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Paul Di Filippo

Born

in Providence, Rhode Island, The United States

October 29, 1954

Website

http://paul-di-filippo.com/

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Paul Di Filippo is the author of hundreds of short stories, some of which have been collected in these widely-praised collections: The Steampunk Trilogy, Ribofunk, Fractal Paisleys, Lost Pages, Little Doors, Strange Trades, Babylon Sisters, and his multiple-award-nominated novella, A Year in the Linear City. Another earlier collection, Destroy All Brains, was published by Pirate Writings, but is quite rare because of the extremely short print run (if you see one, buy it!).

The popularity of Di Filippo’s short stories sometimes distracts from the impact of his mindbending, utterly unclassifiable novels: Ciphers, Joe’s Liver, Fuzzy Dice, A Mouthful of Tongues, and Spondulix. Paul’s offbeat sensibility, soulful characterizations, exquisite-yet- ...more

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Average rating: 3.76 · 26,733 ratings · 2,886 reviews · 493 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Steampunk Trilogy 3.36 avg rating — 1,051 ratings — published 1995 — 28 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
	Ribofunk 3.96 avg rating — 615 ratings — published 1996 — 14 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
	Top 10: Beyond the Farthest Precinct by Paul Di Filippo, Jerry Ordway (Illustrator) 3.16 avg rating — 309 ratings — published 2006 — 4 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 Big Get-Even 3.41 avg rating — 212 ratings — published 2018 — 9 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 Year in the Linear City 3.73 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 2002 — 8 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
	Fuzzy Dice 3.80 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 2003 — 8 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
	Lost Pages 3.81 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 1998 — 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
	WikiWorld 3.58 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2010 — 12 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
	Fractal Paisleys 3.62 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 1997 — 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
	Creature From The Black Lagoon: Times Black Lagoon 3.16 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2006 — 4 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

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La Trilogia Steampunk (3 books)
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3.36 avg rating — 1,163 ratings

Doc Samson (2006) (5 books)
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Fabrizio Fiorentino (Artist),

Frank Espinosa (Artist),

Paul Di Filippo

1.33 avg rating — 6 ratings

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“Science fiction at its best should be crazy and dangerous, not sane and safe.”
― Paul Di Filippo, How To Write Science Fiction

tags: science-fiction, scifi, writing, writing-skills

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“As many authors have said, if the writer is not surprised by events, then chances are that the reader will not be either, and grow bored.”
― Paul Di Filippo, How To Write Science Fiction

tags: science-fiction, writing

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“What had happened was this. When still young, I had gotten the idea from somewhere that I might be able to write... Maybe the deadly notion came from liking to read so much. Maybe I was in love with the image of being a writer. Whatever. It had been a really bad idea. Because I couldn't write, at least not by the bluntly and frequently expressed standards of anyone in a position to offer any encouragement and feedback.”
― Paul Di Filippo, Fuzzy Dice

tags: encouragement, writers, writing

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September 2018 - SciFi

Starfish by Peter Watts, 384p

10 votes, 34.5%

Vox by Christina Dalcher, 336p

8 votes, 27.6%

Little Brother by Cory Doctorow, 382p

4 votes, 13.8%

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline, 231p

3 votes, 10.3%

Ribofunk by Paul Di Filippo, 295p

2 votes, 6.9%

Embers of War by Gareth L. Powell, 411p

2 votes, 6.9%

29 total votes

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