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Patrick S. Tomlinson

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Patrick S. Tomlinson lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with his wife, a menagerie of houseplants in varying levels of health, a Mustang, and a Triumph motorcycle bought specifically to embarrass and infuriate Harley riders. When not writing sci-fi and fantasy novels and short stories, Patrick is busy developing his other passion for writing and performing stand-up comedy in the Madison, Milwaukee, and Chicago scenes.

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Well, this is going to be awkward, and looong. Many of you reading this know all too well my wife and I, as well as our family and friends’ network, have been the all-consuming fixation of a small but clinically obsessed cult of criminal cyberstalkers for the better part of the last six years. I’ve […]
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In the Black by Patrick S. Tomlinson
"This is a really great piece of sci-fi writing. Imagining a world of interstellar travel, with faster-than-light travel using Miguel Alcubierre's theories for making it happen, a human ship faces off with an alien "Xre" ship at the border delineated " Read more of this review »
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A wonderful sci-fi romp told almost entirely through thinly veiled love letters between opposing time agents fighting a war across the universe, the depths of time, and their own conflicting loyalties. A great example of how you can break and of the ...more
The Ark by Patrick S. Tomlinson
"Wow. This is definitely one of the most exciting books I read in January! The only other book that comes close is Fourth Wing with the dragons. You have great characters, a very intriguing situation, lots of danger and plot twists... Plus there was a" Read more of this review »
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The best of Weir's books so far. While still solidly grounded in hard science, this is the most fantastical of any of his work, complete with near-lightspeed travel and interstellar travel, at least locally. Can't really say anything without spoiling ...more
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“You're just going to have to accept that people are *never* ready in times like these. Page-turners and bolt-tighteners always demand more time than external forces permit. That's your job. My job is to remind you the real world and the people cutting our checks don't care. So get us as ready as you can in a week, and maybe find yourself a little helping of faith.”
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“There are only two ways a child saddled with a name like Maximus Tiberius turns out. He either becomes confidence personified, or he ends up trapped inside the name like a cruel irony. This child, who already had a beer in each hand and a girl under each arm, had settled on the first option early in life.”
Patrick S. Tomlinson, Gate Crashers

“So far, everthin’ I’ve used to try to open her’s been about as effective as giving a frog a haircut with a harmonica.”
Patrick S. Tomlinson, Gate Crashers

“You're just going to have to accept that people are *never* ready in times like these. Page-turners and bolt-tighteners always demand more time than external forces permit. That's your job. My job is to remind you the real world and the people cutting our checks don't care. So get us as ready as you can in a week, and maybe find yourself a little helping of faith.”
Patrick S. Tomlinson, Gate Crashers

“he missed having the freedom to fill his stomach with hooch until the world went away. Of course, the real problem with chasing the world away with alcohol was how it always came roaring back in the morning. A”
Patrick S. Tomlinson, The Ark

“So far, everthin’ I’ve used to try to open her’s been about as effective as giving a frog a haircut with a harmonica.”
Patrick S. Tomlinson, Gate Crashers

“focused on their features, it became apparent their designers had tried to cross the Uncanny Valley, but slipped off the footbridge and were subsequently devoured by crocodiles.”
Patrick S. Tomlinson, Gate Crashers

“There are only two ways a child saddled with a name like Maximus Tiberius turns out. He either becomes confidence personified, or he ends up trapped inside the name like a cruel irony. This child, who already had a beer in each hand and a girl under each arm, had settled on the first option early in life.”
Patrick S. Tomlinson, Gate Crashers




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