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Tim Queeney

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TIM QUEENEY is the former editor of Ocean Navigator, a magazine for offshore voyagers. Tim's work has appeared in Professional Mariner, American History, and Aviation History. He has had short stories published in the crime anthology Landfall, Best New England Crime Stories 2018 and in the speculative anthology A Land Without Mirrors. Tim lives in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, with his wife and a rescue dog, Frankie. A life-long sailor, he has taught celestial navigation, radar navigation and coastal piloting ashore and at sea — where he tied plenty of knots and handled many a rope.

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	Rope: How a Bundle of Twisted Fibers Became the Backbone of Civilization 3.88 avg rating — 135 ratings — 5 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
	George in London 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	The Atlas Fracture 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	The SHIVA Compression 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	The Borealis Incident 3.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2015	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 Ceres Plague really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015	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
	Ocean Navigator [ Nov/Dec 2009 Issue No. 182 ] Single issue magazine (Minefields and Lavendar; Voyaging in Albania, Testing a GPS/Loran, Special section: Weather, Issue No. 182) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	Ocean Navigator Magazine, October 2007, Issue No. 165 (Marine Navigation and Ocean Voyaging, Issue No. 165) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	Ocean Navigator, November/December 2008, Issue #174 [ single issue magazine ] 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	Ocean Navigator, October 2008, Issue No. 173, Single Issue Magazine (American Yacht Review, Atlantic Exotic, Converter box grabs digital TV, Issue No. 173) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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Okay, that's a pretty weak way to draw you in with a silly pun that uses the title of my book Rope - How a Bundle of Twisted Fibers Became the Backbone of Civilization. But it could have been worse. I could have written Get Twisted! (so many ways to do that! But this is a family blog) or Get Bundled! (maybe not so intriguing) or Get a Backbone, dammit! (yeah, stand up for yourself!) Or even Get Ci Read more of this blog post »

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Tim answered Will Byrnes's question: Are there any plans afoot to make a documentary series from your book? It seems a natural subject for such. Hi, Will. At least one cable channel has the book in hand. I'm not free to say more but let's hope that goes forward. Thanks for your question!
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Tim made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Remove magazines from My Books list topic " Thank you for removing those, Scott. Really appreciate it. Sorry it's taken me a while thank you. ...more "
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Tim answered Goodreads's question: Where did you get the idea for your most recent book? Have always been interested in rope and knot tying, especially aboard boats. Got to thinking about rope one day when rummaging through a milk crate of old ropes used by late father.
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