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Scott L. Nelson

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Queenstown, New Zealand

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Science Fiction, Thriller, Contemporary

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Orwell, Fitzgerald, Wilde, Spike Mulligan, Huxley, Arthur C. Clarke.

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Scott Nelson grew up in an evangelical cult at the bottom of the world, and was the first person in his family to attend university.

His background is in daily news journalism and feature writing in New Zealand, England and Halifax. Besides journalism, he has worked as a tour guide, labourer, soldier, barman, salesperson, geriatric nurse and IT system administrator. He's lived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada since 2010.

Since 2013, Scott has self published four fiction and non-fiction books, and has sold hundreds of copies in total on Amazon. He was short-listed two years running (fiction and NF) for the Writers' Federation of N.S. 'Nova Writes' awards.

Scott is a lifelong sf and space opera fan, and for the past couple of years has been writ ...more

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	The Carer 4.24 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 2014 — 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 Ministry of Time

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A Reader's Guide To Science Fiction

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Science Fiction Today and Tomorrow: A Discursive Symposium

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