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S.P. Somtow

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Called by the Bangkok Post "the Thai person known by name to most people in the world," S.P. Somtow is an author, composer, filmmaker, and international media personality whose dazzling talents and acerbic wit have entertained and enlightened fans the world over.

He was Somtow Papinian Sucharitkul in Bangkok. His grandfather's sister was a Queen of Siam, his father is a well known international lawyer and vice-president of the International Academy of Human Rights. Somtow was educated at Eton and Cambridge, and his first career was in music. In the 1970s (while he was still in college) his works were being performed on four continents and he was named representative of Thailand to the Asian Composer's League and to the International Music C ...more

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Between Shadow and Flame (Guthanderkaz, #1)

Between Shadow and Flame by C.T. Bryce

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I started this novel thinking, well, it's another retelling of one of the oldest tropes: boy who doesn't know who he really is searches for his real father and finds his true self in a distant fantasy kingdom. And it is, but C.T. Bryce has found new things to say and this book is a brilliantly reimagined take on the theme. In fact, i Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 3.72 · 7,405 ratings · 953 reviews · 351 distinct works • Similar authors

	Vampire Junction 3.56 avg rating — 721 ratings — published 1984	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
	Moon Dance 3.55 avg rating — 551 ratings — published 1989 — 20 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
	Jasmine Nights 3.98 avg rating — 301 ratings — published 1994 — 10 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
	Do Comets Dream? 3.38 avg rating — 210 ratings — published 2003 — 9 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
	Delicatus 4.24 avg rating — 144 ratings — 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
	Mallworld by S.P. Somtow (Goodreads Author), Somtow Sucharitkul 3.72 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 1981 — 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
	The Crow: Temple of Night by S.P. Somtow (Goodreads Author), James O'Barr (Created by) 3.52 avg rating — 145 ratings — published 1999 — 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
	Valentine 3.70 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 1992 — 15 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 Riverrun Trilogy 3.96 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 1991 — 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
	Starship & Haiku 3.31 avg rating — 134 ratings — published 1981 — 11 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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S.P. Somtow rated a book it was amazing Violas con kimchi (Darius McGuire, violista y detective) (Spanish Edition) by Jacob Chillingsworth	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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S.P. Somtow rated a book it was amazing The Music Isn't in the Notes (The Loves of Tyler Anderson Book 1) by Chase Harlech	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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S.P. Somtow rated a book it was amazing The Great Monster Spray Rescue: Series of bedtime stories that turns fears into giggles. For brave little readers (Growing Up with Sofia & Mark) by Larysa Lymar (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
All children worry about monsters in the night, but this book has a clever solution. Literally, because it comes in a bottle and you can spray it. Sofia is one such frightened little girl, but her best friend Mark, who is all of six years old arrives ...more
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S.P. Somtow rated a book it was amazing The Music Isn't in the Notes (The Loves of Tyler Anderson Book 1) by Chase Harlech	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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S.P. Somtow rated a book it was amazing Red, White & Moo (Pee-Yew!) Notes from Tooting Cows: A Dad's Darn Tootin' Fart Book by Captain Tootypants (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
This book is a guaranteed hit with kids (and even some adults, I suspect) because it's essentially one long fart joke. Anyone who has experience with children knows that this is a surefire way to get a laugh, and this book, set on a cow farm, is a la ...more
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S.P. Somtow rated a book really liked it The Curse: A Graphic Ballad (The Path of None Book 2) by Alexander Gabriel Zoderot (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
This is graphically a feast in every way, with stunning, detailed and convincing artwork. There are a few cavils with layout, though. For example, the speech balloons are often poorly placed, blocking important parts of the picture; better to move th ...more
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S.P. Somtow rated a book it was amazing The Slave Deeds of Asheboro, NC: Volume I (The SydTek University Stacks Book 47) by Justin Goldston	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
Within these fragile documents, written in legalese, completely devoid of emotion, are human stories of suffering and heartbreak. The author presents a series of bills of sale, in the original handwritten copies, a transciption, and a gloss in modern ...more
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“Ideas themselves were sensual things to him.”
― S.P. Somtow, Dragon's Fin Soup and Other Modern Siamese Fables

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“You are a king," she whispered from behind her veils, "but you are also a man. Men burn but women smolder; always we are the stronger, and your subjugation of us is an illusion.”
― S.P. Somtow, The Shattered Horse

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“The word bara has no gender,” I said. “And the world elohim might be plural. What if the real meaning was, ‘In the beginning, she created the gods?”
― S.P. Somtow, Other Edens: Novellas of the Fall

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