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Jack L. Chalker
American
Author
About the author
I have taught history on the high school and college levels, and am or have been a lecturer at the Smithsonian, The National Institutes of Health, and numerous colleges and universities, mostly on science fiction and technology subjects.
Jack L. Chalker,
American
Author
#Technology
#Science
#History
#School
#College
#Fiction
#Health
If you got what it takes, you'll make it. If you don't, Shakespeare couldn't help you.
Jack L. Chalker,
American
Author
#Help
#Shakespeare
First, people don't read novels off screens, and they don't have a tendency to shell out real money for books when they don't retain anything physically for their money.
Jack L. Chalker,
American
Author
#People
#First
#Money
#Books
I write novels and other things.
Jack L. Chalker,
American
Author
No, I don't autograph blank slips, checks, or stickers, and certainly no books without me in them.
Jack L. Chalker,
American
Author
#Books
I do not read SF as much as I used to. It's too much like a busman's holiday.
Jack L. Chalker,
American
Author
#Holiday
I am a registered Democrat and two-time unsuccessful candidate for office.
Jack L. Chalker,
American
Author
#Office
Decadence is wonderful.
Jack L. Chalker,
American
Author
I have long been active in and supportive of conservation and historical preservation causes.
Jack L. Chalker,
American
Author
#Causes
#Conservation
I am also a Kentucky Colonel and an Honorary Mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, among other things.
Jack L. Chalker,
American
Author
#Kentucky