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Eric Birk

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St. Louis Area, The United States

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Mystery & Thrillers, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Historical Fiction

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Eric Birk is an electronic technician who got his start in the Air Force, then worked ten years in IT and now works on automated production systems for a major world car producer. He writes in his spare time, (late at night), and since finishing his first novel has several more in the works, including two continuations of his first novel as well as a Civil War thriller. He has spent most of his life around the metro St. Louis area and has lived in several parts of the country while serving in the Air Force, including, Sacramento, Dallas/Fort Worth, and Denver.

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Published on October 13, 2013 20:19 • Tags: afoat, aftac, air-force, cold-war, nazi-conspiracy, nazi-moonbase, nazi-ufo, thriller, ufo, wwii

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“Achieving repute and notoriety is at first like the seemingly hopeless effort of pushing a large snowball up a hill, but eventually you will push it over the apex and watch it grow rapidly as it rolls effortlessly away.”
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“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.”
― Mark Twain, Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World

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“A house without books is like a room without windows.”
― Horace Mann

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“Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company.”
― Benjamin Franklin Wade

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“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

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message 15: by Sandra

Aug 23, 2015 01:12AM

I should add that the book I was working on before I wrote Dangerous, back in 2007-2011, was a novel about an antigravity program circa 1945-1959 and beyond. That should get your attention. :)

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message 14: by Sandra

Aug 23, 2015 12:58AM

Eric, have you ever seen the movie "Explorers"? I'm getting that vibe from you. :) We should talk.

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message 13: by Eric

Mar 13, 2014 10:31PM