Into the Magic Kingdom

mrG — Thu, 19 Feb 2004 19:52:21 -0500

Seeing's how, on the last regeneration, I had precisely the same number of pages as finnegans wake, I'm taking that as an omen and publishing my first draft. Also, Cory's own licensing is unclear, so this might be it, but it had to be, inevitably and now, and while I may not really know much about what I like, I know a few things about art and at a joyously joycean 628 pages, here it is ...

Into the Magic Kingdom

This is, so far as I know, the first legally derivative work based on Cory Doctorow's relicenced Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom. Trevor repackaged the experience but I have re-invented it, ground up, and created something oddly familiar but completely new.

And be forewarned, this is not fan-fiction for the squeamish. My book is not recommended for younger students or those bonded to fixed dogmas of rightness in literature, language and narrative; I will yank the carpet from under those people, leave them without reference, awash in a tale without end and narry a thread to grab. This is advanced reader material, for those who love language, for those who ponder the relation between language and their mind, for those who love to watch their own brain squirm as it sifts the chaos for meaning and sense.

I expect some will rather stare at a blank sheet of paper, and that is fine. This book is not for everyone, it just is. It is at once a nihilistic anti-book and the apex of geek literary art. Every page is riddled with lucid insights, rife in rich and quotable poetic imagery, all of it bubbling with deep humour. If you've read the original, this book may be hazardous to your health.

And now the FAQs ...

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Into the Magic Kingdom

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