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Christopher Gerrib

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http://www.privatemarsrocket.net

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery & Thrillers, Nonfiction

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Chris Gerrib admits to being a bit obsessed with Mars, but in a healthy way. He can quit thinking about Mars any time he wants to. He wrote three novels (so far) set on or around Mars, but promises to get out of the Solar System soon. Chris still has a day job as the IT director at a Chicago-area bank, and holds degrees in history and business from the University of Illinois and Southern Illinois University. He also served in the US Navy during the First Gulf War, and can proudly report that not one Iraqi MiG bombed Jacksonville, Florida while he was in the service. In his copious free time, Chris is a past President of and currently active in his local Rotary club.

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Ukraine Thoughts and Goodbye to LiveJournal

A bit of housekeeping - crossposting from Dreamwidth appears to be permanently down, so I am manually copying this which will be my last post on LiveJournal. Please find me at https://chris-gerrib.dreamwidth.org/.

For the record and so I may refer to them later, my thoughts on the situation in the Ukraine.

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	The Mars Run 3.36 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2006 — 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
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Christopher Gerrib rated a book it was amazing The Reformatory by Tananarive Due (Goodreads Author)	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
I read this book for a book group I'm in. As one of the members of my group said at our recent meeting, "this is a book you read because you have to, not because you want to." The book takes place over a few weeks in the summer of 1950 in the Florida ...more
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Christopher Gerrib rated a book it was ok Hogfather (Discworld, #20) by Terry Pratchett	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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Christopher Gerrib rated a book liked it Everything You Know about Indians Is Wrong (Indigenous Americas) by Paul Chaat Smith	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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Christopher Gerrib rated a book it was amazing The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir (Goodreads Author)	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
I bought this book because I am a friend and fan of the translator, Mary Robinette Kowal. I have to say, if you are expecting something like what Mary Robinette writes, this is most definitely not it. This short book (208 pages in print) did, however ...more
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Christopher Gerrib rated a book liked it The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry	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
This novel had an intriguing premise - two lovers riding overland in winter in the wilds of the American West. Unfortunately, it didn't really deliver on that premise for me. First, the most developed character was Tom Rourke, the male of the riding ...more
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Christopher Gerrib rated a book it was amazing Flight Risk (The Booking Agents, #2) by Cherie Priest (Goodreads Author)	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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Christopher Gerrib rated a book really liked it Victor in Trouble by Alex Finley (Goodreads Author)	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 satire which hits a bit close to home, given current events.
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