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Akshay Dhar

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in India

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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) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 12 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
	Holy Hell #3 by Akshay Dhar (Goodreads Author), 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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