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Frank Hofer lives in Silicon Valley with his wonderful wife, three dogs, and three cats. He used his BS in Computer Science to land a job flying over a dozen one-of-a-kind science satellites. Career highlights over the past ten years include a failed attempt to get the call sign “Gilligan” assigned to his ops team for the joint U.S./Soviet satellite mission known as “Skipper”, and labeling spacecraft anomaly data “The Big Battery Bake-off”, which oddly enough was not well received. Despite his antics, Frank has managed to survive in an industry known for volatile staffing levels. His current job is testing spacecraft flight software. Frank is considered an amateur Iron Chef and enjoys trying new cuisine. He spends his vacations visiting Nat ...more

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Average rating: 4.27 · 11 ratings · 6 reviews · 2 distinct works

	Duck Blood Soup (The Caldarium War #1) by James Hofer (Goodreads Author), Frank Hofer (Goodreads Author), Dave Reeb (Illustrator) 4.27 avg rating — 11 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
	Duck Blood Soup: (Book 1 - The Caldarium War) by The Brothers Hofer, James Hofer (Goodreads Author), Frank Hofer (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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Escape Velocity (Backyard Starship Book 33)

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Shockingly Bad Writing Ten percent in and I’m done with this mess. Introduce a character then give the history of the world up to this point, or describe impossible genetic engineering, or …. You get the idea. The writing style is clunky with no flow ...more
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