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Sylvain Neuvel

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Sylvain Neuvel dropped out of high school at age 15. Along the way, he has been a journalist, worked in soil decontamination, sold ice cream in California, and peddled furniture across Canada. He received a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Chicago. He taught linguistics in India, and worked as a software engineer in Montreal. He is also a certified translator, though he wishes he were an astronaut. He likes to tinker, dabbles in robotics and is somewhat obsessed with Halloween. He absolutely loves toys; his girlfriend would have him believe that he has too many, so he writes about aliens and giant robots as a blatant excuse to build action figures (for his son, of course).

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It's not on GR yet, but you can see it here. IT'S GORGEOUS!
(Edit: It is on GR now, but it's bigger on Reactor.com and there's my big face next to it over there :) )

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Average rating: 3.83 · 215,527 ratings · 28,397 reviews · 22 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sleeping Giants (Themis Files, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 96,490 ratings — published 2016 — 67 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
	Waking Gods (Themis Files, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 49,186 ratings — published 2017 — 47 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
	Only Human (Themis Files, #3) 3.63 avg rating — 33,985 ratings — published 2018 — 44 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 Test 3.82 avg rating — 23,183 ratings — published 2019 — 19 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
	A History of What Comes Next (Take Them to the Stars, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 5,406 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Until the Last of Me (Take Them to the Stars, #2) 3.84 avg rating — 1,917 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	For the First Time, Again (Take Them to the Stars, #3) 3.86 avg rating — 1,194 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	File N°002 (Themis Files, #0.5) 3.75 avg rating — 1,196 ratings — published 2017	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
	File N°247 (Themis Files, #1.5) 3.51 avg rating — 832 ratings — published 2016	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
	File N°2491 (Themis Files, #3.5) 4.15 avg rating — 605 ratings — published 2019	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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Sylvain Neuvel made a comment on COVER REVEAL! " indra wrote: "Holy shit! That's stunning, I'm so looking forward to another incredible story!" Thanks! Hope you like it! ...more "
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Sylvain Neuvel wrote a new blog post COVER REVEAL! It's not on GR yet, but you can see it here. IT'S GORGEOUS! (Edit: It is on GR now, but it's bigger on Reactor.com and there's my big face next to it o Read more of this blog post »
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Sylvain Neuvel rated a book it was amazing How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying (Dark Lord Davi #1) by Django Wexler (Goodreads Author)	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
F%?@& Awesome! This book is all kinds of fun. It’s dark, irreverent, and funny as hell. I tore through this thing in a day. It’s that good. All Hail Dark Lord Davi!
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Sylvain Neuvel rated a book it was amazing The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard (Goodreads Author)	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
What a stunning debut! This coming-of-age story is filled to the brim with heart and hope and Howard’s prose is simply breathtaking. The Other Valley is a brilliant take on time travel and a thought-provoking exploration of the boundaries between fat ...more
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Sylvain Neuvel and 5 other people liked Snoakes's review of Only Human (Themis Files, #3): "How do you review the final instalment of a series without giving anything away? Well, first and foremost, all three books of the Themis Files have been excellent. From the very first moment a girl named Rose fell into a hole in the ground onto a gian" Read more of this review »
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“If you fall in love with someone, there’s a good chance the person won’t love you back. Hatred, though, is usually mutual. If you despise someone, it’s pretty much a given they’re also not your biggest fan.”
― Sylvain Neuvel, Sleeping Giants

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“Family has a way of bringing out the worst in people. Every people.”
― Sylvain Neuvel, Sleeping Giants

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“It would make things easier for both of us, especially for you, if we could forgo the part of this conversation where you take me for a complete idiot...”
― Sylvain Neuvel, Sleeping Giants

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Sleeping Giants (Gigantes Adormecidos), da Sylvain Neuvel

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Station Eleven (Estação Onze), da Emily St. John Mandel

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Foundryside, do Robert Jackson Bennett

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The City We Became, da N.K. Jemisin

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