Writing about writing and reading
This week I wrote about someone resurrected in a future society where death has been outlawed. I don't like it and didn't really know where I was going with it, so I've broken my streak of good stories. I finished something though! I also read VALIS by Phillip K. Dick. It's about a man who …
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Another week, another story. This time I wrote about someone accidentally transporting himself into a motivational poster. I took inspiration from a novel I just finished: Jumper, by Steven Gould. I got it cause I saw that the new sequel, Impulse, was on the Nebula reading list. It's about a guy who learns he can …
Another week down and I actually like the story I did this week... for now. I may hate it when I read it again in a couple weeks. It's about an old man with a head injury trying to decide if the strange thing he's seeing out his kitchen window is real or not. I …
I have survived another week, and read another Alfred Bester novel. This week I wrote about a duel fought with time guns... yeah, probably just as dumb as it sounds. I also read The Demolished Man, by Alfred Bester. It's the story of a murder committed in a world full of telepaths--a world that hasn't …
I just finished reading The Stars My Destination (originally published as Tiger! Tiger!) by Alfred Bester. I didn't mean to pause from the Count of Monte Cristo. I only meant  to read the preview in the Kindle store, as someone had mentioned it as one of the best Sci Fi novels ever and I'd never heard of …
Jonas David 