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Jim Vuksic

Goodreads Author

Born

in Pittsburgh, The United States

July 28, 1947

Website

http://jimvuksic.tateauthor.com/

Genre

Science Fiction, Fiction, Nonfiction

Influences

Jean M. Auel, Stephen King, J.K. Rowling, and Gary Jennings.

Member Since

November 2013

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Jim Vuksic was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1961 he left home to attend St. Mark Seminary in Erie, Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in 1965.
Jim enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1966 and is a Vietnam veteran. After being discharged, Jim was hired by the H.J. Heinz company. Five promotions and 33 years later, he retired as the manager of the company's food processing facility in Pittsburgh.
In 1970, Jim married his late wife, Elaine. They had five children and were loving partners for 35 wonderful years.

Levels is his first book. {Available in: paperback (376 pages), e-Book download (Kindle/Nook/Tablet), audio book on CD (9 discs), and audio download - 8 hours listening time, narrated by Stephen Rozzell.} ...more

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If you could have lunch with three famous people - dead or alive - who would they be? And what would you discuss with them?

Jim Vuksic Ms. Zigler,
The three would be Socrates, William Shakespeare, and Mary Ann
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I would let Socrates know how much I admire the sense of honor and…more Ms. Zigler,
The three would be Socrates, William Shakespeare, and Mary Ann
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I would let Socrates know how much I admire the sense of honor and courage that inspired him to choose a mandatory sentence of death by suicide rather than compromise his principles.

I would ask William Shakespeare which works, attributed to him today, were not actually written by him, and if granted the opportunity, would he come forward and set the record straight, even if it would diminish his standing somewhat within the literary community.

I would ask Mary Ann Evans how much it bothered her to have to write under the pseudonym George Eliot due to the prejudice against female authors during the 19th century, and how many of her close friends knew at the time that George Eliot was actually she.

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Who's your all time favourite author? And what's your favourite book of all time?

Jim Vuksic Ms. Zigler,

My favorite author of all time is Samuel Langhorne Clemens aka Mark Twain. I particularly admire his writing style which he so subtly ada…more Ms. Zigler,

My favorite author of all time is Samuel Langhorne Clemens aka Mark Twain. I particularly admire his writing style which he so subtly adapted to attract readers' changing attitudes and genre preference from the mid-19th. century through the dawn of the 20th. century.

My favorite book is "Aztec" by Gary Jennings, published by Forge in 1980. Mr. Jennings depicts the rise and fall of the ancient Aztec empire in what is now Mexico in such a realistic and entertaining fashion that the reader cannot help but become enraptured by and sympathetic to the main character, who narrates the bulk of the story in the first-person.(less)

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My Last Blog Post - 'Good-bye Goodreads'

My first blog post was published on November 18, 2013. This, the 198th. and last blog post, is being published today, February 12, 2024.

I wish to thank my 150 Goodreads followers. Your comments, opinions, and suggestions have been very helpful and very much appreciated.

I became a member of Goodreads in 2013 and have thoroughly enjoyed following and occasionally participating in the various discuss Read more of this blog post »

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