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Greg Curtis

Author of And All The Stars A Grave.

23 Works 59 Members 2 Reviews

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Includes the name: Mr Greg Curtis

Works by Greg Curtis

Maverick (2011) 5 copies
Thief (2010) 5 copies
Dragon (2011) 5 copies
Of Dark Elves And Dragons (2011) 4 copies
Pawn. (2012) 4 copies
The Nephilim (2014) 4 copies
Wildling (2013) 4 copies
Doorways (2013) 3 copies
Guinea Pig (2013) 2 copies
The Godlost Land (2014) 2 copies
The Arcanist (2015) 2 copies
The Lady's Man (2014) 2 copies
Adrift (2020) 1 copy
Independence Day (2018) 1 copy
Alien Caller (2013) 1 copy
Genesis (2012) 1 copy
The End (2011) 1 copy
Samual (2016) 1 copy

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Canonical name
Curtis, Greg
Legal name
Curtis, Gregory
Other names
Psychotick
Gender
male
Nationality
New Zealand
Country (for map)
New Zealand
Birthplace
Wellington, New Zealand
Places of residence
Rotorua, New Zealand
Education
Massey University
University of Otago
Occupations
librarian
health officer
Short biography
Greg Curtis was born in New Zealand, land of the long white cloud and small flightless birds. He grew up in the city of Wellington, renown for its high winds and the almost magical ability of rain and sleet to be lifted off the street and blasted into one's face. After eighteen years of suffering the cold and wet, he was finally blown away in a particularly bad storm to settle far away as a student, for more years then most would ever admit to. Then finally when the universities pronounced him done he became an overqualified and underpaid worker in the health sector, (aren't we all).

He has lived in the city of Rotorua, one of the very few places in the world where people have actually chosen to reside beside active geysers and breath air that reeks of sulphur, for the past fifteen years. He works by day for his daily bread by speaking to people about their various diarrhoeal illnesses. While at night he toils away on his books.

When not engaged in his great passions of reading and writing science fiction and fantasy, drinking strong black coffee (some call it tar), and consuming copious amounts of chocolate (dark naturally), he lives a quiet life of contemplation as the high priest to his two cats. His duties include worshipping them with regular gifts of food, the occasional grooming and providing them with a warm dry place to sleep. They in turn look down upon him with typical feline disdain, but occasionally deign to bring him gifts of headless vermin, - as a warning.

In a desperate bid to understand the meaning of his life, he has recently started studying philosophy, particularly metaphysics, and come to a startling conclusion. God is a cat!

Cheers and be good or don't get caught.

Greg.

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This review was written by the author.
There are doorways in the world.

Fractures in the world between Earth and fourteen other worlds. Places where a few very special people can not just see these other worlds, but travel to them. These people call themselves travellers, and Elrick Moorcroft is one of them.

Life as a traveller is good. You can easily make a lot of money by mining the untapped wealth of the other worlds. You don't have to work. And you can explore the fifteen worlds as much as you want. But there are two things you never want to do. First let any of the governments of Earth know about either the doorways or the travellers. And second disobey any of the rules of the Ellis veri (elves) High Guard. They are less than understanding.

But the day that Elrick stepped through from his home in Erislan to the number nine platform of the Wellington Railway Station and came across a dead body he knew that both of those things were likely to happen. When the man had very obviously been killed by a giant predator from another world, a predator that was loose in Wellington, it seemed almost certain.

And he knew that one other thing was almost certain. It would all be his fault somehow!
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Psychotick | Sep 7, 2013 |
First off I stayed up way too late last night finishing this book, so if my review is a little shaky, it's because I'm tired today.

Maverick, by Greg Curtis, follows the life of an outcast wizard. 10 years after being banished from the Guild, war comes to Marjan's home. Having lived alone in the woods for the past decade, Marjan is drawn into the battles when a child from his hometown shows up on his doorstep pursued by evil beasts. The story then follows Marjan as he is pulled deeper and deeper into the battle and lives of those he saved.

Greg Curtis has a natural gift in his ability to create a scene. His attention to detail is wonderful and I felt like I was standing right there with the characters. I also really enjoyed the spells, magic and creatures used throughout the novel. His character development for Marjan was superb, though I would have liked him to flesh out some of the other characters a little more, not necessarily because they were weak, but because I really wanted to know more.

That said, some readers may be distracted by occasional editing problems. They were infrequent enough that it didn't bother me, but I tend to be forgiving when the story really grabs me.

Well worth the read in my opinion and I'd love to see a prequel to Maverick. He's created some wonderful characters and I'd love to read more about them.

Overall, I give Maverick a 3.75 star, but I'll round it to 4 as we can't do partials here.

Thanks for the story Mr. Curtis!
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