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Jessica Kagan

Goodreads Author

Born

in Worcester, Massachusetts, The United States

Website

https://invisiblesandwichtm.wordpress.com/

Genre

Science Fiction, Humor and Comedy, Fantasy

Influences

Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter, Neal Stephenson, Charles Stross ...more

Member Since

August 2012

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/invisiblesandwich

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Like many things in my life, this page is undergoing transition. I've been living as Jessica since January 2019, but I've been writing for far longer.

As of November 1st, 2019, my latest published work is "Behind the Bitmask", an urban fantasy/sci-fi novel. Depending on my mood, that's either a story of Unix hackers and parallel worlds, or a story about an accountant trying to kill a cartoon platypus.

I wrote a book (back in the deadname days) called "First Contact Is Bad For You" in 2011. It's... not up to my current standards. I might release it (and its unpublished sequel) for free someday. ...more

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Jessica Kagan’s books

Average rating: 3.8 · 5 ratings · 2 reviews · 2 distinct works

	Behind the Bitmask (1) (Endian Project) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 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
	First Contact Is Bad For You really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011	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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Jessica Kagan wants to read The Transitive Properties of Cheese by Ann Leblanc	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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Jessica’s Quotes

“No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal. He would be only too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be?”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

tags: dystopia, political

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“Do you remember, Abelard... Once I told you that ecstasy was better than being God."
"I remember."
"I was wrong, darling. Being God is better.”
― Bruce Sterling, Schismatrix Plus

tags: cyberpunk, humor, surreal

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“The story so far:
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

tags: humor, scifi

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