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Karl K. Gallagher

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Karl K. Gallagher is a systems engineer, currently performing data analysis for a major aerospace company. In the past he calculated trajectories for a commercial launch rocket start-up, operated satellites as a US Air Force officer, and selected orbits for government and commercial satellites. Karl lives in Minnesota with his family.

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Average rating: 4.12 · 1,167 ratings · 146 reviews · 23 distinct works • Similar authors

	Torchship 3.88 avg rating — 366 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Torchship Pilot 4.11 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 2016 — 6 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
	Torchship Captain 4.03 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 2017 — 6 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
	Torchship Trilogy 4.23 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Storm Between the Stars (Fall of the Censor #1) 4.20 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	The Lost War 3.98 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	The War Revealed (Lost War #2) 4.16 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Between Home and Ruin (Fall of the Censor #2) 4.29 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Seize What's Held Dear (Fall of the Censor #3) 4.41 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Captain Trader Helmsman Spy (Fall of the Censor #4) 4.58 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2022 — 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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Heroes and Anti-Heroes

Heroes and Anti-Heroes take different journeys. A hero starts out good, but has to learn to be effective. An anti-hero begins as competent, but needs to learn to use those powers for good.

My favorite example: Luke Skywalker starts out idealistic but clueless. He learns better and becomes a Jedi. Han Solo is competent (shooting first) but cares only for himself and Chewie. He’s inspired to join

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Lost War (2 books)
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Karl K. Gallagher wrote a new blog post Heroes and Anti-Heroes Heroes and Anti-Heroes take different journeys. A hero starts out good, but has to learn to be effective. An anti-hero begins as competent, but needs Read more of this blog post »
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Karl liked a quote “Out of every one-hundred men, ten shouldn’t even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior and he will bring the others back.” Heraclitus
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― Karl K. Gallagher, War By Other Means

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“Humans have an inherent aversion to being permanently at the bottom of a status hierarchy—the omega of a group. Call it omegaphobia. A person feeling stuck in the omega position will take high-risk actions to achieve higher status or force another member of the group into the omega position.”
― Karl K. Gallagher, Torchship Trilogy

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“All of these are subsets of omegacide—killing the lowest status member of the band. If there’s no one too young, old, or crippled to contribute to the group’s survival, then the least popular member is killed or expelled.”
― Karl K. Gallagher, Torchship Trilogy

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Karl’s Quotes

“Nitwit ideas are for emergencies. You use them when you've got nothing else to try. If they work, they go in the Book. Otherwise you follow the Book, which is largely a collection of nitwit ideas that worked.”
― Larry Niven, The Mote in God's Eye

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“But that’s bullshit!” Doug says. “Jesus! Haven’t you guys spent any time at all around people like Comstock? Can’t you recognize bullshit? Don’t you think it would be a useful item to add to your intellectual toolkits to be capable of saying, when a ton of wet steaming bullshit lands on your head, ‘My goodness, this appears to be bullshit’?”
― Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon

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“Out of every one-hundred men, ten shouldn’t even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior and he will bring the others back.”
― Heraclitus

tags: life-philosophy

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