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Rob Dircks

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in New York, The United States

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Science Fiction, Humor

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Kurt Vonnegut, Philip K. Dick, Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, George Or ...more

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Rob Dircks is the #1 Audible bestselling author of You're Going to Mars! , the Where the Hell is Tesla? series, The Wrong Unit , and more (including the anti-self-help book Unleash the Sloth! 75 Ways to Reach Your Maximum Potential By Doing Less ). He's also got a drawerful of screenplays and short stories, some of which appear on his original audio sci-fi short story podcast Listen To The Signal, also narrated by the author.

Rob's a member of SFWA (Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America), and is a big fan of classic science fiction. When not writing, he's helping other authors publish their own work with Goldfinch Publishing, writing and designing for the award-winning ad agency he owns with his brother (appropriately call ...more

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Average rating: 4.04 · 7,083 ratings · 1,227 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors

	Where the Hell is Tesla? (Where the Hell is Tesla? #1) 3.82 avg rating — 2,479 ratings — published 2015 — 11 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 Wrong Unit 4.32 avg rating — 1,892 ratings — published 2016 — 6 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
	You're Going to Mars! 3.89 avg rating — 969 ratings — published 2018 — 6 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
	Don't Touch the Blue Stuff! (Where the Hell is Tesla? #2) 4.16 avg rating — 673 ratings — 6 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
	Gigi Make Paradox (Where the Hell is Tesla? #3) 4.18 avg rating — 289 ratings — 5 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
	Sunnyside 4.21 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	Listen To The Signal: Short Stories Volume 1 4.39 avg rating — 98 ratings — 5 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
	Where the Hell is Tesla? - Part One 3.92 avg rating — 84 ratings — 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
	Unleash the Sloth! 75 Ways to Reach Your Maximum Potential By Doing Less by Rob Dircks (Goodreads Author), Dave Dircks (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.69 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2012 — 5 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
	Where the Hell Is Tesla? - Part Two 4.36 avg rating — 25 ratings — 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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Rob Dircks rated a book it was amazing Daily Rituals: How Artists Work by Mason Currey (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
Wonderful collection of vignettes. As an author, I loved relating to the downs (paralyzing writers block and interminable procrastination) and the ups (finding the groove, respecting the process, surrender).
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Rob Dircks rated a book it was amazing Angel Down by Daniel Kraus (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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Rob Dircks rated a book liked it This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar (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
Interesting premise, and I like epistolary writing. Very well written, poetic, lovely. Otherwise not really my thing.
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Rob Dircks rated a book really liked it Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth (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
3.75 stars. Good book. Very well written, easy to read and understand, motivating. It does suffer from that thing a lot of non-fiction/self-help/optimization books do: it's 300 pages and could've been 100, and its primary thesis can be summed up in a ...more
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Rob Dircks rated a book it was amazing A Little Trickerie by Rosanna Pike	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
What a wonderful voice in Tibb, like no other main character I’ve ever read. Flowed really nicely, making it a breeze to read. Excellent ratcheting up of tension, as I got more and more invested in Tibb and her friends.
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Rob Dircks rated a book it was amazing Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow	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’ve never read a novel like this – SO MUCH happens, relentlessly, that it left me both exhilarated and exhausted. GREAT characters, both fictional and real (well, semi-fictional). I loved how the author went deep into the psyches of historical figur ...more
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“Remember our new motto, dude: ‘Shit’s crazy. Don’t ask.’” ”
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“Even when you’ve given up on life, annoying sounds are annoying sounds and must be dealt with. ”
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“(Official Interdimensional Travel Observation #2: you’d think that meeting yourself in another dimension would cause a total freak-out of the infinite order, pants-pissing, screaming, etc. But it’s the total opposite: weirdly calming. Like “Hey bro, I know you! Let’s go get a beer.”) But”
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