Augmented Reality - Writers Forum

eleutheromaniac · 06-20-2004, 04:03 PM

My novella, "Augmented Reality", will go live in about a month. Once it goes live, you should be able to find it at most bookstores and at all major sites where books are sold (eg, www.amazon.com, www.chapters.com, etc.) but for now, you can read about it on my publisher's site, www.authorhouse.com. I've also posted some small snipets of it in the fiction forum. If you want to know more, just ask your questions here, or where I've posted the story in the fiction forum. Thanks.

I can't really tell you what it's about without giving something away (I want it to be as open to interpretation as possible), but if I had to compare it to another book I would say its a combination of Notes from Underground, Diary of a Nobody, Beautiful Losers, The Metamorphisis, Catcher in the Rye and Tristram Shandy. With the philosophy of Nietzshe, Saul Alinsky, Tao te ching, La Rochefoucauld and my own unique brand of humour and philosophy thrown in. Not bad for a 90 page novella, huh? Depth over length. You might have to reread a few times to catch everything. In fact, I'm counting on it.

Airborneguy · 07-05-2004, 10:53 AM

Is it available for pre-order?

Airborneguy · 07-05-2004, 11:19 AM

I posted a link to buy your book on my website.

eleutheromaniac · 07-05-2004, 03:50 PM

"Is it available for pre-order?"

Doesn't look like it, but the second the galley is approved you should be able to get the electronic version, which should be within the next couple of weeks here:

http://www.authorhouse.com/BookStore...clT%252fw%253d

Notice I tried to be as vague as possible in the description of the book. I don't want to give anything away. In fact, if it were up to me there wouldn't have been a description, at all.

Thanks for posting on your website, unfortunately I don't have one of my own or I'd return the favour. But I'll definately be telling people about it. (Though, based on what you've said about it, it seems to be more America-oriented than Canadian, is that true, or can a Canadian appreciate just as much? I guess I'll have to wait until I read it)

Based on some of the posts in this forum, I'm confident about my book's ability to reach people. I can't tell how many times I've seen someone post about some personal problem they're having and said; "Wow, that's one of things I cover in my book!" (Can you tell I'm in salesman mode. But it's true).

Airborneguy · 07-05-2004, 04:51 PM

My book is not very deep honestly, its just an action adventure set in the colonial period that starts in with modern, iportant events. But it is pure action and fun, with the world in the balance of course for good measure. I am more along those lines, I stay away from political/mental stuff as much as possible. I even bard at the President because since the book seems to support the war in Iraq, I had to even it out.

thelatemitchellwarren · 07-05-2004, 06:47 PM

hmmm...interesting.

I checked out Augmented Reality.
It actually sounds interesting since
I admire experimental novels.
And I've always been impressed with
Eleuth's writing ability.

But what is with the Mr. *****?

Also, no Author Information?

Is this a marketing strategy or...?

thelatemitchellwarren · 07-05-2004, 06:49 PM

I'm redoing my site in the next few days
so if you fellows want a free link, just let
me know.

thelatemitchellwarren · 07-05-2004, 06:51 PM

Have you registered your website
with Google and Yahoo, aireborne?

It's quite effective, as I've gotten
visitors from all over the world
based on individual webpages.
So far no money spent on advertising,
so devoting time to Google and other
smaller search engines, as well as
META TAGS is a good idea.

eleutheromaniac · 07-05-2004, 07:23 PM

"But what is with the Mr. ******?"

Well, I don't want to give anything away but there are a number of ways to interpret this. Usually, when a character is nameless the author is either trying to say: a) he is a nobody or b) he is an 'everyman'. In this case there is a third option for interpretation as well. What famous name has six letters in it? hmmmm..... Like I said to Airborn, you really have to read it cover-to-cover to understand what I'm trying to do. Hopefully, the reader will read the last line of the book and go "Ohhh, now I get it." and reread it with a whole new percpective. Or they'll be more confused then ever. Either way, I really think this book will be better the second time you read it. (Again, I don't want to give too much away). Also, not giving the anti-hero a name is a subtle nod to one of the books that inspired it, Notes from Underground, where the main character was also nameless.

"Also, no Author Information?

Is this a marketing strategy or...?"

I just didn't see the point. People shouldn't judge a book based on the author, they should see it as a seperate entity.

"I'm redoing my site in the next few days
so if you fellows want a free link, just let
me know."

Why don't you and Airborn (and anyone else for that matter who has been published) start your own thread about your book?

eleutheromaniac · 07-05-2004, 07:31 PM

"My book is not very deep honestly, its just an action adventure set in the colonial period that starts in with modern, iportant events."

I used to be into those kinds of books (Sahara, by Clive Cussler, was the best one I read) but I found that books that have some insight are just more interesting. Different strokes for different folks. As long as there is something meaningful and worthwhile about it.

Airborneguy · 07-05-2004, 07:59 PM

I already have a thread.. MY Book. I'll take a link: www.authorfaljean.com

...and how do I register with the search engines? I've been having trouble figuring that out...

thelatemitchellwarren · 07-05-2004, 08:05 PM

http://www.google.com/addurl.html

eleutheromaniac · 07-09-2004, 10:44 AM

Here's a link to the part of the story I posted in the Fiction forum:

http://www.writingforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=4291

Daniela poses a lot of the questions and problems that I think most people will find in this book, and I explain it as well as I can without giving too much away.

I think the bottom-line when reading this book is that the reader has to have complete confidence in my ablities as a writer. (For people who have read my previous, more traditional work, this should not be a problem. Unfortunatly that group is currently small in number.)

In most books, the writer tries to play god; in this book, I tried to make the reader play god. It is a very interactive novel, where the reader is asked to rely heavily on their interpretive skills.

If you have any other questions or comments on the work, you can post them here or in the fiction forum.

thelatemitchellwarren · 07-09-2004, 11:03 AM

The more I think about it, it's a great idea.
It's very cutting edge and fiercely
independent.

But you may be ahead of your time.

eleutheromaniac · 07-09-2004, 11:33 AM

Thanks for the compliment, but I don't think that it is so much me being ahead of my time, as literature being behind the times.

I think literature is at the same point now that painting was at the turn of the last century. Then it was "Why should I buy a painting when I can take a picture?" Now it's "Why should I read a book when I can watch the movie?" I understand the usefullness of traditional writing, just as I understand the usefullness of realistic paintings. But most people don't. They're ready for something new, something different. I just hope I succeeded in giving it to them.

One of my main goals when I first started to write this book was to make it so that it was impossible to remake into a movie; it could only be fully appreciated in its written form. This is true of most great works of literature, but I really wanted to push the boundries of what literature is capable of, just as Picasso and others did with painting.