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P.J. Haarsma

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in Georgetown, Canada

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Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Henlein, Card, Asimov, Clarke

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A lot about The Softwire comes from my own experiences growing up. No, I never traveled on a seed-ship to Orbis but I did feel like I was a slave working in my parents ceramic factory as a teenager. In the summer I would slug 50lbs+ molds around while standing in a room with kilns firing at 1400 degrees. It wasn't fun and at the time I really resented my parents for it. I felt used and not in control of what I wanted. Probably like a lot of other kids my age then but hey, what did I know, I was fourteen.

Besides writing The Sofwire series I also created Kids Need to Read, a literary charity I founded with actor Nathan Fillion and friend Denise Gary.

When I have nothing else to do, I create online games based on young adult literature. I creat ...more

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P.J. Haarsma's Blog: Wormhole Diaries

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This is the first time I've used the blog feature on Goodreads. I hope to use it to add updates about my current projects.

Right now I'm working on a new book series called the Wandchasers. I'm in the middle of a rewrite and it's not going as fast as I'd like. I have far too many distractions in my life right now. Most good - some bad ;)

I'm looking for any reference material on Dutch mythology, so Read more of this blog post »

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Published on June 01, 2011 12:15 • Tags: pj-haarsma, rings-of-orbis, softwire

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	Virus on Orbis 1 (The Softwire #1) 3.81 avg rating — 1,255 ratings — published 2006 — 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
	Betrayal on Orbis 2 (The Softwire #2) 3.99 avg rating — 573 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Wormhole Pirates on Orbis 3 (The Softwire #3) 4.11 avg rating — 429 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Awakening on Orbis 4 (The Softwire #4) 3.97 avg rating — 368 ratings — published 2010	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
	Con Mans Spectrum #0 (FCBD 2016) by Alan Tudyk (Writer), P.J. Haarsma (Goodreads Author) (Writer), Sarah Stone (Artist) 3.67 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2016 — 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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