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Hi, all,

I just joined Goodreads, and I’m delighted to be here. I’ll be blundering about for a while as I try to figure out how it all works.

Right now, I want to let everyone know that my short story collection, Points of Departure, is available as part of an ebook StoryBundle of Philip K. Dick Award winners and finalists (available until October 15 at https://storybundle.com/pkdaward, and then go Read more of this blog post »

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Published on October 02, 2015 22:06 • Tags: lisa-mason, philip-k-dick-award

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	The Wild Girls 4.18 avg rating — 1,841 ratings — published 2007 — 23 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 Falling Woman 3.61 avg rating — 1,866 ratings — published 1986 — 26 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 City, Not Long After 3.92 avg rating — 1,130 ratings — published 1989 — 30 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
	There and Back Again 3.69 avg rating — 245 ratings — published 1999 — 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
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	Nadya 3.57 avg rating — 167 ratings — published 1996 — 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
	Points of Departure 3.81 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 1990 — 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
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“If you can’t change the world with chocolate chip cookies, how can you change the world?”
― Pat Murphy

tags: science-fiction

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“I read books when I was a kid, lots of books. Books always seemed like magic to me. They took you to the most amazing places. When I got older, I realized I couldn’t find books that took me to all the places I wanted to go. To go to those places, I had to write some books myself.”
― Pat Murphy, The Wild Girls

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“I've learned to write the truth. But to do that, I had to figure out what the truth was-and I had to realize that the truth isn't always the same for everyone. I had to realize that my truth may not be the same as your truth.”
― Pat Murphy, The Wild Girls

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Polls

December 2023: Short Books
This month there are three identical polls. Each member has one vote in each, three votes total. Use them to select your 1st, 2nd & 3rd choices. Don't vote for the same book in each poll! Votes will be tallied & the top three will be the winners.

The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov

12 votes, 24.0%

Way Station by Clifford D. Simak

9 votes, 18.0%

This Immortal by Roger Zelazny

8 votes, 16.0%

The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy

4 votes, 8.0%

The Big Time by Fritz Leiber

4 votes, 8.0%

The High Crusade by Poul Anderson

3 votes, 6.0%

Starplex by Robert J. Sawyer

3 votes, 6.0%

The Devil is Dead by R.A. Lafferty

2 votes, 4.0%

Tower of Glass by Robert Silverberg

2 votes, 4.0%

The Weapon Makers by A.E. van Vogt

2 votes, 4.0%

Redshift Rendezvous by John E. Stith

1 vote, 2.0%

They'd Rather Be Right by Mark Clifton

0 votes, 0.0%

50 total votes

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Pat’s Quotes

“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

tags: books, children, difficult, grown-ups, write, writers, writing

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“Each culture defines its own idiosyncracies and then forgets that it has done so.”
― Pat Murphy, The Falling Woman

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“When I run the world, librarians will be exempt from tragedy. Even their smaller sorrows will last only for as long as you can take out a book.”
― Karen Joy Fowler, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

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