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Who cares who I am?
Just so the book can be neatly labelled and filed away?.
“I knew it! ...an evil anarchist!
Who I am is not important here, except to show, perhaps,
that I am serious, about these scribbles.
So here goes...

After a boring education (I did Eng. Lit. and a thesis on De-Schooling) I began a rather brilliant career as a layabout. Passing my idle hours on Adventure Playgrounds, Street Theatre, Anti Nukes and Subversive Nonsense,.
For several years I shared a magnificent squat in central Amsterdam, before definitively dossing down in Brixton, where I accomplished a creditable six and a half years on the dole.
While whiling away my life doing Squatters Aid, Pirate Radio and Partying I enjoyed superb park-view accommodation, and jotted down the first version of this book for the classless Hooligan Press.
Retiring extremely early to Barcelona beach, I was horrified to have to work and even pay rent. But then the occupations took off, and I ended up living in a 'Social Centre' (on top of a mountain.).
Here I play around with gardens and mechanics, and, um,
look after children and horses. I can cook a deadly vegetarian paella and my hobbies include solar-powered internet and rooting in bins.
We have a wizard windmill and dispose of excellent compost toilets.
I do have one big son, who's 10 years old and speaks 4 languages (not all at once).

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The Free

M.Gilliland

...Accompany Linda thru her hilarious, terrible day, as she:
.......Escapes her useless school and abusive daddy.
......And falls in with the feminists, squatters and gays.


..The State is going bottoms up, the Climate is going crazy,
......we’re living the collapse of capitalism, blow by blow,
...............................with a rainbow.
..............Linda changes her name to Maxie
.....She and her new friends get free of their traumas,
..and get into dealing death blows, to a skinhead gang,
....a bankrupt school and the testerical special police.
.........Next thing they flee to Ragwort CoOp Pool,
........ in a big safe occupied working class area.
.......We play the adventure live through their eyes,
..laughing and lamenting... inventing social revolution.

..The PIF soldiers eventually arrive, to restore capitalist chaos,
............Macker and Maxie are missing, the hunt begins,
....while the spaced out invaders get subverted, corrupted,
..............................swallowed and digested.
Our odd family puzzles with the pieces.. finding a fun lifestyle,
......a coppice farm, and bright ideas for saving The Planet,
but keep your hankies ready, folks.. click on your giant wings,
........................... for the fantastic FLYING finale!

I do return all Shelvings.. unless your book is fascist, sexist or racist..

 

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Eunice Attwood wrote 8 hours ago

Thanks Mike for backing my book. I think I backed you some time ago, ....

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Daft creature! How can you tell it's excellent if you haven't read i....

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Dear Mike, Thanks for taking the time and trouble to read my book.....

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Thanks Mike - did you want me to check out one of your books in retur....

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Thanks for backing my novel Holding Alpha, and I congratulate you for....

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I wrote 12 days ago

Beautifuly written and imagined, this has a fabulous air of myth which caught me from the first line. Hope it goes well for you.......... mikegilli The Free view book

I wrote 16 days ago
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...................................................ThanXaBillion to all supporters of The Free.. ..................................................................Now over a year in the top 20 ...........................................this month (August) it got to No 11 despite me not doing revie... view book

I wrote 17 days ago

I greatly enjoy sampling your hilarious writing. I've never seen such mastery of Victorian style prose used in such creative fashion, to cruelly satirize the remnants of English upper class prejudice. Deserves a wide audience................... best luck with it mikegilli The Free view book

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