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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:280:Because hanging around Jantar Mantar is all in a day's work for some people.]] |
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| 4 | R. Jean Mathieu is a speculative fiction writer, publisher, and world traveler, currently residing somewhere in China. His work is mostly informed by his varied and idiosyncratic life, which has involved stints in Buddhist meditation retreats, overland trips across Asia, and crewing sailing ships. He cites Creator/RayBradbury, Creator/JackKerouac, and Creator/FrankHerbert as inspirations, and it shows. |
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| 6 | Most of his work is in the form of short stories, which have grown progressively longer over time. They can be found [[https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/trueroscoe here]] and [[http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=la_B00DI5BP4Y_B00DI5BP4Y_sr?rh=i%3Abooks&field-author=R.+Jean+Mathieu&sort=relevance&ie=UTF8&qid=1381528594 here]]. He's won several awards, most notably third place Ray Bradbury award in 1999...at the age of ''13.'' He has finished one novel (action-adventure) that is awaiting publication, and is at work on another (time travel mystery). |
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| 9 | !!Tropes found in his body of work: |
| 10 | * CreatorThumbprint: Asian philosophy. Aside from the two {{Out of Genre Experience}}s, Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, or something will show up explicitly or implicitly. |
| 11 | * {{Homage}}: It's hard not to notice how hard Creator/JackKerouac's style impacts "Preta," a vampire horror story. Bonus points for Korouac having [[TheCameo a cameo]] along with half a dozen other members of Creator/TheBeatGeneration. |
| 12 | * MeasuringTheMarigolds: {{Deconstruct|ion}}ed in "Measuring the Marigolds." The scientist character, Dr. Lund, reacts with far more wonder and passion than the relatively calm mystic. |
| 13 | * OutOfGenreExperience: Whatever "Mazghunah" and ''especially'' "Russell & Maggie" are, they aren't science fiction or horror. |
| 14 | * ShoutOut: Referencing this site, with "Measuring the Marigolds". Guess what trope it plays with. |
| 15 | * WholePlotReference: "Bartleby the Clerk" to Creator/HermanMelville's ''Bartleby the Scrivener''. |
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