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Alon Lankri

2,597 books | 49 friends

Benjamin Cognomen

8 books | 15 friends

Mark Boyle

4 books | 523 friends

Ilan Jaffe

13 books | 65 friends

Patra Suwan

14 books | 144 friends

Mouli Marur

3 books | 159 friends

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12 books | 63 friends

Brian James

255 books | 72 friends

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James Koss

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Born

in Tel-Aviv, Israel

Website

http://www.JamesKoss.com

Twitter

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Genre

Fantasy, Humor and Comedy, Fiction

Influences

Isaac Asimov, Terry Pratchett, Zen Stories

Member Since

December 2012

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/jameskoss

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Hey. I'm a self-disciplined writer & artist. Among other things, I do Short Stories, Blogging, 3D Art, Web Designs, Permaculture and Philosophy. ...more

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	Short Link, Quick Wink liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 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
	Robert the Fail it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	Robert the Fail: Losing to Trees it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	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
	The Story of the Armada by Amice Macdonell, Tomas Peter (Narrator), Todd (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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James Koss wants to read Defiance of the Fall 17 (Defiance of the Fall #17) by TheFirstDefier (Goodreads Author)	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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James Koss and 10 other people liked Ezekiel Alvarez's review of Age of Stone (Rise of Mankind #1): "Wanted to love it, MC is mentally deficint Unfortunately the main character is a moron with the inability to plan and makes a half dozen or so decisions to drive the plot and little else. Another amazing premise for a book destroyed by a main characte" Read more of this review »
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James Koss and 21 other people liked Logan Horsford's review of Age of Stone (Rise of Mankind #1): "Damn is the MC stupid. He is sooooo dumb. Just keeps rushing into untenable positions without any sort of scouting, plan or real goals. Gets captured then by chance escapes. Sloppy plotting."
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James Koss made a comment on Alon Lankri’s review of Azarinth Healer: Book One (Azarinth Healer, #1) " "powerful woman fantasy" skip "powerful woman fantasy" skip ...more "
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James Koss liked Alon Lankri's review of Azarinth Healer: Book One (Azarinth Healer, #1): "I read the whole book, fight scenes were fun, as was character power upgrades. But having zero plot (I mean literally), zero hard choices, zero sacrifice. I just don't get how a book with this insane a rating gets by without a plot. Enlighten me oh w" Read more of this review »
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James Koss is now following Robert Blaise Author of 1% Lifesteal: Book One (1% Lifesteal, #1)
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James Koss wants to read Lunatic's Landing (The Ripple System, #6) by Kyle Kirrin (Goodreads Author)	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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James’s Quotes

“Rules are for children. This is war, and in war the only crime is to lose.”
― Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings

tags: law, rules, war

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“Travel brings wisdom only to the wise. It renders the ignorant more ignorant than ever.”
― Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings

tags: ignorance, travel, wisdom

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“You have to realistic about these things.”
― Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings

tags: abercrombie, logen-ninefingers

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“I have learned all kinds of things from my many mistakes. The one thing I never learn is to stop making them.”
― Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings

tags: learning, life-lessons, mistakes

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