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Tim Arnot

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Tim Arnot claims to remember the Sixties, although that almost certainly means he wasn't there. In his defence though, he does claim to have been very small. He had a college education from which he spectacularly failed to get any qualifications at all. But that didn't stop him from going on to be a successful writer of programs for computers and apps for iThings (if you buy a train ticket in the UK from one of those touchy-feely machines, there's a good chance that Tim wrote the software inside it - unless it screwed up, in which case it was someone else).

Tim lives in Oxfordshire with his kindle and a collection of iThings. His first novel, Wanted (Flick Carter book 1) was published in 2013.

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	Wanted (Flick Carter #1) 3.93 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2013 — 7 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
	A Splendid Salmagundi by Kath Middleton (Goodreads Author) (editor), Andrew K. Lawston (Goodreads Author), Cornelius Harker (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2012	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
	Socko's First Case 4.53 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Hunted (Flick Carter #2) 4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Socko's First Day 4.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Stranded (Flick Carter #3) 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — 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
	Socko's First Fire 3.80 avg rating — 5 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
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Battle Angel Alita Vol. 1 (Gunnm, #1)

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“Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.”
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“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
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“Wainscott, Deepspace Operations Group,’ said the man. ‘Wasn’t here, don’t exist, pleased to meet you.”
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“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
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“Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”
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message 1: by Sammi

Apr 15, 2013 06:00AM

Hi Tim, thanks for the friend-vite! Lol i like the way you mention you live with your kindle. I feel the same way, my kindle is like my live in partner. Don't go anywhere without it :)

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