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Abby Goldsmith

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in The United States

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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction

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Stephen King, George R.R. Martin, Robert Jordan, Scott Sigler

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August 2013

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My reviews are honest. Yep, I'm one of the zillions of dastardly authors on Goodreads (my Torth series begins with MAJORITY), but I do read 65+ books per year. I particularly love space opera, epic fantasy, progression fantasy, thoughtful sci-fi, psychological thrillers, and harrowing nonfiction. ...more

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Average rating: 4.16 · 652 ratings · 186 reviews · 23 distinct works • Similar authors

	Majority (Torth): A Sci-Fi Power Progression Fantasy 3.80 avg rating — 153 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
	Colossus Rising: A Dark Sci-Fi Epic Fantasy (Torth Book 2) 4.30 avg rating — 66 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
	World of Wreckage: A Dark Sci-Fi Epic Fantasy (Torth Book 3) 4.36 avg rating — 33 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
	Megacosmic Rift: A Dark Sci-Fi Epic Fantasy (Torth, 4) 4.28 avg rating — 25 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
	Empire Ender: A Dark Sci-Fi Epic Fantasy (Torth, 6) 4.60 avg rating — 20 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
	Greater Than All: A Dark Sci-Fi Epic Fantasy (Torth Book 5) 4.58 avg rating — 19 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
	Soon: Four Chilling Tales by Abby Goldsmith (Goodreads Author), James Maxey (Goodreads Author), Rebecca Roland (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15 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
	Father's Footsteps it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	Empire Ender, pt1 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
	Empire Ender, pt2 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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Abby Goldsmith rated a book really liked it Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams	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 author passionately believes that billionaires and global corporations have a moral responsibility to be decent human beings and to use their power for good. She's not wrong. I, too, am disgusted by workplace nepotism and cowardly executives and ...more
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Abby Goldsmith rated a book really liked it Chasing the Prophecy (Beyonders, #3) by Brandon Mull (Goodreads Author)	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
Not a bad ending. But this book wasn’t as strong as the previous one, with a shift in focus away from Jason and a big theme that champions blind faith.
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Abby Goldsmith is currently reading Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee in Readers' Favorite Memoir	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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Abby Goldsmith rated a book it was amazing Seeds of Rebellion (Beyonders, #2) by Brandon Mull (Goodreads Author)	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
This one has a more mature tone than Book 1, and is multiPOV. Weird new races and characters are introduced, and imaginative landscapes. Quite a fun epic trilogy.
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Abby Goldsmith rated a book it was amazing A World Without Heroes (Beyonders, #1) by Brandon Mull (Goodreads Author)	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
Peak fiction! I don’t usually like the simplicity of middle grade or YA fantasy, but this one has depths. It’s a world where the good are maimed and terrible people fail upward. That may sound familiar to many adult readers. Engaging characters, imag ...more
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Abby Goldsmith wants to read Chasing the Prophecy (Beyonders, #3) by Brandon Mull (Goodreads Author)	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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Abby Goldsmith is now following Cory Doctorow Author of Little Brother (Little Brother, #1)
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Abby’s Quotes

“If you ask me what I want, I'll tell you. I want everything.”
― Kathy Acker

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“The only position that leaves me with no cognitive dissonance is atheism. It is not a creed. Death is certain, replacing both the siren-song of Paradise and the dread of Hell. Life on this earth, with all its mystery and beauty and pain, is then to be lived far more intensely: we stumble and get up, we are sad, confident, insecure, feel loneliness and joy and love. There is nothing more; but I want nothing more.”
― Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Infidel

tags: atheism, death, inspirational, life

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“Drinking wine and wearing trousers were nothing compared to reading the history of ideas.”
― Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Infidel

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“As a reader, I could put on someone else's shoes and live through his adventures, borrow his individuality and make choices that I didn't have at home.”
― Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Infidel

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“It takes a long time to dissolve the bars of a mental cage.”
― Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Infidel