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Scott Carlson has been a taxi driver, a short-order cook, a hospital orderly, a farmhand, an Army cook, a lawyer, a teacher, a so-far failed screenwriter, a housedad, and a freelance writer一not in that order. He has an MA in Creative Writing from New York University, and has published pieces in the Washington Post, San Francisco Examiner, New Mexico Magazine, Cimarron Review, Other Voices, and Palo Alto Weekly. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and has never been to Sutter’s Mill, “ground zero” of the California Gold Rush.

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Scott Carlson liked ruth Becker's review of Karl Marx and the Lost California Manifesto: a novel: "This is a thoroughly original novel blending history, social commentary, and intriguing California characters. Plunking Karl Marx down in the center of the gold rush madness creates crazy entertaining encounters with all sorts of people. A very enjoy" Read more of this review »
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Scott Carlson liked Lynn's review of Karl Marx and the Lost California Manifesto: a novel: "Scott Carlson’s entertaining book asks the question of what would have happened if Karl Marx had journeyed to California during the gold rush, fleeing debt collectors and pursuing his philosophical ruminations. In answering this offbeat question, the" Read more of this review »
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Scott Carlson made a comment in the group The Humour Club — Welcome interest and discussion topic " A new member here, learning my way around the site...My new novel is serio-comic, or comic-serio: Marx, to escape debtor's prison and fund Revolution, ...more "
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Scott Carlson made a comment in the group History: Actual, Fictional and Legendary — Welcome interest and discussion topic " A new member here...I live in northern California, have newly published this, and welcome interest and discussion. It's a Booklife by Publishes Weekly ...more "
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Scott Carlson answered Goodreads's question: What books are on your summer reading list this year? I read Italo Svevo's "Zeno's Conscience," which is not an easy read but a rewarding one. It's a little-known gem by a little-known writer who lived in Trieste, Italy. He knew James Joyce, and Joyce like the book. I also read a novel by another "italo See Full Answer
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