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Bernard Assaf is a fiction dabbler (in other words, he enjoys creative writing during his sparse leisure time) and occasional editor of role-playing game items and related fiction. His career and livelihood have been tied to the software development industry since his high school days, but his hobbies have been inexorably tied to the science fiction and fantasy genres for even longer.

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	Beatdown at Big Battle Ridge! by Thessaly Chance Tracy, Chet Minton (Illustrator), Bernard Assaf (Goodreads Author) (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Nasty Little Nobbits by Thessaly Chance Tracy, Simon Lee Tranter (Illustrator), Chet Minton (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Desperately Seeking Plumb Gorgeous by Thessaly Chance Tracy, Peryton Publishing (Publisher), Bernard Assaf (Goodreads Author) (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2021	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 Tale Beyond the Wasteland by Bernard Assaf (Goodreads Author), David Assaf IV it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1992 — 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
	Lizardmen in Red Water Bay (Agents of Lerotra'hh, #3) by James L. Shipman II (Game Master), Bernard Assaf (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), David Assaf IV (Contributor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2006	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
	Goblins in the Mists (Agents of Lerotra'hh, #2) by James L. Shipman II, Bernard Assaf (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), David Assaf IV (Contributor) 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2000 — 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
	Tales from the Wasteland by David Assaf IV, Bernard Assaf (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1990	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
	Agents of Lerotra'hh (Agents of Lerotra'hh, #1) by Ken St. Andre (Game Master), Bernard Assaf (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), David Assaf IV (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1998	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 Tale of Mr. Grizzly liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1994	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
	Cloak 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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19 Book series I want to finish

I took a look at my "already read" list today. Turns out I'm in the "middle" of more series than I realized. Perhaps I should try to finish some of them. I order them below by "longest amount of time since I read one in the series" to "shortest." Perhaps I'll re-engage some. Perhaps I won't. I'm not counting series where I read only 1 of and don't want to finish it.

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Julia

by Sandra Newman (Goodreads Author)

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The Past through Tomorrow (Future History or "Heinlein Timeline" #1-21)

by Robert A. Heinlein

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The Ministry of Time

by Kaliane Bradley

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Bernard liked a quote “Cecil flashed a grin. "Quite. Plus your rather irritating habit of treating your superior officers as your, ah..." Cecil paused, apparently groping again for just the right word. "Equals?" Miles hazarded. "Cattle," Cecil corrected judiciously.” ...more Lois McMaster Bujold
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Bernard made a comment on his status in The Past through Tomorrow (Future History or "Heinlein Timeline" #1-21) " I read 4 Heinleins back in high school. I wanted to write a report on Asimov but my English teacher gave that author to someone else, so I settled for ...more "
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First off: Dr. Newberg gets major bonus points for using quotes from Star Wars at the beginning of one of the chapters of this book! This is definitely an academic read. There were several times where I struggled to keep up with the biological and neu ...more
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Bernard is on page 585 of 830 of The Past through Tomorrow: "If This Goes On--" (1940). Ok this one is going to stick with me. At least, as long as we are in our current political situation in the United States, with a fascist cult leader who uses religion, moral issues, propaganda, and lies, as divisive 'us vs. them' wedges for political gain, and who actually became president, twice. Heinlein basically predicted the current Trump era of American politics. The Past through Tomorrow (Future History or "Heinlein Timeline" #1-21) by Robert A. Heinlein progress:	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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Bernard did not finish Cheesie Mack Is Not a Genius or Anything by Steve Cotler	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
Sadly, had to return to library before finishing. I'll definitely be picking this back up one day. [Update July 27, 2026: No, I probably won't, as my kids are no longer kids and wouldn't sit still for me to read them any book, much less a kids' book. ...more
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“We gave creation a chance.”
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“Adults buy presents for kids to remember their own childhoods and remember how much fun it was to play, how much fun it was to pretend. I think we try to buy back our imagination around the holidays.”
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“Speed runs, Skywalker. Speed runs.”
― Brian Daley, The Complete Star Wars Trilogy: The Original Radio Dramas

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“A baby was a fact. It was a being with a mind and a nature, and you could feel about it any way you liked, but a baby wouldn't care. Just by existing, it demanded that you believe in a future: the future it would crawl in, walk in, live in. A baby was a piece of time; it was a promise you made that the world made back to you.”
― Justin Cronin, The Passage

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“His eyes burned across the space between them like quasars. "We, Jaina, are the new Jedi order. And this is our war." -Jedi Master Kyp Durron”
― Greg Keyes, Edge of Victory II: Rebirth

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