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Richard Garfinkle


Born
New York City, The United States
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Genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science

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John Crowley ...more


Richard Garfinkle grew up in New York and now lives in Chicago with his wife and children. His first novel, Celestial Matters, won the Compton Crook award for best first science fiction novel of 1996. Garfinkle was twice a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for best new writer. He has written numerous fiction and nonfiction works on his interests of history, science, imagination, and the preternatural.

More information can be found at www.richardgarfinkle.com.

Garfinkle's blog is "Overdue Considerations," ...more

Combine Editions

Average rating: 3.73 · 701 ratings · 107 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors
Celestial Matters
3.74 avg rating — 401 ratings — published 1996
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All of an Instant
3.90 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 1999 — 8 editions
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Totally Charmed: Demons / W...
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3.72 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions
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Wayland's Principia
3.94 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions
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Exaltations
3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions
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Unknowable Death
4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions
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The Muse of Coding: Compute...
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions
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X Marks the Spot: The Lost ...
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Two By Two Souls Fly
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it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011
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Eros Takes A Bow
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