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Akshay Dhar

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http://anansisweb.wordpress.com/

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Speculative Fiction, Comics, Science Fiction

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ABOUT ME:
Writer, illustrator, known for my books Retrograde and Holy Hell.
Lifelong scribbler and bibliophile.
Music lover.
Geek and day-dreamer. Also, a hopeful cynic from some accounts.

MOST EASILY DISTRACTED BY: Shiny new books, toys and ideas...

GREATEST REGRET: Once discovered the meaning of life but forgot to write it down...

“Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, and I’m going to be happy in it.” (- Groucho Marx)

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	Were House by Akshay Dhar (Goodreads Author), Soumya Das, Shweta Taneja (Goodreads Author) 2.91 avg rating — 11 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
	Ground Zero #1 by Akshay Dhar (Goodreads Author), Vivek Goel (Illustrator), Ankur Amre (Illustrator) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013	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
	Ground Zero #2 by Akshay Dhar (Goodreads Author), Abhijeet Kini (Goodreads Author) (Artist), Ahmed Sikander (Artist) 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013	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
	Retrograde Vol. 1: After the Storm by Akshay Dhar (Goodreads Author) (Author, Editor), Avik Kumar Maitra (Illustrator), Anurag Chandra (Illustrator (cover)) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 4 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
	Ground Zero #3 by Akshay Dhar (Goodreads Author), Zafar Khurshid, Sudeep Menon 4.50 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
	Holy Hell #1 by Akshay Dhar (Goodreads Author), Zafar Khurshid, Abhijeet Kini (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.50 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
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	Holy Hell #4 by Akshay Dhar (Goodreads Author) (Colours/Letters), Zafar Khurshid, Abhijeet Kini (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 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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Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)

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Notes from the Ginza Shihodo Stationery Shop

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“Dreams are illustrations... from the book your soul is writing about you.”
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“There are no easy answers, in life or in art. You're not following anyone's path now, you're forging your own. No doubt, you will find it both lonely and scary. But no one ever said having a Genius would be easy.”
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