As always, this book owes a huge shout out to the members of my Typo Team. I sent them the manuscript the day after I completed it, and amidst the revelry of the Memorial Day weekend they turned it around. Thank you to Dr. James Caplan, Gene Weinbeck, and Ef Deal. Next book you all get planets and/or stars named for you (but I’m not responsible for any typos I slip in when naming them).
Finally, as always, love and appreciation for my wife, Valerie, who continues to encourage my writing even amidst medical adventures and isolation. I’ve said it before and I’ll keep saying it: my life is blessed and she’s the major portion of why that’s so.
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About Lawrence M. Schoen
Lawrence M. Schoen holds a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology and psycholinguistics. He spent ten years as a college professor, doing research in the areas of human memory and language. This was followed by seventeen years as the director of research for a medical center in Philadelphia that provided mental health and addiction services.
He’s also one of the world’s foremost authorities on the Klingon language, and since 1992 has championed the exploration and use of this constructed tongue throughout the world. In addition, he works occasionally as a hypnotherapist specializing in authors’ issues.
In 2007, he was a finalist for the Astounding Award for Best New Writer. He received a Hugo Award nomination for Best Short Story in 2010 and Nebula Award nominations for Best Novella in 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2018, for Best Novelette in 2019, and for Best Novel in 2016.
Some of his most popular writing deals with the ongoing humorous adventures of a space-faring stage hypnotist named the Amazing Conroy and his companion animal, Reggie, an alien buffalito that can eat anything and farts oxygen. The universe he created for them has since spawned additional series involving galactic couriers and physics-defying pizza.
His Barsk series represents his more serious work and uses anthropomorphic SF to explore ideas of prophecy, intolerance, political betrayal, speaking to the dead, predestination, and free will. It’s also earned him the Cóyotl Award for Best Novel of 2015, and again in 2018.
Lawrence lives near Philadelphia with his wife, Valerie, who is neither a psychologist nor a Klingon speaker.
Also By Lawrence M. Schoen
Barsk
Barsk: The Elephants’ Graveyard
(2015 Nebula Award Finalist, 2015 Winner Cóyotl Award)
The Moons of Barsk
(2018 Winner Cóyotl Award)
Excerpts of Jorl ben Tral
Soup of the Moment
SERIES IN THE “CONROYVERSE”
The Amazing Conroy
Buffalito Bundle
(includes “Yesterday’s Taste,” 2011 WSFA Small Press Award Finalist)
Barry’s Tale
(2012 Nebula Award Finalist)
Calendrical Regression
(2014 Nebula Award Finalist)
Barry’s Deal
(2017 Nebula Award Finalist)
Buffalito Destiny
Trial of the Century
(2013 Nebula Award Finalist)
Buffalito Contingency
Command Performance
(The Amazing Conroy Omnibus Edition)
Freelance Courier
Ace of Corpses
Ace of Thralls
Coming Soon!
Ace of Agency
(Freelance Courier Books 1 - 3)
Pizza In Space
Slice of Entropy
Pirates of Sol
Pirates of Marz
Coming Soon!
Pirates of Erth
Seeds of War (with Jonathan Brazee)
Invasion
Scorched Earth
Bitter Harvest
Seeds of War Trilogy
Adrenaline Rush (with Brian Thorne)
Fight or Flight
Alien Thrill Seeker
Anger Management
Adrenaline Rush
(The Complete Series)
Coming Soon!
The Demon Codex (with Brian Thorne)
Collections
Creature Academy:
Cautionary Poems of Public Education
Sweet Potato Pie and other stories
The Rule of Three and other stories
Openings without Closure
Non-Fiction
Eating Authors: One Hundred Writers’
Most Memorable Meals
Coming Soon!
Hypnosis for Writers
Author Website:
http://www.lawrencemschoen.com/books/