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Yoon Ha Lee


Born
in Houston, Texas, The United States
January 26, 1979

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Science Fiction, Fantasy


Yoon Ha Lee is an American science fiction writer born on January 26, 1979 in Houston, Texas. His first published story, “The Hundredth Question,” appeared in Fantasy & Science Fiction in 1999; since then, over two dozen further stories have appeared. He lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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Louisiana Zine Fest

I’ll be tabling at the Louisiana Zine Fest (not yet listed but confirmed)! I’ll be there with a Ninefox comic zine and solo journaling / micro-TTRPG zines, including some never before released to the wild! Come say howdy if you’re in the area.

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“The problem with authority is that if you leave it lying around, others will take it away from you.”
― Yoon Ha Lee, Ninefox Gambit
tags: authority-and-attitude
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“All communication is manipulation,” Jedao said. “You’re a mathematician. You should know that from information theory.”
― Yoon Ha Lee, Ninefox Gambit
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“In space there are no seasons, and this is as true of the ships that cross the distances between humanity's far-flung homes. But we measure our seasons anyway: by a smile, a silence, a song.”
― Yoon Ha Lee, Conservation of Shadows
tags: measurement, pretty-prose, seasons, space-travel, time-passing, timelessness
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Topics Mentioning This Author

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Beyond Reality: January 5, 2011 - FLOWER, MERCY, NEEDLE, CHAIN by Yoon Ha Lee 3 59 Mar 04, 2011 11:47AM  
Beyond Reality: This topic has been closed to new comments. Monthly Story Selections 4 63 Jul 05, 2011 05:53PM  
Sci-fi and Heroic...: July 2014 Short Story / Novella / Anthology selection complete 14 37 Jun 03, 2014 04:30AM  
The Seasonal Read...: This topic has been closed to new comments. Completed Tasks (Do Not Delete Posts) 2519 652 Aug 01, 2014 02:12PM  
The Sword and Laser: This topic has been closed to new comments. What Else Are You Reading - November 2014 157 281 Nov 30, 2014 03:21PM  
Sci-fi and Heroic...: What are you reading in Feb 2015? 21 78 Feb 25, 2015 02:16PM  
The Not a Book Cl...: 2015 Hugo Nominations 11 44 Feb 27, 2015 12:09PM  
Sci-fi and Heroic...: This topic has been closed to new comments. April Short Story / Novelette / Anthology selection complete 16 36 Mar 22, 2015 01:42AM  
Sci-fi and Heroic...: This topic has been closed to new comments. June Short Story / Novella / Anthology selection complete 14 27 May 04, 2015 06:28AM  
Science Fiction A...: Favorite Science Fiction Short Stories or Novellas 29 50 Oct 10, 2015 06:08PM  


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