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Christopher R. Taylor

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in Denver, Colorado, The United States
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Christopher Taylor is the author of three novels -- Snowberry's Veil, Old Habits, and Life Unworthy -- along with many other works for role playing games. He lives in Oregon and is always at work on another novel.

A life long dreamer, Christopher encountered fantasy in The Hobbit at a young age and for him it was like coming home. He learned to play AD&D in 1979 and his gaming experiences as player and GM have shaped his storytelling and world building skills to a razor sharp edge.

Both Old Habits and Snowberry's Veil are set in his game world Jolrhos and reflect his love of both the wilds of Oregon and the gaming worlds he's been a part of.

Christopher checks the back of closets for Narnia and feels odd writing about himself in the third pers
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Christopher R. Taylor There are aspects to history that are often unknown or deserve greater attention that can be highlighted by adding exciting fictional elements to them…moreThere are aspects to history that are often unknown or deserve greater attention that can be highlighted by adding exciting fictional elements to them. I didn't really set out to write historical fiction with Life Unworthy, that's just where the concept went and like the rest of my books I just followed it where it went.(less)
Christopher R. Taylor I can't even begin to speculate anything like this, my life has been rather pedestrian without any great mysteries or interesting plots.…moreI can't even begin to speculate anything like this, my life has been rather pedestrian without any great mysteries or interesting plots.(less)
Average rating: 3.87 · 38 ratings · 10 reviews · 10 distinct works
Life Unworthy

3.89 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions
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Old Habits

3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
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Snowberry's Veil

liked it 3.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions
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The Jolrhos Bestiary: volume 1

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014
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Elenthar's Tower

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Two Kings Keep

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The Fantasy Codex

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The Taming of Tascora

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The Jorhos Field Guide

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The Lost Castle

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Swords and Ice Magic by Fritz Leiber
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Another series of stories about the Barbarian Fafhrd and the thief Mouser. Although, really both are thieves, and fighters, and Mouser knows a bit of magic but lacks the discipline to be more than just a dabbler. In this book they sail the world, dal ...more
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Nathan Heller's second big case as a private detective after crashing out of the Chicago Police Force follows very soon after the first. He only got one year in charge of the Pickpocket Detail in the Chicago World's Fair, and is a bit broke and despe ...more
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Red Highway by Loren D. Estleman
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This is Loren D Estelman's first published book, an Elmore Leonard-like crime novel of the late 20s south and bank robbing gunsels. There are some parts that a later Estleman would have polished better, but the characterization is strong and its grea ...more
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The Adventures of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser by Fritz Leiber
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Lamentations by Jeremiah
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The sad thoughts of Jeremiah after his doomed attempt to warn Israel and its brutal captivity. Jeremiah calls to God for mercy and pleads for his nation in beautiful poetry and tragic verse.
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Jeremiah by Jeremiah
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The prophecies and story of Jeremiah, chosen in his youth to tell Israel of its coming doom, and sadly was told by God that nobody will listen. Jeremiah suffers terribly and all his predictions are proven exactly accurate. Yet through all of it is Go ...more
Kahawa by Donald E. Westlake
"It was a clever plot and an interesting setting in terms of location and the time (recent past). The brutality of Idi Amin's regime and the general chaos of the end of colonialism and the early days of emerging nationhood in east Africa. The characte" Read more of this review »
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During the brutal and evil regime of Idi Amin, a group of international criminals plan to steal a train full of coffee, organized by international financiers and market moguls to corner the market. How dos it work out? I don't know, I never finished ...more
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“I have seen tyrants come and go, and each seems more invincible and more terrible than the last. They all fail. Empires arise and crumble. What matters is what each of us do where we are, when we are.”
Christopher R Taylor, Life Unworthy

“What's good for reform is bad for the reformers”
Loren D. Estleman Gas City

“The act of defending any of the cardinal virtues has today all the exhilaration of a vice.”
G.K. Chesterton

“The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.”
-A. A. Milne

“I have come to the conclusion that none of us in our generation feels as guilty about sin as we should or as our forefathers did.”
Francis Schaeffer

“To disbelieve is easy; to scoff is simple; to have faith is harder.”
Louis L'Amour

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Christopher Taylor I only know a few, in the Portland and Eugene area mostly. There's never been any sort of meetup in the area that I am aware of.


Octiparan Howdy Christopher,

I noticed you are in Salem, OR. This means were neighbors, as I live in Keizer. I've lived in Keizer 10+ years, Salem 10 years and a number of other places around the country before that. My real home is Billings, Montana. I'm trapped here in Oregon due to the triplet grand kids. If you ever want to meet in person just let me know.

BTW, has there ever been a Moron meet up in the general area? and are there any other rons and ettes in the area?

Thanks
Lee


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