L. E. (Leland Exton) Modesitt, Jr was born in 1943 in Denver, Colorado. He graduated from Williams College. He lived in Washington, D.C. for 20 years, then moved to New Hampshire in 1989 where he met his wife. They relocated to Cedar City, Utah in 1993. 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Nickname: The Mile-High City Location of Denver in Colorado, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Colorado City-County Denver (coextensive) Founded November 22, 1858 Incorporated November 7, 1861 Mayor John Hickenlooper (D) Area    - City 401. ... Official language(s) English Capital Denver Largest city Denver Area  Ranked 8th  - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 km²)  - Width 280 miles (451 km)  - Length 380 miles (612 km)  - % water 0. ... Williams College is a private, coeducational, highly selective (18% admission rate in 2006) liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Massachusetts. ... Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cedar City is a city located in Iron County, Utah, 250 miles South of Salt Lake City on Interstate 15. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

Previously, he has worked as a Navy pilot, lifeguard, delivery boy, unpaid radio disc jockey, real estate agent, market research analyst, director of research for a political campaign, legislative assistant for a Congressman, Director of Legislation and Congressional Relations for the U.S. EPA, a consultant on environmental, regulatory, and communications issues, and a college lecturer and writer in residence. The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... A lifeguard in the most general sense of the word is an emergency service worker, who is a qualified strong swimmer, trained and certified in water rescue, first aid, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); who is responsible for overseeing the safety of users of a recreational water feature, such as a... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... In the United States and parts of the Commonwealth (including Canada and Australia) as well as in many other countries, a real estate agent is a person who advises and represents others in transactions involving real estate. ... Market research is the process of systematic gathering, recording and analyzing of data about customers, competitors and the market. ... Research is often described as an active, diligent, and systematic process of inquiry aimed at discovering, interpreting and revising facts. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... A Congressman or Congresswoman (generically, Congressperson) is a politician who is a member of a Congress. ... EPA redirects here. ... A consultant (from the latin consultus meaning legal expert) is a professional who provides expert advice in a particular domain or area of expertise such as accountancy, technology, the law, human resources, marketing, medicine, finance, public affairs, communication, or more esoteric areas of knowledge, for example engineering of different kinds... Devils Punchbowl Waterfall, New Zealand. ... A regulation is a legal restriction promulgated by government administrative agencies through rulemaking supported by a threat of sanction or a fine. ... The term communications is used in a number of disciplines: Communications, also known as communication studies is the academic discipline which studies communication, generally seen as a mixture between media studies and linguistics. ... The term college (Latin collegium) is most often used today to denote an educational institution. ... Lecturer is the name given to university teachers in most of the English-speaking world (but not at most universities in the U.S. or Canada) who do not hold a professorship. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ...

He is an author of mostly Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels and is known best for the fantasy series The Saga of Recluce. In addition to his novels, Mr. Modesitt has published technical studies and articles, columns, poetry, and a number of science fiction stories. His first short story, "The Great American Economy", was published in 1973 in Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact. Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... haha For other meanings see Fantasy (disambiguation) Fantasy is a genre of art that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. ... The Saga of Recluce is a series of fantasy novels written by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. ... A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative in prose. ... The Chinese poem Quatrain on Heavenly Mountain by Emperor Gaozong (Song Dynasty) Poetry (from the Greek , poiesis, making or creating) is a form of art in which language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its ostensible meaning. ... This article is in need of attention. ... This article is concerned with the production of books, magazines, and other literary material (whether in printed or electronic formats). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Astounding Stories was a seminal science fiction magazine founded in 1930. ...

Recurring themes, technologies, and organizations

• Ethical questions such as "If you can pre-emptively attack and kill some people in order to avoid a war which will kill many people, is it justified?"
• Earth is destroyed or nearly destroyed by ecological disaster
• The I.S.S. spy service mentioned in many of his series
• The Galactic Empire
• The Galactic Empire is overthrown or thwarted by ecologists
• Music has power
• Flitters, aircraft that can hover and achieve low space orbit.
• Nanotechnology
• Time travel
• Internalized information networks
• Imbalance leads to destruction and is a perversion of nature
• Gods are real but only because they have higher levels of technology
• War is bad but necessary
• Misuse of technology will lead to man's downfall
• Mormons
• Galactic War
• Struggles between Chaos and Order
• Shortening or slurring of the names of present day cities, countries and ethnic groups.

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Novels

The Corean Chronicles

Set on the world of Corus (or Acorus), where strange and dangerous beasts roam and people with magical Talent can commit astonishing feats The Corean Chronicles is a fantasy series of books by the author L. E. Modesitt. ...

• Legacies (2002)
• Darkness (2003)
• Scepters (2004)
• Alector's Choice (2005)
• Cadmian's Choice (2006)
• Soarer's Choice (November 14, 2006)

Ghost Novels

Spy stories, set in an alternate world

• Of Tangible Ghosts (1994)
• The Ghost of the Revelator (1998)
• Ghost of the White Nights (2001)
• Ghosts of Columbia (2005) Omnibus, combining Of Tangible Ghosts and The Ghost of the Revelator.

The Saga of Recluce

• The Magic of Recluce (1991)
• The Towers of Sunset (1992)
• The Magic Engineer (1994)
• The Order War (1995)
• The Death of Chaos (1995)
• The Fall of Angels (1996)
• The Chaos Balance (1997)
• The White Order (1998)
• Colors of Chaos (1999)
• Magi'i of Cyador (2001)
• Scion of Cyador (2001)
• Wellspring of Chaos (2004)
• Ordermaster (2005)

The Saga of Recluce is a series of fantasy novels written by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. ...

Spellsong Cycle

Set in the world of Erde, where song has magical power - and exacts a terrible price The Spellsong Cycle is a fantasy series written by L.E. Modesitt Jr. ...

• The Soprano Sorceress (1997)
• The Spellsong War (1998)
• Darksong Rising (1999)
• The Shadow Sorceress (2001)
• Shadowsinger (2002)

The Ecolitan Institute

• The Ecologic Envoy (1986)
• The Ecolitan Operation (1989)
• The Ecologic Secession (1990)
• The Ecolitan Enigma (1997)
• Empire & Ecolitan (2001) Omnibus
• Ecolitan Prime (2003) Omnibus

The Forever Hero

In the far future, when Earth is a devastated ruin, an immortal is born, wishes one great wish, and takes on a great task The Forever Hero is a trilogy of science fiction novels by Modesitt. ...

• Dawn for a Distant Earth (1987)
• The Silent Warrior (1987)
• In Endless Twilight (1988)
• The Forever Hero (2000) Omnibus, combines above three books.

Parafaith Universe

• The Parafaith War (1996)
• The Ethos Effect (2003)

The Parafaith War (1996) is a science fiction novel by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. ...

Timegod's World

Drawing on Norse legend, these books follow the story of the time-travelling Immortals of Query, and their two greatest heroes - who both save and doom their people

• The Fires of Paratime (1982)
• Timediver's Dawn (1992)
• The Timegod (1993) (republication of The Fires of Paratime)
• Timegod's World (2001) Omnibus

Archform

• Archform: Beauty (2000)
• Flash (2004)

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Non-Series Science Fiction

• The Hammer of Darkness (1985)
• Adiamante (1996)
• Gravity Dreams (2000)
• The Octagonal Raven (2001)
• The Eternity Artifact (2005)

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Collaborations

• The Green Progression (with Bruce Scott Levinson) (1992)

The Green Progression is a novel by L. E. Modesitt about how good intentions have a way of backfiring, especially when the people involved in the cause are being manipulated by others. ...

Short Fiction

• The Great American Economy (1973) Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, May 1973
• A House by Any Other Name (1974) Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, November 1974
• Came the Revolution (1977) Galaxy Science Fiction, September 1977
• Iron Man, Plastic Ships (1979) Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Oct 1979
• Power to ...? (1990) Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 1990
• Reaction Time (1978) Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, January 1978
• Rule of Law (1981) Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, April 27, 1981
• Second Coming (1979) Asimov's SF Adventure Magazine, Spring 1979
• Understanding (2000) On Spec, Summer 2000
• Viewpoint Critical (1978) Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, July 1978
• Precision Set (2001) On Spec Spring 2001
• The Pilots (2002) In the Shadow of the Wall: Vietnam Stories that Might Have Been (ed. Byron R. Tetrick)
• Dock to Heaven (2003) Low Port (ed. Sharon Lee & Steve Miller)
• The Swan Pilot (2004) Emerald Magic: Great Tales of Irish Fantasy (ed. Andrew M. Greeley)
• Fallen Angel (2004) Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy (ed. Al Sarrantonio)

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External links

• Recluce, The Official Modesitt Website
• Official forum at IBDoF
• Interview with L. E. Modesitt, Jr. at SFFWorld.com
• TOR's Modesitt Publishers Press Page
• The Worlds of L.E.Modesitt
• Suite 101 Modesitt Webpage