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Joshua Palmatier

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Joshua Palmatier started writing science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories in the eighth grade, when the teacher assigned a one page Twilight Zone-ish short story. He wrote a story about Atlantis. It was from the perspective of one of the inhabitants as he escaped in a spaceship, watching his world being destroyed by water from one of the viewports of the ship. He got an A. Joshua hasn't stopped writing since.

"The Skewed Throne" is Joshua's first published novel, but it's the fourth novel he's written. The sequels--"The Cracked Throne" and "The Vacant Throne"--are now all available. His next series--comprising the novels "Well of Sorrows," "Leaves of Flame," and "Breath of Heaven"--was initially published under the pseudonym Benj ...more

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	The Skewed Throne (Throne of Amenkor, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 572 ratings — published 2006 — 14 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
	Temporally Out of Order by Joshua Palmatier (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Patricia Bray (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Seanan McGuire (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 337 ratings — published 2015 — 4 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 Cracked Throne (Throne of Amenkor, #2) 3.83 avg rating — 308 ratings — published 2006 — 9 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 Vacant Throne (Throne of Amenkor, #3) 3.93 avg rating — 279 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	The Modern Fae's Guide to Surviving Humanity by Joshua Palmatier (Goodreads Author) (editor), Patricia Bray (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Seanan McGuire (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.65 avg rating — 265 ratings — published 2012 — 4 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
	Shattering the Ley (Erenthrall, #1) 3.50 avg rating — 273 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	After Hours: Tales from the Ur-Bar (Ur-Bar #1) by Joshua Palmatier (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Patricia Bray (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Benjamin Tate (Contributor) 3.70 avg rating — 155 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
	Alien Artifacts by Joshua Palmatier (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Patricia Bray (Goodreads Author) (Editor and Author), Jacey Bedford (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.62 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2016 — 3 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
	Threading the Needle (Erenthrall, #2) 3.69 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2016 — 7 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
	Reaping the Aurora (Erenthall, #3) 3.83 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2017 — 7 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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Book Review: "Mechanical Failure" by Joe Zieja

This is the first book of a series of humorous SF novels. Sort of a spoof of serious military SF.

Premise: Roger Wilson Rogers has managed to get out of the military and start up a smuggling career, but unfortunately one of his runs goes horribly wrong and rather than get sent to a labor camp for prisoners, he agrees to rejoin the fleet ... as an officer! But once on the ship, he realizes that thin Read more of this blog post »

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White Trash Zombie Gone Wild (White Trash Zombie #5)

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Outpost (Donovan Trilogy #1)

by W. Michael Gear

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

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“I first suspected something was amiss when I exited the coffee shop on Greenup Street and was knocked down by a herd of bison.”
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“All craft orbiting Tartarus had an orbit permanently locking them to the nightside.”
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GoodReads Fantasy Author Poll for April read/May discussion.

The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett

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The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin

12 votes, 17.9%

Inda by Sherwood Smith

10 votes, 14.9%

Territory by Emma Bull

7 votes, 10.4%

The Victor by Marlayne Giron

7 votes, 10.4%

Two Moon Princess by Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban

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The Skewed Throne by Joshua Palmatier

5 votes, 7.5%

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