The Boredoms of Bluetts Porth

ARISE, AUTHONOMY GHOST!

Ease those weary, withered limbs from your coffin. Push away the stone from the mouth of the tomb.

You have one last task to perform. One last, sacred shelf to confer.

Whether you were plugger, spammer, gusher or troll, whether you flirted or fought in the forum or beavered away in the shadows, now is the time for your resurrection.

One last time. Marshall your strength, muster the last vestiges of your power and carry out your final Authonomy act:

Back my book, MIRROR IN THE SKY.

Then, only then, you may rest easy in your Authonomy grave.

Nick Poole2 (formerly known as NickP)

This is some quirky writing. I have only read three chapter but it is out there. The names, the subject. The whole dramatic, I am dying paint my room green, ahhh my hangover is over bit was priceless. I had a side pain I was laughing so hard.
I don't see this classified as comedy, so i certainly hope this is what you are going for. It is right funny.
There is a lot to appreciate.
I think the beginning would be more powerful if you dropped his name the first time and just go with the second. Leave the reader wondering who he is for a bit more.
At first I was apprehensive. When I started reading I thought you were trying to hard, too complex sentences. But then I realized it was the style and it was just different. Took a minute for me to adjust.
Backed
T.L Tyson-Seeking Eleanor

Blimey this a huge and larger than life tale (including the larger than life font). Weird names and wildness. "Jay Gatsby without the sentiment and a hell of a lot more booze."

Must boost.

Nice characterisation here, with charcters that fit the genre. As does the prose, its pace is just right. With good descriptions the atmosphere builds and i fell into the book. A good read, with a promise of more to come from the premise.

BACKED

I think I would have set the song in its original verse form, rather than use slashes to denote line-ends; you've got plenty of room, here, for anything you like.

Bluetts Porth is a wonderful name, and he's a fascinating character from the outset, apparently in the role of the anti-hero. This is not the easiest thing to pull off, and I'm tempted to wonder whether the present tense will be sustainable.

On the whole, though I loved the narrative voice, and think this is well worth shelving.

Adelie High (Naming Names)

How can you have a 'nobody' called Bluetts Porth. There's lots of evidence that we 'become' the people our names suggest we are, so I think Bluetts would at least be an internationally-famous artist or sailor or jockey. But this is comedy, isn't it? You don't say so in your genre listing, but then your other character names - Sophie Hotfoot (she's hot), Wolfgang Darvish (dastardly), and Antoine Florentino (gigolo) all fulfil their characature/stereotype names admirably. You're just taking the piss, aren't you? And brilliantly. I just loved it. So rich and bursting with ideas and ludicrous situations, so full of clever little phrases. You're a master wordsmith, and you get my full backing. Best wishes, Tony.

The elusive Miss Hotfoot--...HA!.. And Florentino is divino..
Loved it......Gracing my old bookshelf.
Suggestion.
Um..Well. No typos.
I often say..Why not start it with a bang..You could
flash forward to some dynamite chapters..But if its
ostensibly about his boredom... tricky..
Lots of luck with it....Mikey The Free

This is bloody masterful. With lines like 'a slip down memory drain' and names like Sophie Hotfoot, you capitalise words like good dog and thinking time with the confidence of somebody who is breaking the rules for the sheer pleasure of it, and who am I to argue with you? Backed.

Terrific character study of this lost and sad person, Bluetts (and his dog). I love the names of your characters, by the way. You really get us into his head, providng an inner monlogue that is revealing in its despair. That said, you leaven the depression with touches of humor in how Bluetts and the dog interact, and how each think. There is something comical, while sad at the same time, in the way that you write about how Bluetts, even though he knows he will not be able to fall asleep, becoming a slave to his two legs as they take him upstairs to bed.

Your characters are quirkly and your writing is a bit that way, too, which is a compliment, becaue it lifts you above the herd of other writers out there, providing us with a truly original novel. For this reason, shelved.

Hi Hastie!

Please tell me you're going to have this whole book loaded eventually! I'm hooked... This zany piece of literature grabbed me from the start and kept me reading far longer than I had intended. You've got quite a masterful way of using word in your descriptive prose and witty dialogue. I'm pausing briefly to back and leave a comment, and will definitely be back for more! Great job with this. Oh, and I love your book cover!!!

Kim
Invisible Justice

The wheels are in motion. I have had a quiet word with myself, and the upshot is that I must do better. 8 more chapters to go! You are my new favourite person.

Hastie

This is very cool, I like it a lot, and have very little else to say except backed and best of luck.

I love you.

Hastie

There is strength in your writing and a sound narrative voice. It's language and turn of phrase make it stand out. That being said I wonder if more scene might make something that is good that much better. Not sure. Just a thought. As it stands it is sure to be enjoyed by many. Good luck and on my shelf.
Connie

Big thanks Connie! The scenes spread out as the story unfolds. Lot of public houses, mind. I wonder why... Anyway - big cheers to you!

Hastie

This is very cool, I like it a lot, and have very little else to say except backed and best of luck.

There is strength in your writing and a sound narrative voice. It's language and turn of phrase make it stand out. That being said I wonder if more scene might make something that is good that much better. Not sure. Just a thought. As it stands it is sure to be enjoyed by many. Good luck and on my shelf.
Connie

Hi Hastie!

Please tell me you're going to have this whole book loaded eventually! I'm hooked... This zany piece of literature grabbed me from the start and kept me reading far longer than I had intended. You've got quite a masterful way of using word in your descriptive prose and witty dialogue. I'm pausing briefly to back and leave a comment, and will definitely be back for more! Great job with this. Oh, and I love your book cover!!!

Kim
Invisible Justice

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for your heart-warming review. I am indeed flat out with everything that can conceivably happen to a human being, and having APPLE MAC problems t'boot. As soon as this pesky book is uploaded I can start delving into the weird and wondrous treasures of Authonomy. I have quite a few on my list, but I will be reading them all.

Thankee thankee

Hastie

The Boredoms of Bluett Porth

Hi Hastie,

What a wonderfully strange and wacky book, intense writing, inventive and fresh, it kept me guessing as to what was coming next. You have created a very intriguing and original character here and his antics, his thoughts and experiences, were beautifully described with a sparsity of writing which was a pleasure to read. I am confused as to why this is not higher in the Authonomy chart and realise now that it must be because you do not have enough time to engage in the read and review market to the level that would help it get noticed more. Great writing, I will back this and help out. If you were able to look at my book it would be so helpful to me at this stage in the game.

Best wishes and good luck
Andrew W
(Sanctuary’s Loss)

At last a new book with a spark. And wondergully louche. Onto my shelf,to read and maybe comment in more depth later.
Julia .Sea of Straw.

Thanks for the lovely comment, I will certainly try and read your book too!
Hastie

At last a new book with a spark. And wondergully louche. Onto my shelf,to read and maybe comment in more depth later.
Julia .Sea of Straw.

Thanks for the lovely comment, I will certainly try and read your book too!
Hastie

At last a new book with a spark. And wondergully louche. Onto my shelf,to read and maybe comment in more depth later.
Julia .Sea of Straw.

He he! Oh dear! Well it's not exactly Terry Pratchett, no...

Excellent descriptive writing but as depressing as a Leonard Cohen album. I lost patience with the main character after three chapters. Some fictional characters don't deserve a life, let alone a book. Patrick Barrett (Shakespeares Cuthbert)

Hi there,
This is very good. I really enjoyed the read, and it flows from the beginning. Your descriptions are vivid, you have a strong narrative voice. Bluetts is a great character, quirky almost. You clearly have a way with words and this is an intriguing read. I am putting this on my bookshelf and will read on. Good job!
Bests,
AnnabelleP
(Adelaide Short)

What fantastic language. You have such a comic turn of phrase. I don't think I've ever grinned so much as when reading this. It is not just superb it is epic!! I love the description of the superior sofa!! Shelved.
Hilary Waters (The Piazza)

Wow. I've had a good run of finding some great stuff in this place.

It's so exciting to unearth some great new writing - and a welcome escape from the train-ride, airport 'good read' stuff.

Wonderful first few pages. Shelved.

I've only read the first chapter but I've shelved this and will read more. Lots and lots of absolutely arresting, gorgeous things. A few of my favourites because I just can't resist...

'pale sunlight pissing through the dull curtains' - brilliant!

I love the dog. Particularly the sighing. I love the very careful (dis)arranging of the socks - I actually do things like this, I am ashamed to admit... the artful careless tossing of cushions and blankets takes me longer than actually making the bed properly... ' What graceful disorder!'

'Now which tipple is required on an Autumnal night such as this?' - your writing reminds me a bit of 'Confederacy of Dunces' - the grandiosity of the voice, the deliberately over-wrought phrases and word-choice... I love it! ...plus, maybe it's all the sitting around being self-absorbed, self-medicating, the wallowing, the allowance of self concerns to expand to fill the world - 'he would suddenly be very alone in a vast, unforgiving wasteland' - And I love the way you just write whatever you want ('not without a hoodwink of danger') - I think, on the whole, it works. Mostly it works really well, and it times it's positively divine!!

'Bluetts mind sat back on a superior deep red sofa...' 'slip down memory drain'...And all the stuff about Sophie is wonderful. The image of him with his hand on the window, looking over at her light -

and this : 'he asked the other animal' - -

It's great. I think you have a really unique voice.

I'll read some more later - good luck with it :)

Bek