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Thalassophobia (from Ancient Greek θάλασσα (thálassa) 'sea' and φόβος (phóbos) 'fear') [1] is the persistent and intense fear of deep bodies of water, such as the ocean, seas, or lakes. Though related, thalassophobia should not be confused with aquaphobia , which is classified as the fear of water itself.
There is also an audiobook version of each book, read by George S. Irving. The audiobooks are presented in unabridged format with the exception of a handful of missing stories from the first book. As of 2017, the books had collectively sold more than seven million copies, [7] and appeared on numerous children's best-seller lists. [6]
Charlophobia – the fictional fear of any person named Charlotte or Charlie, mentioned in the comedic book A Duck is Watching Me: Strange and Unusual Phobias (2014), by Bernie Hobbs. The phobia was created to mock name bias , a form of discrimination studied by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Chicago .
Center is the author of several books, which she has called "bittersweet comic novels." Her first novel, The Bright Side of Disaster (2006), was optioned by Varsity Pictures, and her sixth, How to Walk Away (2018), [5] was a New York Times bestseller and Book of the Month Club pick for May 2018 and a Target Book Club pick for July 2019.
Daisuke Umezu (Japanese: 梅津大輔, Hepburn: Umezu Daisuke), [1] better known as Mamare Touno (橙乃ままれ, Tōno Mamare), is a Japanese author of light novels and manga. He has written the series Log Horizon and Maoyu , both of which have been adapted into anime .
Richard Preston (born August 5, 1954) is a writer for The New Yorker and bestselling author who has written books about infectious disease, bioterrorism, redwoods and other subjects, as well as fiction.
David Shannon (born October 5, 1959) is an American writer and illustrator of children's books.Shannon grew up in Spokane, Washington.He graduated from the Art Center College of Design and now resides in Los Angeles.
His second book, Sewer, Gas & Electric: The Public Works Trilogy, is postcyberpunk. His third book, Set This House in Order: A Romance of Souls , focuses on two protagonists displaying a fictionalized version of dissociative identity disorder ; while not technically science fiction, it nonetheless contains significant speculative elements.