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Sylvain Neuvel dropped out of high school at age 15. Along the way, he has been a journalist, worked in soil decontamination, sold ice cream in California, and peddled furniture across Canada. He received a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Chicago. He taught linguistics in India, and worked as a software engineer in Montreal. He is also a certified translator, though he wishes he were an astronaut. He likes to tinker, dabbles in robotics and is somewhat obsessed with Halloween. He absolutely loves toys; his girlfriend would have him believe that he has too many, so he writes about aliens and giant robots as a blatant excuse to build action figures (for his son, of course).

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For those interested in an advance copy (this is way early), "The Many" is now available to request on NetGalley. (Just search The Many and my name)

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	Sleeping Giants (Themis Files, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 98,525 ratings — published 2016 — 69 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
	Waking Gods (Themis Files, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 50,259 ratings — published 2017 — 47 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
	Only Human (Themis Files, #3) 3.63 avg rating — 34,808 ratings — published 2018 — 44 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 Test 3.82 avg rating — 24,215 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	A History of What Comes Next (Take Them to the Stars, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 5,556 ratings — published 2021 — 16 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
	Until the Last of Me (Take Them to the Stars, #2) 3.83 avg rating — 1,997 ratings — published 2022 — 13 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
	For the First Time, Again (Take Them to the Stars, #3) 3.85 avg rating — 1,274 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	File N°002 (Themis Files, #0.5) 3.75 avg rating — 1,216 ratings — published 2017	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
	File N°247 (Themis Files, #1.5) 3.50 avg rating — 854 ratings — published 2016	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
	File N°2491 (Themis Files, #3.5) 4.15 avg rating — 621 ratings — published 2019	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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“If you fall in love with someone, there’s a good chance the person won’t love you back. Hatred, though, is usually mutual. If you despise someone, it’s pretty much a given they’re also not your biggest fan.”
― Sylvain Neuvel, Sleeping Giants

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“Family has a way of bringing out the worst in people. Every people.”
― Sylvain Neuvel, Sleeping Giants

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“It would make things easier for both of us, especially for you, if we could forgo the part of this conversation where you take me for a complete idiot...”
― Sylvain Neuvel, Sleeping Giants

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Centuries of June by Keith Donohue

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Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel

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The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber

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Seveneves by Neal Stephenson

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The Carhullan Army by Sarah Hall

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Shining at the Bottom of the Sea by Stephen Marche

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message 1: by Dustin

May 28, 2016 12:58PM

Greetings, Sylvain!

I hope all's well with you and yours.:)

Thank you for accepting our friendship, much appreciated. I am very much looking forward to reading your work-- Sleeping Giants sounds AMAZING!

Have a great weekend and happy Memorial Day, man!

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