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Ray Nayler

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Desbiens, Canada

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Science Fiction, Fiction, Philosophy

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Called "One of the up-and-coming masters of SF short fiction" by Locus Online, Ray Nayler's critically acclaimed stories have seen print in Asimov's, Clarkesworld, Analog, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Lightspeed, and Nightmare, as well as in many "Best Of" anthologies, including The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year’s Best Science Fiction.

For nearly half his life, he has lived and worked outside the United States in the Foreign Service and the Peace Corps, including a stint as Environment, Science, Technology, and Health Officer at the U.S. consulate in Ho Chi Minh City. Beginning in September 2022, he will serve as the international advisor to the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries at the National Oceanic and A ...more

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Average rating: 3.91 · 30,243 ratings · 5,484 reviews · 75 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Mountain in the Sea 3.92 avg rating — 24,654 ratings — published 2022 — 27 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 Tusks of Extinction 3.83 avg rating — 3,845 ratings — published 2024 — 7 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 Job at the End of the World 3.78 avg rating — 192 ratings — published 2023	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
	Protectorats by Ray Nayler (Goodreads Author), Henry-Luc Planchat (Traduction) 4.16 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Where the Axe Is Buried 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — expected publication 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
	Sleepwalking: Crime Stories 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2012	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
	Muallim 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings	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 Mountain in the Sea: Shortlisted for the 2024 Arthur C. Clarke Award really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings	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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	Eyes of the Forest 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings	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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Ray Nayler and 1 other person liked Peter Tucker's review of The Mountain in the Sea: "Having read Peter Godfrey Smith's "Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness", I was prepped for Ray Nayler's entertaining novel. And now Nayler's writing has added Eduardo Kohn's "How Forests Think", Jesper Hoffmeyer's" Read more of this review »
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Ray Nayler and 1 other person liked Stephanie Roth's review of The Mountain in the Sea: "Well-written, imaginative, and as philosophical as it is scientific, The Mountain sucks you into its vortex. It addresses so many key issues: what does it mean to be human, what is consciousness, how can beings communicate, can we save this planet? T" Read more of this review »
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“The great and terrible thing about humankind is simply this: we will always do what we are capable of.”
― Ray Nayler, The Mountain in the Sea

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“We came from the ocean, and we only survive by carrying salt water with us all our lives—in our blood, in our cells. The sea is our true home. This is why we find the shore so calming: we stand where the waves break, like exiles returning home.”
― Ray Nayler, The Mountain in the Sea

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“I think what we fear most about finding a mind equal to our own, but of another species, is that they will truly see us—and find us lacking, and turn away from us in disgust. That contact with another mind will puncture our species’ self-satisfied feeling of worth. We will have to confront, finally, what we truly are, and the damage we have done to our home. But that confrontation, perhaps, is the only thing that will save us. The only thing that will allow us to look our short-sightedness, our brutality, and our stupidity in the face, and change.”
― Ray Nayler, The Mountain in the Sea

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Polls

Preliminary SF Poll for June 2023 BotM

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

13 votes, 31.7%

The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler

13 votes, 31.7%

The Corridors of Time by Poul Anderson

7 votes, 17.1%

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

5 votes, 12.2%

Stars Uncharted by S.K. Dunstall

3 votes, 7.3%

41 total votes

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