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R.W.W. Greene is the author of "The Light Years" (Feb. 2020)," "Twenty-Five to Life" (Aug. 2021), "Mercury Rising" (May 2022), and "Earth Retrograde" (Oct. 2023), all from Angry Robot Books. Member of SFWA. ...more

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	The Light Years 3.71 avg rating — 612 ratings — published 2020 — 5 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
	Mercury Rising (First Planets #1) 3.73 avg rating — 381 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Twenty-Five to Life 3.83 avg rating — 243 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Earth Retrograde: Book II of the First Planets 3.99 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Miseria's Chorale by David Nell (Editor), Christopher Nadeau, Patrick Lacey (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	2017 Young Explorer's Adventure Guide by Corie Weaver (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Maggie Allen, Marilag Angway (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Something Wicked Anthology, Vol Two by Joe Vaz (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Vianne Venter (Editor), Faith Bicknell (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.85 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Writers Resist: The Anthology 2018 by Kit-Bacon Gressitt (Editor), Sara Marchant (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Maia Antoinette (Contributor) 4.46 avg rating — 13 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
	Metaphorosis Magazine, Issue 55, July 2020 by B. Morris Allen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael Tenebrae (Illustrator), Ashley R. Carlson (Goodreads Author) 4.83 avg rating — 6 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
	Metaphorosis 2018: The Complete Stories (Complete Metaphorosis, #3) by B. Morris Allen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Katherine Perdue, Emily McIntyre it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2019 — 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

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R.W.W. Greene answered Charles's question: Have your read Napper's This Machine Kills Billionaires? Its pretty good. I hadn't realized there was a new short-story collection! I really like what Napper is doing in cyberpunk. "36 Streets" is a favorite. Thanks for putting me in the loop!
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R.W.W. Greene made a comment in the group FREE Books, Giveaways & Countdown Deals — It's 99 cents until Feb. 8 on Amazon topic " "Mercury Rising" by R.W.W. Greene https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099814XH4/...Mercury Rising [image] The year is 1975 – Robert Oppenheimer has invented t ...more "
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R.W.W. Greene liked Sarah Smith's review of Earth Retrograde: Book II of the First Planets: "Brooklyn Lamontagne-- Wait, wasn't he dead at the end of MERCURY RISING? Well, yes. But Brooklyn is back, scurrilous as ever, trying to solve the mystery of why the First, who drove humans off Earth, have suddenly...just disappeared. Dazzling worldbu" Read more of this review »
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May 30, 2012 11:09AM

A look at the man behind Stephen King's throne:
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message 1: by Mary

Sep 02, 2011 07:54AM

Do you only ever give four stars to all the books you've read? Come on Rob, I know you're a harsher critic than that. Also, I am now noticing how alike you and my boyfriend are, to the point that it's freaky!

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