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C.C. Finlay

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Historical Fiction

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Former Editor, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Author of The Prodigal Troll, the Traitor to the Crown Series, and Wild Things, plus dozens of short stories. World Fantasy Award Winner, and finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, Sidewise, Sturgeon, and Locus Awards. Teacher at Clarion and elsewhere.

Married to novelist Rae Carson.

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A Sad Day for Penn State, But Promises of Something Brighter

Last November I suggested that circumstantial evidence in the Penn State case indicated that Joe Paterno used his influence to cover-up cases of child sexual abuse committed by one of his coaches, and that university leaders probably went willingly along with it. http://ccfinlay.livejournal.com/189381.html

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Average rating: 3.81 · 8,705 ratings · 1,521 reviews · 65 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Patriot Witch (Traitor to the Crown, #1) 3.34 avg rating — 413 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	A Spell for the Revolution (Traitor to the Crown, #2) 3.57 avg rating — 184 ratings — published 2009 — 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 Demon Redcoat (Traitor to the Crown, #3) 3.56 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Issue 720, July/August, 2015 by C.C. Finlay (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rachel Pollack (Contributor), Gregor Hartmann (Contributor) 3.94 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2018 by C.C. Finlay (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Matthew Hughes (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Corey Flintoff (Contributor) 3.71 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2020 by C.C. Finlay (Goodreads Author), Gordon van Gelder, Charles de Lint (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September/October 2019 (F&SF, #745) by C.C. Finlay (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kelly Link, Paolo Bacigalupi (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Issue 279, January/February 2017 by C.C. Finlay (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rachel Pollack, Nina Kiriki Hoffman 3.73 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January/February 2020 (F&SF, #747) by C.C. Finlay (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alexander C. Irvine, Essa Hansen (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July-August 2020 by C.C. Finlay (Goodreads Author) (Editor), John Kessel (Contributor), David Erik Nelson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.02 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2020 — 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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C.C. Finlay and 17 other people liked Lois McMaster Bujold's blog post: Demonic Ox on Audible now "Although Blackstone's Downpour.com site is listing "The Adventure of the Demonic Ox" for release October 11, Audible.com apparently has it up already, since August 12. So if you want an early listen, there ya go. https://www.amazon.com/Adventure-..." Read more of this blog post »
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C.C. Finlay and 29 other people liked Lois McMaster Bujold's blog post: Bujold impersonator is still scamming "It is reported... A person with the email loismcmasterb@gmail.com is out there pretending to be me. This not my email, and This Is Not Me. This appears to be the same scammer who was impersonating me on X/Twitter and Mastodon a while back. Appa..." Read more of this blog post »
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C.C. Finlay and 25 other people liked Lois McMaster Bujold's blog post: nice notice, and other links "I recently ran across this unusually thoughtful (i.e., flattering) summation of my work: https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bujold_lois_mcmaster Good link for anyone trying to Explain Bujold to their reader friends. Tangentially, I was also remi..." Read more of this blog post »
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C.C. Finlay and 22 other people liked Lois McMaster Bujold's blog post: Downpour-Blackstone listing audio OX for mid-October "This just popped up this morning -- https://www.downpour.com/catalog/product/view/id/1215994/s/the-adventure-of-the-demonic-ox/?sp=1215995 Quick work on Blackstone's part! Ta, L."
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C.C. Finlay made a comment on Demonic Ox arrives today! " Just downloaded it! Can't wait to start reading it this evening. Thanks! ...more "
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C.C. Finlay made a comment on Demonic Ox e-cover sneak peek " Lois wrote: "You can give your refresh button a rest for a few more days, I think. When it goes live, I'll make my usual post with links, etc. ..." (th ...more "
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C.C. Finlay made a comment on Penric 14 impending " (a few more) (yes, it's possible that I've done this professionally) "Lessons in Chaos" - (for Penric as much as his young disciples) "Disciples of Chao ...more "
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C.C. Finlay made a comment on Bujold reading-order guide, 2025 update " Lois wrote: "Musing on some recent reader reviews where the reader had an initially confused read because the book thwarted their rigid genre expectat ...more "
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C.C. Finlay made a comment on Penric and Bandit spoiler discussion space " No spoilers, but I just wanted to say thank you. In a world where people frequently confuse villains with antiheroes, and antiheroes with heroes -- no ...more "
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“Palm Strike's main superpower is the stupidity of his enemies. He”
― C.C. Finlay, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2014

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“There is this about lifts and elevators. People become resigned and indifferent. They fall silent and stare at the numbers, unable to acknowledge the existence of any others who might momentarily share the same space—it is the latency spell of the enclosure. People retreat into their internal spaces as a defense against the collapse of personal boundaries.”
― C.C. Finlay, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September/October 2020

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“I barely managed to suppress my snort. The most important thing a woman could be was beautiful, and he knew it as well as I. It was in the stories we told, in the songs we sang—and it was there because those things came from deep within us, from a turning toward beauty that no person was immune from. Too deep to extract, too solid to ignore.”
― C.C. Finlay, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September/October 2020

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