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Richard MacManus

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Richard MacManus is a science fiction author. His current book is PRESENCE, a novel about the future of Virtual Reality. It was published in September 2016: http://amzn.to/2efgG7m.

Richard is the founder of technology blog ReadWrite.com, which he ran from 2003-2012. He lives in Wellington, New Zealand. ...more

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	Trackers: How Technology is Helping Us Monitor and Improve Our Health 3.53 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2014 — 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
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