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Simon Haynes

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in West Wickham, The United Kingdom

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http://www.spacejock.com.au

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Young Adult, Children's Books

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Arthur C Clarke, Asimov, William F. Temple

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Simon Haynes is the author of the Hal Spacejock, Harriet Walsh and Hal Junior (MG) series. He divides his time between writing fiction and computer software, with the occasional bike ride thrown in for a laugh.

Simon lives in Perth, Western Australia.

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Simon Haynes’s books

Average rating: 3.97 · 5,848 ratings · 734 reviews · 85 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Robot Named Clunk (Hal Spacejock #1) 3.56 avg rating — 1,435 ratings — published 2001 — 21 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
	Peace Force (Harriet Walsh, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 731 ratings — 5 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
	Second Course (Hal Spacejock #2) 4.10 avg rating — 300 ratings — published 2006 — 11 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
	Zero: A prequel to the humorous scifi series 4.26 avg rating — 265 ratings — 5 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
	A Portion of Dragon and Chips (Robot vs Dragons #1) 3.76 avg rating — 263 ratings — 6 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
	Just Desserts (Hal Spacejock #3) 4.18 avg rating — 225 ratings — published 2007 — 10 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
	No Free Lunch (Hal Spacejock #4) 4.30 avg rating — 192 ratings — published 2006 — 8 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
	Hal Spacejock Omnibus One (Hal Spacejock #1-3, 4.2) 3.99 avg rating — 194 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Baker's Dough (Hal Spacejock #5) 4.46 avg rating — 143 ratings — published 2012 — 5 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
	A Pair of Nuts on the Throne (Robot vs Dragons #3) 4.21 avg rating — 126 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

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Series by Simon Haynes

Hal Spacejock (12 books)
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3.99 avg rating — 3,407 ratings

Harriet Walsh (3 books)
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3.81 avg rating — 938 ratings

Robot vs Dragons (3 books)
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3.97 avg rating — 521 ratings

Hal Junior (3 books)
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4.33 avg rating — 118 ratings

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Sleight of Hand

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Thonn Day

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Quotes by Simon Haynes (?)

“He noticed Sandys wide-eyed expression as she took in the flight deck, but there was no time to explain what all the controls were for. That, plus he didn't know what ask the controls were for. 'what are ask these controls for?' asked Sandy.
'no time to explain' said Hal quickly.”
― Simon Haynes, Baker's Dough

tags: humour

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“A stitch in time saves uncontrollable blood loss”
― Simon Haynes, Hal Spacejock

tags: comedy-humor, science-fiction

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“Freighter pilot Hal Spacejock has a life to die for: His very own cargo ship, a witty and intelligent flight computer ... and a debt so big it makes the GFC look like a rounding error. Hal's an upright sort of guy, and he won't take jobs from gun runners, drug smugglers or politicians. On the other hand, the finance company's brutal enforcer is on his doorstep, and Hal has barely twenty-four hours to pay him off. Miss the deadline and he - and his ship - will go under. Way, way, under.”
― Simon Haynes, A Robot Named Clunk

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Polls

MARCH SCIENCE FICTION: This poll decides which two books will go on to the run-off poll for the March 2014 SF Book-of-the-month.

Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds

31 votes, 32.3%

Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan

19 votes, 19.8%

Blackout by Connie Willis

18 votes, 18.8%

Gridlinked by Neal Asher

9 votes, 9.4%

The Humans by Matt Haig

8 votes, 8.3%

Mockingbird by Walter Tevis

7 votes, 7.3%

Hal Spacejock by Simon Haynes

4 votes, 4.2%

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Simon’s Quotes

“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time

tags: deadlines, humor, humour, work, writing

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“Apres moi le wreckage”
― Simon Haynes, Hal Spacejock

tags: humor, science-fiction

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“A stitch in time saves uncontrollable blood loss”
― Simon Haynes, Hal Spacejock

tags: comedy-humor, science-fiction

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“Look before you blunder”
― Simon Haynes, Hal Spacejock

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message 3: by Simon

Jun 25, 2013 06:45AM

I'm writing and releasing Hal 7 in ten installments, and parts 1-5 (the first half of the book) are already available on Amazon and Kobo.

When part ten is published I'll release the entire thing as a single novel, as per Hal Spacejock 1-6.

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message 2: by Christine

Jul 27, 2009 10:02PM