Talking about yourself is incredibly difficult, isn’t it?

Well, how about a Thank You to start things off? Thank you for coming to my website, and for taking a bit of extra time to dig into the “About” page. For what it’s worth, your interest is appreciated.

My name is Jack Ryan Marsh. Yes, really. I am remarkably dissimilar to the Tom Clancy character: I have neither his sharp jaw nor his heart-stopper eyes nor his tactical mind. I bear little resemblance to the likes of Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford or Ben Affleck, though I did stop a nuclear war once.

Or was that a dream?

Dammit Jim, I’m an engineer, not an action star! The closest I’ve been to action was the one time I crashed an ATV into a tree and sprained my ankle. Instead, I have my adventures somewhat vicariously: through the fantastical stories that haunt my bookshelves.

“What stories do you enjoy?” I hear you cry, your voice full of impatient rage. “Get on with it!” (Yes, get on with it!)

Peace, please! Let me show you.

Series

• The Earthsea Cycle, by Ursula K. Le Guin
• The Discworld Series, By Sir Terry Pratchett
• The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
• The Expanse, by James S.A. Corey
• The Hyperion Cantos, by Dan Simmons
• Dungeon Crawler Carl, by Matt Dinniman
• Cradle, by Will Wight
• Beware of Chicken, by Casualfarmer

Standalone Books

• The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K. Le Guin
• It, by Stephen King
• ‘Salem’s Lot, by Stephen King
• The Last Light of the Sun, by Guy Gavriel Kay
• Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
• Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke
• Rendezvous with Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke (This one is a joke!)