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Diane Duane

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Born

in New York, The United States

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http://dianeduane.com/

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Young Adult, Comics & Graphic Novels

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Robert A. Heinlein, C S Lewis, Eric Rücker Eddison, Edith Nesbit, Andr ...more

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Diane Duane has been a writer of science fiction, fantasy, TV and film for nearly fifty years.

Besides the 1980's creation of the Young Wizards fantasy series for which she's best known, the "Middle Kingdoms" epic fantasy series, and numerous stand-alone fantasy or science fiction novels, her career has included extensive work in the Star Trek TM universe, and many scripts for live-action and animated TV series on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as work in comics and computer games. She has spent a fair amount of time on the New York Times Bestseller List, and has picked up various awards and award nominations here and there.

She lives in Ireland's County Wicklow, in the house she long shared with her much-missed husband of forty years, t ...more

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At Ebooks Direct: The Adventure of the Lioness’s Mane

It’s 1895, but not as you know it! The planet Earth experienced its first shattering contact with alien life in the year 1690 AD. Only the inspired genius of Sir…

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Average rating: 3.98 · 148,188 ratings · 6,360 reviews · 171 distinct works • Similar authors

	So You Want to Be a Wizard (Young Wizards, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 28,490 ratings — published 1983 — 33 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
	Deep Wizardry (Young Wizards, #2) 4.05 avg rating — 16,844 ratings — published 1985 — 36 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 Wizard Abroad (Young Wizards, #4) 4.02 avg rating — 11,815 ratings — published 1993 — 13 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
	High Wizardry (Young Wizards, #3) 4.06 avg rating — 11,361 ratings — published 1990 — 34 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 Wizard's Dilemma (Young Wizards, #5) 4.07 avg rating — 8,359 ratings — published 2001 — 3 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
	Wizard's Holiday (Young Wizards, #7) 4.09 avg rating — 7,276 ratings — published 2003 — 3 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 Wizard Alone (Young Wizards, #6) 4.03 avg rating — 6,819 ratings — published 2002 — 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
	Wizards at War (Young Wizards, #8) 4.18 avg rating — 5,723 ratings — published 2005 — 2 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
	Virtual Vandals (Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers, #1) by Diane Duane (Goodreads Author), Tom Clancy (Series Creator), Steve Pieczenik (Series Creator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,862 ratings — published 1998 — 18 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
	Spock's World (Star Trek: The Original Series) 4.08 avg rating — 3,746 ratings — published 1988 — 31 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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Young Wizards (10 books)
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Volkhavaar

by Tanith Lee

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Diane Duane said: " I've read a great deal of Tanith's material over the years, and the new works are as delightful as the old... but there are some that I keep coing back to. This is one. The book is as completely and compactly-structured a standalone as a writer could ...more "

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“Reading one book is like eating one potato chip.”
― Diane Duane, So You Want to Be a Wizard

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“Believe something and the Universe is on its way to being changed. Because you've changed, by believing. Once you've changed, other things start to follow. Isn't that the way it works?”
― Diane Duane, So You Want to Be a Wizard

tags: belief, change, faith, life, magic, universe

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“Footsteps in the snow
suggest where you have been,
point to where you were going:
but when they suddenly vanish,
never dismiss the possibility
of flight...”
― Diane Duane

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Which Of These SCI-FI OR FANTASY Books Would You Like To See As One Of Our Group Read Options For The Summer 2010 Challenge?

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

50 votes, 26.5%

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

38 votes, 20.1%

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

27 votes, 14.3%

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

17 votes, 9.0%

Dune by Frank Herbert

14 votes, 7.4%

Dreams Underfoot (Newford, #1) by Charles de Lint

12 votes, 6.3%

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

10 votes, 5.3%

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

10 votes, 5.3%

So You Want to Be a Wizard by Diane Duane

7 votes, 3.7%

Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle

4 votes, 2.1%

189 total votes

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