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Ryka Aoki

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Memoir, Fiction, Poetry

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October 2011

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Ryka Aoki is a writer, performer, judo black belt, and professor of English at Santa Monica College.

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Ryka Aoki's Blog

Hi Folks! Thank you so much for visiting!

Just letting everyone know! Please forgive the state of my web site. I have been writing my next novel–though I am super happy with it, the process has been more difficult than I expected.

In the meantime, this website has not been updated, and I am again, super sorry for that. I am trying to get everything working, but I need some technical assistance to make the updates–thank you so much for your

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Average rating: 4.03 · 43,180 ratings · 8,248 reviews · 17 distinct works • Similar authors

	Light from Uncommon Stars 4.03 avg rating — 41,637 ratings — published 2021 — 16 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
	Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation by Kate Bornstein, S. Bear Bergman, Gwendolyn Ann Smith (Contributor) 4.10 avg rating — 2,991 ratings — published 2010 — 15 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
	Women of Resistance: Poems for a New Feminism by Dani Barnhart (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Iris Mahan (Editor), Jordan Scherer (Narrator) 3.73 avg rating — 762 ratings — published 2018 — 9 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
	Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers by Cat Fitzpatrick (Editor), Casey Plett (Goodreads Author) (Editor), RJ Edwards (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.99 avg rating — 489 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	He Mele A Hilo 4.28 avg rating — 285 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Why Dust Shall Never Settle Upon This Soul 4.30 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Seasonal Velocities 4.36 avg rating — 120 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
	Where We’re Going We Don’t Need Roads by Ryka Aoki (Goodreads Author), Imogen Binnie (Goodreads Author), Dane Figueroa Edidi 4.63 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2014	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 Great Space Adventure by Ryka Aoki (Goodreads Author), Cai Steele (Illustrator) 4.42 avg rating — 12 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
	We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2024 by Ryka Aoki (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Charles Payseur (Goodreads Author) (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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

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Quotes by Ryka Aoki (?)

“Tomorrow is tomorrow. Over there is over there. And here and now is not a bad place and time to be, especially when so much of the unknown is beautiful.”
― Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars

tags: beauty, now, the-unknown

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“The world is changing, you know. A pity you aren’t ready to live in it.”
― Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars

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“When you rush, all you are doing is practicing your mistakes at a faster pace.”
― Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars

tags: mistakes, music, practice

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Which novel do you want to win the 2022 Hugo Award for Best Novel?

The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers

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A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine

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A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark

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