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Nancy E. Shaffer

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Nancy E. Shaffer has been an experimental psychologist, a philosopher, and a software developer. She taught history and philosophy of science at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec and the University of Nebraska Omaha.

Her philosophical work has appeared in the journal Philosophy of Science and her pop-culture philosophy website, All Things Philosophical on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel: the Series.

Her first novel, Dis/inhbition, turns a state university lab into an emotional crucible for exploring the complex relationship between a young neuroscientist and her mentor. Nancy is currently working on the first novel of a science fiction series, The Library of Forever.

She currently resides in Tempe, Arizona.
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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Not what I expected. I listened to the audiobook version, which is read by the author. She has a sweet, feminine voice that is jarring at first simply because you get used to procedural books about crime and criminals read by voice actors taking on the gravitas of the law enforcement, legal, or psychology p

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Published on December 31, 2022 14:23
Average rating: 3.69 · 13 ratings · 1 review · 1 distinct work
Dis/inhibition

3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
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Nancy Shaffer Nancy Shaffer said: " Is it just me, or do other people have a difficult time following the plot to books in this series because you don't have the MurderBot World-Building Bible in your head interpreting every sentence? Just me, then. Okay.

ETA: Yep, makes much more sense
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I enjoy this series, but I found this book really hard to follow. I reread entire chapters trying to figure out if I'd read them before and follow the line of the plot. MurderBot is always a fun character, but I am not sure this is a novel-length sto ...more
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“The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.”
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“Life is a drag most of the time--birth, school, work, death.... I wish something magic would happen." --Aiden, "Blood and Chocolate”
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“I never change, I simply become more myself.”
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