Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
In a bar in Glasgow, three nerds sit frantically untangling a giant ball of yarn. A tall dark stranger approaches them. That stranger, known to one of them, is Stephen Aryan, author of The Age of Darkness trilogy, The Nightingale & The Falcon series, Quest for Heroes series, and the newly released novella, New York Minute.
From this auspicious first meeting to now, your beloved nerds have fostered a friendship with Stephen that has resulted in this: the latest in our The Books That Made Me series, in which Stephen takes us through eight books that were formative through his life and journey to becoming the author he is today.
Expect laughs, birdsong, cats and more!
📚 Get New York Minute, Stephen's latest novella, on Amazon: https://amzn.eu/d/5uNbKLL
Stephen’s Choices
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► 1. A book from when you were coming of age
A Wizard of Earthsea (Ursula Le Guin)
► 2. A book you wish you had read sooner
Empire of Silence (Christopher Ruoccho)
► 3. A book you wish you had written
Dune (Frank Herbert)
► 4. A book that taught you something important about storytelling
Savage Season (Joe R Lansdale)
► 5. A book that give you The Feels
The Green Mile (Stephen King)
► 6. A book that inspires you to write
Assassin's Apprentice (Robin Hobb)
► 7. A book that, were money no object, you would like to own a signed first edition of
Legend (David Gemmell)
► 8. A lesser-known book that you love and think deserves more readers
The Reapers are the Angels (Alden Bell)
► Song from the playlist of New York Minute
Clubbed to Death (Rob Dougan)
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Other links:
💻 Stephen's website: stephen-aryan.com
▶️ Subscribe to Stephen on YouTube: @StephenAryan44
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Ross & Laura are a couple of internet nerds with over 20 years combined experience in eCommerce and Retail, and a shared passion for quality fantasy and science fiction.
📚 Our bookshop: hardysbooks.co.uk
📷 Instagram: instagram.com/hardysbooks
🎶 TikTok: tiktok.com/@hardysbooks
🎧 Tome Raiders (our podcast): tomeraiders.co.uk
In a bar in Glasgow, three nerds sit frantically untangling a giant ball of yarn. A tall dark stranger approaches them. That stranger, known to one of them, is Stephen Aryan, author of The Age of Darkness trilogy, The Nightingale & The Falcon series, Quest for Heroes series, and the newly released novella, New York Minute.
From this auspicious first meeting to now, your beloved nerds have fostered a friendship with Stephen that has resulted in this: the latest in our The Books That Made Me series, in which Stephen takes us through eight books that were formative through his life and journey to becoming the author he is today.
Expect laughs, birdsong, cats and more!
📚 Get New York Minute, Stephen's latest novella, on Amazon: https://amzn.eu/d/5uNbKLL
Stephen’s Choices
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► 1. A book from when you were coming of age
A Wizard of Earthsea (Ursula Le Guin)
► 2. A book you wish you had read sooner
Empire of Silence (Christopher Ruoccho)
► 3. A book you wish you had written
Dune (Frank Herbert)
► 4. A book that taught you something important about storytelling
Savage Season (Joe R Lansdale)
► 5. A book that give you The Feels
The Green Mile (Stephen King)
► 6. A book that inspires you to write
Assassin's Apprentice (Robin Hobb)
► 7. A book that, were money no object, you would like to own a signed first edition of
Legend (David Gemmell)
► 8. A lesser-known book that you love and think deserves more readers
The Reapers are the Angels (Alden Bell)
► Song from the playlist of New York Minute
Clubbed to Death (Rob Dougan)
===
Other links:
💻 Stephen's website: stephen-aryan.com
▶️ Subscribe to Stephen on YouTube: @StephenAryan44
===
Ross & Laura are a couple of internet nerds with over 20 years combined experience in eCommerce and Retail, and a shared passion for quality fantasy and science fiction.
📚 Our bookshop: hardysbooks.co.uk
📷 Instagram: instagram.com/hardysbooks
🎶 TikTok: tiktok.com/@hardysbooks
🎧 Tome Raiders (our podcast): tomeraiders.co.uk
