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Chris Dolley
Chris Dolley is a New York Times bestselling author, a pioneer computer game designer and a teenage freedom fighter. That was in 1974 when Chris was tasked with publicizing Plymouth Rag Week. Some people might have arranged an interview with the local newspaper. Chris created the Free Cornish... show more

Chris Dolley is a New York Times bestselling author, a pioneer computer game designer and a teenage freedom fighter. That was in 1974 when Chris was tasked with publicizing Plymouth Rag Week. Some people might have arranged an interview with the local newspaper. Chris created the Free Cornish Army, invaded the country next door, and persuaded the UK media that Cornwall had risen up and declared independence. As he told journalists at the time, 'It was only a small country, and I did give it back.'In 1981, he created Randomberry Games and wrote Necromancer, one of the first 3D first person perspective D&D computer games.In 2004, his acclaimed novel, Resonance, was the first book plucked out of Baen's electronic slushpile.In 2012, his novelette, What Ho, Automaton! was a finalist for the WSFA Small Press Award.Now he lives in rural France with his wife and a frightening number of animals. They grow their own food and solve their own crimes. The latter out of necessity when Chris's identity was stolen along with their life savings. Abandoned by the police forces of four countries who all insisted the crime originated in someone else's jurisdiction, he had to solve the crime himself. Which he did, and got a book out of it - the International bestseller, French Fried: One Man's Move to France With Too Many Animals And An Identity Thief. He's a director of the author-run publisher, Book View Cafe.His latest novel, The Unpleasantness at Baskerville Hall, will be published this winter.
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markgilchrist
markgilchrist rated it 10 years ago
I really enjoyed this book. There were times I had to remind myself that it isn't a Wodehouse original. The interplay between the main characters is great, and the Worcester-isms are very much like the similar sounding protagonist in the Jeeves books - lines such as I may have accidentally tripped o...
YouKneeK
YouKneeK rated it 11 years ago
Originally read November 14, 2013 I could barely put this book down. I don’t want to give many details about the story because, the less you know going into it, the more fun you'll have figuring it out. The main character, Graham, appears to have Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Certainly everyon...
BookRecommendations
BookRecommendations rated it 13 years ago
Two words sums up this collection: Wodehouse Steampunk.The first one is about how Reggie and Reeves met, and the second they search for missing debutantes.Both stories were fun to read. Reggie acts like an bored young noble man should act. Reeves is the one with brains. Emmeline is a debutante wi...
wealhtheow
wealhtheow rated it 14 years ago
Graham Smith does not speak, does not have friends or family, and never, ever, wavers from his daily rituals. Any deviation from his routine makes reality shift and change around him. Coworkers disappear, his apartment changes, his parents are suddenly alive and just as suddenly vanish again...And...
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