comedy, Fantasy

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G.K. Chesterton, Rabindranath Tagore, Jorge Luis Borges, William Shake ...more

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January 2011

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Scrivener, plunker, strummer.

My first book was published by the wonderful and notorious Feral House: "Encyclopaedia of Hell: An Invasion Manual for Demons Concerning the Planet Earth and the Human Race Which Infests It"

My 2nd book was published by Abrams NY: "The Adventure Time Encyclopaedia: Inhabitants, Lore, Spells, and Ancient Crypt Warnings of the Land of Ooo Circa 19.56 B.G.E. - 501 A.G.E."

My 3rd book, also with Abrams, is "Adventure Time: The Enchiridion & Marcy's Super Secret Scrapbook", which I wrote with my daughter Olivia Olson.

The fourth and most recent is a sequel to "Encyclopaedia of Hell" called "The Conquest of Heaven," also from Feral House. This is intended to be a trilogy, and the last book will be called "The Triumph of ...more

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	The Adventure Time Encyclopaedia (Encyclopedia): Inhabitants, Lore, Spells, and Ancient Crypt Warnings of the Land of Ooo Circa 19.56 B.G.E. - 501 A.G.E. by Martin Olson (Goodreads Author), Hunson Abadeeer (Compiler) 4.28 avg rating — 2,608 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
	Adventure Time: The Enchiridion & Marcy's Super Secret Scrapbook!!! by Martin Olson (Goodreads Author), Olivia Olson, Sean Tejaratchi (Designer) 4.31 avg rating — 317 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Encyclopaedia of Hell: An Invasion Manual For Demons Concerning the Planet Earth and the Human Race Which Infests It by Martin Olson (Goodreads Author), Tony Millionaire (Illustrator), Mahendra Singh (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 250 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Adventure Time. Encyklopedia 3.80 avg rating — 20 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
	Encyclopaedia of Hell II: The Conquest of Heaven: A Demonic History of the Future Concerning the Celestial Realm and the Angelic Race Which Infests It 4.62 avg rating — 13 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
	ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF HELL II: The Conquest of Heaven: An Invasion Manual for Demons Concerning the Celestial Realm and the Angelic Race Which Infests It it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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	Taccuino Allenamento Mezza Maratona: Un Tracker di 12 Settimane, Registro della Corsa e Planner Mezza Maratona Vuoto per Organizzarsi e Allenarsi in Autonomia 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	Half Marathon Training Plan: A 12 Week Tracker, Running Log and Empty Half Marathon Planner For Self-Organisation 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	Diario de Entrenamiento de Media Maratón: Diario para Corredores Cuaderno para Organizar Mis Metas y Medir Mi Entrenamiento 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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“HANDCUFFS (hănd kŭfs) n. Trendy techno-pop jewelry worn by the poor.”
― Martin Olson, Encyclopaedia of Hell: An Invasion Manual For Demons Concerning the Planet Earth and the Human Race Which Infests It

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“Nature's a balance. There's always a price. For every give, there's a take, and for every success, a sacrifice.”
― Martin Olson, Adventure Time: The Enchiridion Marcy's Super Secret Scrapbook!!!

tags: balance, equilibrium, nature

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“HALLUCINATION (hə lū sə nā shən) n. The tingle of happiness when two humans fall in love. See Agreement; God; Laughter; Love; Marriage; Oasis; Optimism; Progress; Supreme Being.”
― Martin Olson, Encyclopaedia of Hell: An Invasion Manual For Demons Concerning the Planet Earth and the Human Race Which Infests It

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Martin’s Quotes

“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.”
― Niels Bohr

tags: science

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“All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters

tags: god, humor, life

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“The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware. In this state of god-like awareness one sings; in this realm the world exists as poem.”
― Henry Miller, The Wisdom of the Heart

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“The only real science is the knowledge of how a person should live his life. And this knowledge is open to everyone.”
― Leo Tolstoy, A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul

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“I force myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.”
― Marcel Duchamp