I catch myself valuing literature that’s not serious over serious but shallow. I’d rather read Matthew Reilly than Mark Manson. However, what do we say about literature that’s purposefully not serious, shallow, and cringe to extreme levels? The book in the photo above is a form of absurd comedy. It’s unlikely that it ever gets translated, or even published in enough copies so that anyone other than gamebook collectors reads it. But it exists and I think it’s nice that such things can happen. I enjoyed it for what it is.
So, the book is about an illegal vegan in a world where eating meat is required by law. He’s born with the mission to make the evil tyrant of the world eat veggies. He’ll meet cartoonish characters along the way and be tempted to eat ingredients that may contain animal products. It didn’t become clear to me if the author was mocking vegans or if he was vegan himself and wrote this piece as an act of defiance. Perhaps both? Who knows.
The book is unavailable in any online store, has no ISBN, and doesn’t exist on Goodreads.
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Wow, what a cool plot! Thanks for sharing.
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You give me hope for punk publishing.
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What is punk publishing?
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Ha! I’m listening to Oh, Bondage, Up Yours! by the X-Ray Spex right now. That kind of says it all. Anyway, here’s what I mean by Punk Publishing:
https://tedsdeskof1000voices.com/2023/10/12/awakening-knights-of-eternity-book-one-e-amsel/
Em would love it if you took a look at their work. It’s a web serial, published just for us (and them) on WordPress. See what you think!
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I’ll give that a chance but reading such a massive amount of pages will take time.
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Instead of reading the news or ‘doomscrolling’ I’ll read a little bit every day with my morning coffee from somebody “punk publishing” fiction on WordPress. I’ve been in a remarkably good place since I started doing that, and I know they appreciate it.
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I read part of a book that’s not even published today. My issue with this is that I really like my Goodreads profile. Why are these people not adding their books to Goodreads 😦 I’ll soon have 4 completed books that won’t contribute to my reading goals.
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Hmm. Not to judge, and if Goodreads is your thing, Goodreads is your thing. You do MarTech, after all. But I’m not sure stats should be the end goal of reading.
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Sounds silly, right? But it helped me get back to reading. I was a passionate reader as a kid. Then around 18, I discovered the Internet and the reading suffered a major blow. Goodreads is my thing, yes. When I read, I’m in the zone. When I stop, I put the book on the shelve, mark it as Read, write a review, and maybe write a blog post about it. These activities are like an after taste of a good cheesecake.
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Okay I get it now. I’m trying to do the same thing, just with fiction published on WordPress! Good for you with readiing!
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