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rank 4169
word count 14101
date submitted 21.02.2010
date updated 21.03.2011
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy, ...
classification: universal
incomplete

TheNeverPages

Graham Thomas

The journal of a man travelling to The Other Side to investigate the meaning of a dream.

 

Master G_ is in the NeverRealm - a transitory wasteland between here and the ever-after. His goal is simple - find his engineer friend Brekker and together track down Master G_'s dearly departed lover, Lucy. However, the wasteland of the NeverRealm is not the only obstacle he has to traverse in order to reach his love. His memories are slowly turning to sand- a desert swelling in his mind that threatens to spill out into his physical world.

The impossibility of his physchological state is matched only by the chaos that awaits him in Pripyat - the city that he cannot avoid travelling through. A city that anchors every reality in the multi-verse.

TheNeverPages is a journal that explores our internal and external landscapes - it is about our position in space and time and our perception of the universe. Above all, TheNeverPages is about the lengths we go to for love.

This novel is complete at 80k words. Part one (chapters 1-12) uploaded.

 
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chernobyl, death, diary, dream, fantasy, journal, love, universe

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name falied moderation wrote 637 days ago

Dear Graham
OMG amazing book cover love it. loved your short and long pitch both really sell your book which they are meant too so CONGRATS, and love the way you write. Your ability with words to craft an orginal read is amazing. the characters have decided to take up permanent residence but i will insist they leave soom to go home. ha! I have to wonder on this site at the
creations that come from peoples heads and of course the immense talent of those like yourself to animate
such colorful characters. I truly wish I had half your talent.

BACKED BY ME FOR SURE.
Please take a moment to look, COMMENT which is important to me, and BACK my book. if not that is OK
also

The VERY best of luck to you

Denise
The Letter

SusieGulick wrote 637 days ago

Dear Graham, I just backed your other book & discovered this one, part 1 :) - so will read, comment, & back it, too. :) Your pitch really brought out the adventurous spirit in me & I like the way you put me right in your book to feel what your characters are feeling. :) Your dialogue & paragraphs are tight, providing a nice read. :) I will now go to your 2nd book. :) Hope you'll take a moment to back my 2 memoir books. :) Thanks a bunch. :) Love, Susie :)

Owen Quinn wrote 714 days ago

this is a good pitch evoking images of man against a bleak and torturous landscape, looking for that one beacon of light. The writing is very good and was further in before i knew it. excellent

nac101 wrote 775 days ago

Sounds like an interesting story. Your pitch did a good job of drawing me in. Backed.
NAC

lizjrnm wrote 814 days ago

Not normally my genre but your cover really caught my eye. This book not only has a great pitch but it comes through with edgy and sharp prose! I like and can relate to all the characters. Polished and therefore BACKED! You should do very well here. Check out The Cheech Room = you will like the style.

Jared wrote 814 days ago

I love the cover and your pitches work well. First impressions - this is very curious. An unsettling, dream/nightmare-like world told in terse note form. It sent shivers down my spine, particularly at the end of the first chapter when we learn he's dead. I was so intrigued I read past my usual three chapters (and by the way, Chapter 3 and 4 are the same - some glitch in uploading?). I really like your writing - it's so clean and simple and yet every so often you drop in a totally lovely image (I loved the baby - 'she holds him like a book' - perfect description).
A very clear unusual voice and page-turning despite its oddity. I like it a lot and am happy to back you with this.
Jared
Mummy's Boy.

Jim Darcy wrote 816 days ago

This was an interesting read, a bit reminiscent of John Brunner's Man In Black. Definitely one to savour. Jim D Serpent's Blood

lynn clayton wrote 817 days ago

The cover is superb and matches the book. Courageous style which works completely, conveying so much distress in the minimalist narration and repetitions. One of the best things I've read anywhere. backed. lynn

meemers wrote 818 days ago

This is very imaginative for the reader, through the MC's eyes, his thoughts, his feelings, his angst. It's different and potent. I stopped to back this, but will read more.

sue

SRFire wrote 820 days ago

This is unusual and talented work. Backed for originality. All the best, Sana x

Melcom wrote 820 days ago

This is indeed an intriguing read, like the staccato writing at the beginning it supplies to the hook to read further.

Can't wait to see what happens to all those people.

Great work

Melxx
Impeding Justice

LittleDevil wrote 821 days ago

Your voice is original and once I got used to it, I saw the picture you painted. I will have to come back to this, I'm interested to find out about Graham with the three fingers, what happened to the baby, why the ear and nose bleeds, why did the kid with the bulbous tongue frighten him so much (although he probably would have scared me with that laugh too) You've set the scene well, and now I want the answers. Time short. Won't allow. Sorry. Will come back... shit, you've got me at it now! And I thought my writing was tight.
Good luck with this. It's different. (hey did I tell you I hate sci-fi) well done, kept me reading.
Best wishes
Sue
A Boy Called George

Miss Wells wrote 821 days ago

Good strong voice and a fabulous archeaology of menace going on in the text - the ordinary details of a day revealing a map of subtarrenean meanings. This is like a kind of purgatory between two worlds, neither of which is quite any longer accessible without some elusive key. Like those moments in life when our inner and outer worlds no longer converge and we feel like we're in a world of our own. If you can keep up the pace and tension this should be a fabulous book.

Manolya wrote 821 days ago

Graham you have a really good pitch and it made me want to read more. You may want to think about spacing the words out a little. Your opening chapters are easy to read and you give good attention to detail.

Backed:)

I hope 2010 is a great year for you and your book.
Warm regards,
Manolya- Love in No-Man's Land

myrmidon wrote 821 days ago

Thank you all for you lovely comments - really encouraging and much appreciated. Once my dinner has gone down, i will get to grips with this site and start reading your work too.

I look forward to it.

Thanks again

myrmidon

soutexmex wrote 821 days ago

I liked the short pitch ... think the longer pitch could be broken up a bit more, editing wise. Besides that, SHELVING your effort.

I can use your comments on my book when you get the chance. Cheers!

JC
The Obergemau Key

K.Z. Freeman wrote 821 days ago

Nice premise that made me want to read this. Its a fascinating tale from what I have read so far, its like I'm in an endlessly engaging dream, and I wan't to know what happens next!

myrmidon wrote 822 days ago

Thank you so much Eamonn - very kind and very encouraging. I have only just realised that i uploaded the 'raw' chapters last night, instead of the nice pretty final versions - good catch, I shall correct that!

Thanks again for your comment!

eamonn walls wrote 822 days ago

I like the opening, and the general style, which I found easy to read. The pace, tone and rhythm are all appropriately synchronised to the content - and saying all that doesn't reflect how hard that is to achieve, certainly it is something I have never managed to do! In my personal and v humble opinion, it might be worth considering putting the text in double spacing and possibly a larger font, as some readers might find the small text difficult to read off a computer screen.
Fair play and good luck with this one. Backed :)

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