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Scott L. Nelson

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Born

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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Average rating: 4.32 · 182 ratings · 41 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Carer 4.23 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
	GRINGOS AND FLAMINGOS : A Fat Bastard’s Guide to Trekking in Northern South America 4.40 avg rating — 43 ratings	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
	Common Sense Ain’t So Common: A handbook for the human condition 4.52 avg rating — 29 ratings	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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Automatic Noodle

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The Star

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The Way the Future Was: A Memoir

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A bit silly. Seemed quite dated.
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A bit odd, quite frankly. Won’t be rushing to read another of his novels.
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