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Jeff Stewart

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Hi. I’m Jeff.

I love sci-fi with a touch of fantasy and a dash of wit. My favourite books make me think and laugh, and sometimes think about why I’m laughing. I try to write stories that have the same effect.

I’ve always loved reading. I blame my mum, who took my brother and me to the local library every Tuesday. So I had to get through four books every week.

My dad, meanwhile, helped me escape the children’s section for the shelves stuffed with books I couldn’t put down: books crammed with aliens, spaceships and robots, or with wizards, magic and mayhem; books full of big ideas and huge questions. These are the tales that mean I’ve spent large parts of my life away with the fairies. Or the Nasqueron Dwellers.

A few of my favourite authors: Ia Hi. I’m Jeff.

I love sci-fi with a touch of fantasy and a dash of wit. My favourite books make me think and laugh, and sometimes think about why I’m laughing. I try to write stories that have the same effect.

I’ve always loved reading. I blame my mum, who took my brother and me to the local library every Tuesday. So I had to get through four books every week.

My dad, meanwhile, helped me escape the children’s section for the shelves stuffed with books I couldn’t put down: books crammed with aliens, spaceships and robots, or with wizards, magic and mayhem; books full of big ideas and huge questions. These are the tales that mean I’ve spent large parts of my life away with the fairies. Or the Nasqueron Dwellers.

A few of my favourite authors: Iain M Banks, Neil Gaiman, Douglas Adams, Ursula K. Le Guin, Jasper Fforde, China Miéville, JRR Tolkien, Isaac Asimov and Margaret Atwood. And, of course, AA Milne.

My writing...

As Jeff Stewart, I wrote Why Balloons Rise and Apples Fall. It’s an explanation (with no maths) of all the physics you’ve forgotten since you left school. It is available in eight languages, including American (where it is titled E=MC2: Simple Physics: Why Balloons Rise, Apples Fall & Golf Balls Go Awry). In the UK, it’s still in lots of libraries.

Now, as Jeffrey A Stewart, I’m working on a series of science fiction and fantasy stories set on Erth, a planet named after mud — by a people who can’t spell properly. Expect adventure, intrigue and plot twists in a post-apocalyptic universe. Expect creaking space hardware and sharp swords. Expect strange monsters. And stranger people.

A bit more about me...

I live on the edge of London, in the UK. I love the ancient woodland nearby. And the stinking city over the hill. And as I wander, I wonder: what would happen if the comforts of our civilisation were stripped away? What would we think if the internet ended? And how would we live without takeaway pizza?

When I’m not reading or writing, I work as an editor and graphic designer. And as personal assistant to four kids, three cats, two bikes and one quite singular wife. ...more

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You spend years and years writing stories. Eventually, you have one that’s good enough to show to the world.

But then you learn no one will publish sci-fi/fantasy/serious/slightly whimsical mash-ups. They aren’t like the latest bestseller, say literary agents. There’s no shelf for them in book shops, say publishers.

The internet points out, helpfully, that you are wasting your time. Stop writing, i Read more of this blog post »

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	E=MC2: Simple Physics: Why Balloons Rise, Apples Fall & Golf BallsGo Awry 3.75 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Why Balloons Rise and Apples Fall: The Laws That Make the World Work 3.96 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2010 — 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 Big Book of Essential Knowledge by Caroline Taggart (Goodreads Author), Judy Parkinson, Jeff Stewart (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011 — 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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The Truth (Discworld, #25; Industrial Revolution, #2)

by Terry Pratchett

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Alien Clay

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Infinity's End

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Jeff Stewart made a comment on Brok3n’s review of The Grief of Stones (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #2) " Nice review. Thanks. I've added the first of this series to my TBR list. ...more "
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Jeff’s Quotes

“Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”
― Terry Pratchett, Jingo

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“Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.”
― Terry Pratchett

tags: humor, life

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“Some people are able to tell a more or less truthful story about themselves. Others are fantasists. Their sense of who they are is so at odds with what the rest of the world feels about them that they become pathetic … Then, there’s the other extreme, the people who diminish themselves in their own minds. They’re often much greater people than they think they are and, often, much admired by others. Still, they kill themselves inside. Almost by definition, the good are hard on themselves – and the less than good believe they’re the best.”
― Paul Auster

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