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A Kirkus Best Nonfiction Book of the Year

November 23, 2022 By Mike Rinder 21 Comments

 

Very gratified that Kirkus named A Billion Years as one of the  Best Nonfiction Books of the Year

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  1. Peridot says

    November 25, 2022 at 10:40 am

    What a tremendous honor for a soulful, meticulous retelling of a life formidably assembled, remarkably disassembled, then triumphantly put back together on an entirely different track. The revelations throughout this book are just astonishing. Congrats!

    Reply
  2. DesS says

    November 24, 2022 at 3:59 am

    I read your book and I could not put it down, I would read it again sometime, something interesting has come out – hydrogen bombs cannot exist in nature, an explosion like that could only be caused with an energy weapon and that is what they are, they say its nuclear to hide the fact of free energy – zero point energy, ‘nuclear’ explosions are actually caused by energy weapons. So hydrogen bombs 75 million years ago – no there could not have been. Here is the video that explains it : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnu0Aph6kVk&t=3s

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  3. Phillip says

    November 23, 2022 at 10:14 pm

    I can imagine Kirkus awarding you one of those oversize “Certificates of Accomplishment” that $ci. loves to hand out.

    A lot of fun could be had by sending duplicates to you (M. R.) at the same address DM uses. One to your daughter’s address. One to that lizard looking fellow’s address at Stand (I think that’s right). One to all the Certificate holders in the next Thursday Funnies (talk about systems overload).

    I’m sure this witty bunch can suggest a few other addresses

    PS Congrats on the recognition.

    Reply
  4. Marie guerin says

    November 23, 2022 at 8:20 pm

    Your book is perfect .
    Congratulations on all your success.

    Reply
  5. oldbikerdude says

    November 23, 2022 at 5:34 pm

    Mike, I just read the intro parts to your book (which I got through an independent bookstore) and I can’t wait to read the rest. No parent is perfect: not me, not you. Apparently. (HA HA that was a joke)

    Reply
  6. Fred G. Haseney says

    November 23, 2022 at 3:45 pm

    “A Billion Years” Breaks All Barriers!

    Reply
  7. Mat Pesch says

    November 23, 2022 at 2:04 pm

    Nice!

    Reply
  8. Mary Kahn says

    November 23, 2022 at 12:07 pm

    Congratulations again Mike. May you and your book continue to flourish and prosper.

    Reply
  9. jim rowles says

    November 23, 2022 at 12:05 pm

    Congratulations! NON-fiction no less; Compared to Hubbard’s science fiction.

    Keep winning.

    Reply
    • GL says

      November 24, 2022 at 4:29 pm

      Chubbard’s writing (and I use that word very loosely) barely rates Z grade pulp crayon scribbles to me.

      Reply
  10. BraveBloggers says

    November 23, 2022 at 11:09 am

    Congrats Mike. I hope you & yours are not only able to enjoy this moment of recognition, but that you have a safe and lovely Holiday.

    With Respect,
    B.B.

    Reply
  11. Alabamaslammer says

    November 23, 2022 at 11:00 am

    I agree with kirkus! Your book was great. When you wrote about being in the hole, I kept wondering if you and any of the others – like maybe your wife – ever talked about banding together to beat up the guards and break out. It’s amazing the level of mind control the cult had over you and the others in the hole. Did anyone ever try to talk the others in escaping?

    Reply
  12. Doug Sprinkle says

    November 23, 2022 at 10:46 am

    COB must be beyond livid.

    Reply
  13. Lily R says

    November 23, 2022 at 10:43 am

    What a win! This is huge and will sell books to people who didn’t know about it!
    Whoo hoo!

    Reply
  14. Koos Nolst Trenité says

    November 23, 2022 at 9:37 am

    Great achievement.

    Reply
  15. otherles says

    November 23, 2022 at 8:56 am

    DM must really and truly hate that.

    Reply
    • Amateur says

      November 23, 2022 at 10:17 am

      I bet the older he gets … the more things he hates.

      Once there are only a handful of people left in his cult, he will eventually hate his loathsome little self – every little inch of his being.

      Reply
      • Newcomer says

        November 23, 2022 at 11:09 am

        And what about all those standing Os he is missing without any events happening.

        Probably a lot less knee replacements going on inside the cult these days …….. except for Flog graduates.

        I wonder if Paul Miller is still kickin and lickin fer dollars at the Fort Harrison encarceration facillity?

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        • Dotey OT says

          November 23, 2022 at 3:19 pm

          When last I heard, he was falling asleep in reg cycles. 2014. Seriously.

          Reply
      • Cindy says

        November 23, 2022 at 4:08 pm

        If that comes to pass we will have to call it the Inch Bitches instead of the Inch Wives.

        Reply
        • Newcomer says

          November 24, 2022 at 3:43 pm

          And for Davey we will have to change scale appropriately to micro millimeters!

          Yo Dave,
          Its all relative good buddy! In yer case, relatively small!

          Have an extra helping of rodent taday and wash er down with an extra shot of scotch!

          Reply

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