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Chris Wimpress

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Chris Wimpress was born in Northampton, England in 1977.

He read English at Edinburgh University and on graduating worked as a journalist for BBC news, including stints on the flagship Today programme - the UK's most influential daily news broadcast - and at the BBC's political department at Westminster.

He has written and published four novels of speculative fiction. ...more

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Average rating: 3.48 · 94 ratings · 38 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	Weeks in Naviras 3.78 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Joe is Online 3.19 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Advent of Libra: A dystopian literary novel about civil war in the near future between generations 3.57 avg rating — 14 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
	Advent of Libra: A speculative novel about war between the generations in the near future 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
	The Tumbler - a speculative novel about grief and quantum mechanics 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2027	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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No Light but the Stars

by Lindsay Jayne Ashford

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Wool (Silo, #1)

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Libertarian Fiction Book Club — 76 members — last activity Nov 16, 2020 09:00PM
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