Fall Into Time eBook Douglas Lain
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In these four stories, Douglas Lain explores the painful and mysterious chasms in the hearts and minds of people who want to break out from their lives, but find themselves becoming stagnant and self-destructive. Unable to escape or move forward, they lose themselves in the past and present, hoping for some insight that will lead them to a brighter future. Readers of Philip K. Dick, Donald Barthelme, and Kelly Link will rejoice in the work of Douglas Lain. Featuring THE LAST APOLLO MISSION 09/11 was an inside job. What nobody knows, except for writer Paula Austin, is that Stanley Kubrick was one of the men behind it all. With help of Nicholas Cage, of course. RESURFACING BILLY In a near-future city where radioactive trash is seeping up through the soil, one man creates a chewing gum that just might solve the planet's trash problem, while trying to prove to a Big Brother-like school that his son's behavioral problems are completely normal before they mandate a lobotomy. ALIEN INVASION/COFFEE CUP STORY Aliens have finally invaded, but apathy has overtaken the planet and nobody seems to care about the flying saucers in the sky. The tensions in a young couple's relationship rise to the surface as they discuss what the alien invasion means, or more to the point, what it doesn't mean, in this satirical mash-up of alien invasion and realist "cup of coffee" stories. CHOMSKY AND THE TIME BOX A tech blogger travels back in time and becomes obsessed with a twenty-two minute period in the Chicago O'Hara Airport on November 16th, 1971, when Noam Chomsky and Terence McKenna nearly met. But nothing goes according to plan in his repeated attempts to change the course of history, which entail kidnapping Chomsky and subjecting hostages from the Chicago O'Hara to footage of Ronald Reagan.
Fall Into Time eBook Douglas Lain
Fall Into Time is a bit of an unsung gem among today's Bizarro readers. Douglas Lain comes from a hard science fiction background. Moreover, he hosts a weekly podcast where he and the guest try to solve the great mysteries of existence by examining and applying the ideologies of Zizek, Deleuze and Hegel, among others. So it goes without saying that you have to work for enlightenment, or the big payoff in his offerings.Fall Into Time begins strong with a narrative about Stanley Kubrick's shadowy involvement with the September 11th tragedy. There is a scene where the main character auditions to work for Kubrick and because this character is so knowledgeable about his career, they don't get the job. That is such a succinct ideosyncrasy of Kubrick the director's obsessive nature that Lain deserves a high five on that basis alone.
The second story fell kind of flat for me, whereas his examination of what a post-ET Disclosure America would look like is another case of him predicting human nature with a futurist's accuracy.
However, even if none of the previous stories mentioned above manage to grip or enthrall you, Fall Into Time is undoubtedly worth exploring on the merits of the final tale, the crown jewel as it were, 'Chomsky and the Time Box'. In this story, we witness a fairly mediocre gentleman who becomes consumed with arranging a meeting between two disparate personalities in Terrence McKenna and Noam Chomsky in a very short window of time before they blink out of each other's lives forever. He tries repeatedly with the aid of a futuristic novelty toy called a 'Time Box', but all he seems to acquire is more frustration until he begins to act out in increasingly antisocial and unhinged ways, at one point even holding the plane's passengers at gunpoint. He plays with time with such flagrant disregard that he sees *through* time, that is, he views the building blocks beyond the superficial veil. It is only after viewing the architectural constructs of Chomsky and McKenna's being that he understands why the two can never meet or establish even the most remote acquaintance. Their shapes are totally incongruent. Perhaps that last sequence was a nod to Flatland, or maybe Lain just traveled so many light years ahead in critical thinking to realize this vision that I find myself now grasping at straws.
Whatever the case, I believe this as well as Lain's novel Wave of Mutilation, inhabit a less explored corner of Eraserhead Press' publishing history. I look forward to discussing these two works with him on my own podcast in the coming days. Until then, this is the perfect place for Bizarro readers to explore different approaches to surrealism and learn what makes Douglas Lain such a vital thinker in these ever erratic times.
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Fall Into Time eBook Douglas Lain Reviews
Funny, witty, sharp, thought-provoking!
Douglas Lain's collection of short stories is well worth the read. These stories are carefully woven blends of fantasy and reality that have deep moments of poignant thought with laugh-out-loud moments of razor sharp dialogue and comic situations.
These stories create a very subtle and eloquent yet very accurate portrait of humanity (with a slight absurdist hue which I liked). The writing style was very smooth and fluid, using subtle images and great dialogue. My favorite story was "Chomsky and the Time Box." So funny and poignant. I was wonderfully surprised by the understated humor in these stories with a razor sharp look at society that was subtly wrapped around me like a blanket.
This is Phillip K. Dick meets Douglas Adams.
In my youth I was a fan of the late Philip K. Dick whose abstract notions of reality fused well into everyday stories (usually science fiction) that left you struggling to accept the solidity of your own reality's foundations.
In his book "Fall in Time," Douglas Lain has created four stories that offer up the same effect, albeit with far more complexity and attention to detail than Dick achieved.
Often relying on celebrity figures to interact with, Lain creates a fascinating appeal to the story themes, drawing you further in as he unravels the very tale he is telling.
With characters that include Stanley Kubrick detailed in his quirky, yet esoteric, manner through which his filmmaking imagined classics like 2001 A Space Odyssey, Lain allow's his reader's reactions to resonate with the character's reactions. There is also a clever time travel tale that calls on Noam Chomsky and Terence McKenna in a 1971 Chicago airport scene through the use of a Time Box product reviewed from the year 2013.
I was struck by the details of not just our history, but the nuances of the history that he carefully detailed and can only imagine the time Lain spent digging up the many gems that he included - unless, of course, he used the Time Box 3.0 to actually conduct the research he needed.
I was pulled into the book from the first page. It is difficult to not be. His style of writing is detailed, subjective, focused on the details that flesh out the scenes, and grabs you from a variety of angles whether it be the story itself or the wrapping in which he presents it.
I could have easily read a compete novel from the first and the last of the stories; "The Last Apollo Mission," and "Noam Chomsky and the Time Box," the latter a device I expect we shall soon see on Apple shelves.
Fall Into Time is a bit of an unsung gem among today's Bizarro readers. Douglas Lain comes from a hard science fiction background. Moreover, he hosts a weekly podcast where he and the guest try to solve the great mysteries of existence by examining and applying the ideologies of Zizek, Deleuze and Hegel, among others. So it goes without saying that you have to work for enlightenment, or the big payoff in his offerings.
Fall Into Time begins strong with a narrative about Stanley Kubrick's shadowy involvement with the September 11th tragedy. There is a scene where the main character auditions to work for Kubrick and because this character is so knowledgeable about his career, they don't get the job. That is such a succinct ideosyncrasy of Kubrick the director's obsessive nature that Lain deserves a high five on that basis alone.
The second story fell kind of flat for me, whereas his examination of what a post-ET Disclosure America would look like is another case of him predicting human nature with a futurist's accuracy.
However, even if none of the previous stories mentioned above manage to grip or enthrall you, Fall Into Time is undoubtedly worth exploring on the merits of the final tale, the crown jewel as it were, 'Chomsky and the Time Box'. In this story, we witness a fairly mediocre gentleman who becomes consumed with arranging a meeting between two disparate personalities in Terrence McKenna and Noam Chomsky in a very short window of time before they blink out of each other's lives forever. He tries repeatedly with the aid of a futuristic novelty toy called a 'Time Box', but all he seems to acquire is more frustration until he begins to act out in increasingly antisocial and unhinged ways, at one point even holding the plane's passengers at gunpoint. He plays with time with such flagrant disregard that he sees *through* time, that is, he views the building blocks beyond the superficial veil. It is only after viewing the architectural constructs of Chomsky and McKenna's being that he understands why the two can never meet or establish even the most remote acquaintance. Their shapes are totally incongruent. Perhaps that last sequence was a nod to Flatland, or maybe Lain just traveled so many light years ahead in critical thinking to realize this vision that I find myself now grasping at straws.
Whatever the case, I believe this as well as Lain's novel Wave of Mutilation, inhabit a less explored corner of Eraserhead Press' publishing history. I look forward to discussing these two works with him on my own podcast in the coming days. Until then, this is the perfect place for Bizarro readers to explore different approaches to surrealism and learn what makes Douglas Lain such a vital thinker in these ever erratic times.
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