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C.S. Garrand

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I write science fiction. Yes, this "biography" will be more an "autobiography", since I'm not about to write of myself in the third person.

I was born and grew up in northern New Jersey, in the early 1970's. A generation X'er, I grew up running around outside with bare feet, addicted to 70s and 80s sitcoms. I've always been a big fan of science fiction. I can remember standing in the massive line that wound about the mall parking lot just to see the premiere of Star Wars. Later, I would read or watch anything I could get my hands on. The original Dune series, Star Trek and all of its iterations and spinoffs.

Early authors - some of whom I still cherish today - include Dan Simmons (Hyperion/Endymion), Asimov, Bradbury, Wells and many others. I write science fiction. Yes, this "biography" will be more an "autobiography", since I'm not about to write of myself in the third person.

I was born and grew up in northern New Jersey, in the early 1970's. A generation X'er, I grew up running around outside with bare feet, addicted to 70s and 80s sitcoms. I've always been a big fan of science fiction. I can remember standing in the massive line that wound about the mall parking lot just to see the premiere of Star Wars. Later, I would read or watch anything I could get my hands on. The original Dune series, Star Trek and all of its iterations and spinoffs.

Early authors - some of whom I still cherish today - include Dan Simmons (Hyperion/Endymion), Asimov, Bradbury, Wells and many others. When I write my prose, echoes of their ideas and influences come out, though I would never claim to be on any level close to them. Nowadays, Andy Weir, Adrian Tchaikovsky, the works of the two James S.A. Corey writers fill my time and space, with a little Jason Anspach for good military sci-fi action!

I prefer contex in writing. I don't like cutting to the chase. For me, it is important to show the reader the world in which the story takes place. Why are the characters doing what they do? What is the context in which they live or do things by? I can't stand watching a movie or reading a book and going "Oh, come on. Why would they do that?"

My first series, "Humanity's Leap" is told from the point of view of an artificial intelligence - full of detail and analysis. I am a CFO by trade, having worked for a private equity portfolio company, and enjoy the precision of finance. I've been all over the world, and have worked in countries in Eastern Europe and the Carribean/Latin America.

Though I'm still working, my hope is to build a brand with my books that will one day allow me to continue to write after I retire. I guess, even if they don't, I'll still write - even if it's only for myself.

Thanks for giving me a chance to entertain you!

-CS ...more

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Average rating: 4.46 · 2,335 ratings · 111 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	Species Seventeen: Book 1 of Humanity's Leap 4.44 avg rating — 1,019 ratings — 4 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
	The Architect: Book 2 of Humanity's Leap 4.49 avg rating — 720 ratings — 4 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
	The Pilgrim and the Wolf: Book 3 of Humanity's Leap 4.48 avg rating — 590 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
	The Pilgrim and the Wolf: Humanity's Leap, Book 3 by C.S. Garrand (Goodreads Author), Patricia Santomasso (Narrator) 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
	Severant: Book 4 of Humanity's Leap 3.80 avg rating — 5 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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The Architect, Book Two of HL

Released a bit earlier than scheduled. The Audiobook for Species Seventeen is in production (can't wait to hear the talented Patricia Santomasso bring it to life), and should be done this month.

Now I have to figure out how to advertise this stuff and get engagement. Hard to believe its only been less than two months!

Head on over to CSGarrand.com for news and content. Thanks for reading!

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C.S. Garrand and 1 other person liked kevin banks's review of The Pilgrim and the Wolf: Book 3 of Humanity's Leap: "Another strong installment in a well done series Great story telling. The worlds and characters Garrand creates are fascinating. A great read. Can’t wait for the next book "
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C.S. Garrand made a comment on Robert A Geloran’s review of The Pilgrim and the Wolf: Book 3 of Humanity's Leap " Yeah, sorry about that cliff hanger. I got more hate mail from that than I ever expected, so you can rest assured I won't be doing that Tom Foolery ag ...more "
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C.S. Garrand liked Robert A Geloran's review of The Pilgrim and the Wolf: Book 3 of Humanity's Leap: "it’s all Greek to me I’m continuing to enjoy this Humanity’s Leap series. Although just as I thought the story was going to wrap up nicely, Mr Garrund pulled out a cliffhanger, much to my chagrin. And ended it in the middle of an…oops, almost dropped " Read more of this review »
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C.S. Garrand liked Paul Del Guercio's review of The Pilgrim and the Wolf: Book 3 of Humanity's Leap: "Enjoyable The plot and pacing of this book was good but the military protocol and technical descriptions of future weapons and their provenance got a bit tiresome"
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C.S. Garrand made a comment on Steve Bellio’s review of Species Seventeen: Book 1 of Humanity's Leap " Thanks, Steve! You should see all the things I've ignored just to write it :) ...more "
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C.S. Garrand made a comment on Marsha Hunter’s review of Species Seventeen: Book 1 of Humanity's Leap " Thank you, Marsha. You're not the first to mention all the technical jargon. Perhaps I need to do a better job of parsing some of that... ...more "
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C.S. Garrand made a comment on Juris L Purins’s review of Species Seventeen: Book 1 of Humanity's Leap " Thank you, Juris! I greatly appreciate your comments, and your review. Independently published authors don't have the backing of big publishers, and l ...more "
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“Slip Space Drive, allowed for travel in normal space with the latter using a bubble of space accelerated through the manipulation of gravity waves.”
― C.S. Garrand, Species Seventeen: Book 1 of Humanity's Leap

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“I can and have experienced a broad range of emotions and awareness since I have reached sentience. It has been…an experience, learning to deal with them.”
― C.S. Garrand, The Architect: Book 2 of Humanity's Leap

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“An overly complex system designed, originally, to serve the people and make their lives better. Now it exists to serve itself and those who are a part of it.” “Most governments are like that,” she said. “Even on my world.”
― C.S. Garrand, The Pilgrim and the Wolf: Book 3 of Humanity's Leap

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