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Christopher Bentley

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About a hundred years ago, give or take, Chris blagged his way into Cambridge to read Natural Sciences and Computer Science. He's spent much of his career since then in corporate life; a great deal of it in the travel industry. He's an MBA, with Distinction, and for over a decade he's written on emerging technologies and corporate strategy for a professional audience. He began studying martial arts when he was eight years old, to get out of piano lessons. He's still at it, and he still can't play the piano.

He lives in the Heavy Woollen District of West Yorkshire with his wife, Sue, his Parson Jack Russell terrier, Fudd, and his gravel bike.

CONCERN is his debut novel, and the beginning of a series featuring Marc Naedorf. ...more

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Subtle Is the Lord: The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein

by Abraham Pais

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Christopher Bentley voted on a poll in the group Techno-Thrillers Please help select the new book for the Fall or 4th quarter of the 2026. We'll read it from Oct 1st to Dec 31st. ...more He voted for: Executive Orders by Tom Clancy (1996) Pages: 1273 \| Rated: 4.12 \| Ratings: 54 ...more
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I did enjoy this, but it wasn't quite what I was expecting. The central idea -- relativistic time dilation -- worked very well indeed, I thought, and was woven nicely into the 'human' story. On the other hand, the pace of the narrative was surprisingl ...more
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Christopher Bentley made a comment in the group Techno-Thrillers — 2026 SEP: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman topic " I did enjoy this, but it wasn't quite what I was expecting. The central idea -- relativistic time dilation -- worked very well indeed, I thought, and w ...more "
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Christopher Bentley made a comment in the group A Good Thriller — What makes a thriller worth rereading after you know the reveal? topic " It's been fairly common thing, throughout my life, for me to re-read a novel that has landed well with me. On reflection, I think it's usually because ...more "
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I thought Stephen Fry's Troy to be exemplary, and had no hesitation in giving it a five star rating. Odyssey is also brilliant, by any other standard, but somehow falls a little short of his previous peak, for me at least. We don't get to Odysseus him ...more
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“Your quantum computing supremo sends up a flare and three days later he and your son are killed. We have no idea why, or by whom, and I have a strong suspicion the Bratva protection racket story is horse shit. However you and Socrates choose to define justice, you haven’t had it.”
― Christopher Bentley, Concern

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