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Ron S. Friedman

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RON S. FRIEDMAN is an Amazon.ca #1 Best Seller in Time Travel, a Calgary Herald #1 Best Seller and Best Short Fiction finalist in the 2016 Aurora Awards, Canada’s premier Science-Fiction and Fantasy awards.

Ron's time travel thriller, TYPHOON TIME, have been released by WorkFire Press in March 2018. Ron’s short stories have appeared in Galaxy’s Edge, Daily Science Fiction, and in other magazines and anthologies. Ron co-edited three anthologies and he received ten Honorable Mentions in Writers of the Future Contest.

Ron is a Quora most viewed author in Astronomy and Planetary Science, with over 3,400,000 views.

Originally from Israel, Ron is living with his loving wife and two children in Calgary. ...more

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	Typhoon Time 3.41 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2018 — 4 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
	Gunsmoke & Dragonfire: A Fantasy Western Anthology by Diane Morrison (Editor/Author), Sable Aradia (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Author), Liam Hogan 4.16 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Timeshift: Tales of Time by Eric S. Fomley (Goodreads Author), Mike Resnick, Ken Liu (Goodreads Author) 3.52 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2018 — 4 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
	Escape Velocity 4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Galaxy's Edge Magazine Issue 12, January 2015: Predestination Movie Tie-In Special by Mike Resnick (Editor), Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig 3.93 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Writing Better Fiction: Craft Tips From Some of Canada's Best Writers and Editors by Brent Nichols, Robert Sawyer, Ron S. Friedman (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 14 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
	Enigma Front by Renée Bennett (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Hayden Trenholm (Goodreads Author), Lesley Moody (Sackett) (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Not Just Rockets and Robots: Daily Science Fiction Year One by Michele-Lee Barasso (Editor), Jonathan Laden (Editor), Ciro Faienza (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.79 avg rating — 14 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
	Raiders of the Lost World it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 4 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
	By The Way That He Came really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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

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What was the greatest treasure humanity lost?

The books in the Great Library of Alexandria.

Think about all the knowledge lost, from steam engines, architecture and batteries, to science knowledge in astronomy and geography, and the countless art treasures which includes stories, poetry and theater plays.

The most important treasure is knowledge, not gold and precious stones. And as such, the destruction of the books in what was the greatest Li Read more of this blog post »

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Gunsmoke & Dragonfire: A Fantasy Western Anthology

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