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    Marvelous Things
    Marvelous Things
    Marvelous Things
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    Marvelous Things

    By David Edward Wagner

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    Isolation is hard. Dale Abbot is about to find out ​it can get even harder.
    ​
    Alone aboard his deep-space vessel, Dale Abbot must let go of everything that remains of his burned-out haze
    of a life to help a newly-emerged ​AI consciousness.

    David Edward Wagner, a masterful storyteller with an MA in philosophy and a sardonic wit,
    brings you MARVELOUS THINGS, a profoundly heartfelt science fiction novel, full of dramatic tension and sly humor.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid Edward Wagner
    Release dateMay 18, 2014
    ISBN9781311597632
    Marvelous Things
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    David Edward Wagner

    My name is David Edward Wagner. I write books, screenplays, and music. I was born in Ohio but the East Bay, CA is my long term residence and stomping grounds. For the past while I have been flitting between the Bay Area, CA and Istanbul, Turkey, now with my wife and son.I write about the things that astound me. The places where psychology meets philosophy, where science meets spirituality and biology confronts technology. I dig science and history. Philosophy. Comic books. Oceans. Deserts. I love rock and roll in all its various disguises.I have an MA in philosophy and I would love to talk to you about Foucault and phenomenology anytime.

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