John Ringo

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John Ringo

Born March 22, 1963 (1963-03-22) (age 45)
Miami-Dade, Florida, United States
Occupation Author
Nationality American
Genres Science Fiction, Military
Influences
Official website

John Ringo is an American science fiction author who writes full time. He has had several NYT best sellers and specializes in the subgenre of military science fiction and has over one million novels in print.


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[edit] Biography

Father: William Ringo
Mother: Jane Ringo
Siblings: Six

Lived: Florida, Georgia, Greece, Iran, Switzerland

Military Service:

Higher Education: Associate's degree
Secondary civilian qualifications: Advanced SCUBA Diver, Cave Diver

Hobbies: Diving, rock climbing (used to, shoulder's pretty much gone), fishing, reading.

Country of Residence: United States

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[edit] Published works

[edit] Series

[edit] Legacy of the Aldenata series

Also known as the "Posleen Series" and Posleen War Series[2] after the name of invading species besetting and conquering successfully much of Earth

[edit] Main Posleen Series story Line

[edit] Cally's War Spinoff Series
co-written with Julie Cochrane, this series is more cloak and dagger spy genre fiction as the humans strive to overcome the game rigged by the Darhel race which has the rest of the galaxies races in virtual thraldom—except for the Posleen and Humans whom they fear, while they systematically use humans to combat the Posleen while bleeding the humans when and where possible by underhanded clandestine acts to weaken future options of humanity.

[edit] Other (related) books

[edit] Empire of Man series

Also known as the "Prince Roger Series"
   co-written with David Weber, with multiple books still under contract
  1. March Upcountry (ISBN 0-671-31985-X) free online edition
  2. March to the Sea (ISBN 0-671-31826-8) free online edition
  3. March to the Stars (ISBN 0-7434-3562-1) free online edition
  4. We Few (ISBN 0-7434-9881-X) (2005) (read online)

[edit] The Council Wars series

[edit] Paladin of Shadows series

Genre: Contemporary era techno-thrillers, much like Tom Clancy's works with less politics and a closer to the ground level and action focus.
  1. Ghost (ISBN 1-4165-0905-4) free online edition
  2. Kildar (ISBN 1-4165-2064-3) free online edition
  3. Choosers of the Slain (ISBN 1-4165-2070-8) free online edition
  4. Unto the Breach (ISBN 1-4165-0940-2) free online edition
  5. A Deeper Blue (ISBN 1-4165-2128-3) Sample Chapters

[edit] Voyage of the Space Bubble series

(tentative name)

All books titles in the series are phrases taken from the poem Jabberwocky, which is mentioned repeatedly in the later novels.

[edit] Non-series novels

[edit] Short stories

[edit] See also

  • Sluggy Freelance, a webcomic featured in the Posleen Series books; a SheVa tank is named after the character Bun-bun[3]
  • The Crüxshadows, mentioned in the Paladin of Shadows series; the protagonist makes numerous mentions of the song "Winterborn" in particular[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ringo, web site and other postings, also: various novels reference the band and the song.
  2. ^ http://www.amazon.com/Hymn-Before-Battle-Posleen-War/dp/1416533214/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-2246223-0903259?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1183474974&sr=1-1 Amazon.com listing]
  3. ^ Hell's Faire by John Ringo.
  4. ^ Ghost by John Ringo, Chapter Nine.

[edit] External links

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