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K.A. Kenny is a life-long spinner of curious tales—with friends around the dinner table and campfire, or across the bar. He marches to the sound of the guns, often where others cannot imagine going.

After a long career in technical writing and intelligence analysis, K.A. turned to the serious work of speculative fiction. His short stories may be found in e-zines: Of Metal and Magic, Altered Reality, Bewildering Stories, Across the Margin, and on his blog Strange Things Done. The Starflower is his first novel of a planned trilogy; the sequel Agent of Blue Star is in progress.

Mr. Kenny lives with his wife and two large dogs
in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains.

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K.A. Kenny In eighth grade, hiking with friends, I came to a ridge overlooking a valley and was struck with a vision. It told me this was where I would one day l…moreIn eighth grade, hiking with friends, I came to a ridge overlooking a valley and was struck with a vision. It told me this was where I would one day live, not there exactly, but this was exactly what it would look like. With the vision came certainty, so when I next encountered the view, I bought 16 acres and built a house. My wife and I now live in a chalet on a ridge overlooking the Rockfish Valley in the Blue Ridge mountains. It is our writing retreat.(less)
K.A. Kenny THE HAINISH NOVELS & STORIES - URSULA K. LE GUIN is at the top of my reading list.
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Drexler has a profound grasp of the potential of nanotechnology and ATM (atomically precise manufacturing), and its influence on society. Few see what is coming. I share his opinion that our short-term focus on incremental and perhaps merely symbolic ...more
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The Company Man by Edward M. Lerner
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An interplanetary accountant (The Company Man) sent to audit a mining asteroid discovers a discrepancy, then a saboteur, then links to a terrorist network, leading eventually to a master villain. No detective, he must become one then become a secret ...more
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Lines of Convergence by Alden E.C. Bigelow
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LINES OF CONVERGENCE is a wonderful collection of short stories drawn from Alden Bigelow’s life experience; beginning poor in 50s Charlottesville Virginia and growing into adulthood. Family, friends, dogs, antagonisms, observations on life, humor, an ...more
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The Aüslander by Richard Ranellone
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Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2023
Very well done. Based on journals and interviews with camp survivors, Ranellone's true-to-life tale reads like a war journal. Each incident told as it happens turns a corner on new challenges, personal an
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On the Shoals of Space-Time by Edward M. Lerner
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Humans and aliens must work through a series of crises together, each needing the other and each needing to overcome suspicions and misunderstandings. Thrilling storytelling with believable, approachable, and complex alien characters and all too huma ...more
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Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
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Gladwell is a popularizer and simplifier. He makes some clever observations and misses a few. After giving a wave to creative success, he moves on to his preferred brand, money, and salesmanship of oneself and one's products. Chinese students are goo ...more
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