Andfurthermoreagain
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Re: One Three One
May 21, 2014, 09:09
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bluntlaser wrote: Well i did pre-order the book from F and F but didn't think that would warrant a t-shirt. i'm not complaining mind!
That's probably it then, I reckon you were one of the first to pre-order and got a gift as a result. I don't recall seeing anything on the F&F site regarding it but sometimes nice things happen to the first in the queue.
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bluntlaser
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Re: One Three One
May 22, 2014, 02:17
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Yeah i think it must have been a random freebie. I'm very intrigued by this book although i know very little about it. A Cope fiction is almost unimaginable.
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Andfurthermoreagain
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Re: One Three One
May 22, 2014, 09:46
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bluntlaser wrote: Yeah i think it must have been a random freebie. I'm very intrigued by this book although i know very little about it. A Cope fiction is almost unimaginable.
I have a strong suspicion it will be similar (though not in plot or concept) to novels like Valis by Philip K Dick, in that it will be an unfolding, gnostic epic, essentially fictional but (and this is where the Valis comparison comes in) with autobiographical and warped non-fictional real-world elements. I get the impression there will be a great deal of Julian in the 'Rock Section' character.
Obviously there appears to be a strong hooligan/football theme running through it but I do wonder if this is narrative mechanism by which Cope could posit the main characters in the vicinity of Sardinia - given its Italia 90 setting.
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triangles
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Re: One Three One
May 22, 2014, 21:52
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Brilliant and hilarious - totally made my day... can't wait for the book
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mr sulcus
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Re: One Three One
May 22, 2014, 22:08
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Anyone else going to the launch event thing? Already have the following day off work so despite a rush back from holiday in Stockholm, down to London and back to the midlands on the last train*, I thought it rude not to.
*might relent and sort a hotel instead...
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Markoid
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Edited May 23, 2014, 00:45
Re: One Three One
May 23, 2014, 00:09
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Andfurthermoreagain wrote: bluntlaser wrote: Yeah i think it must have been a random freebie. I'm very intrigued by this book although i know very little about it. A Cope fiction is almost unimaginable.
I have a strong suspicion it will be similar (though not in plot or concept) to novels like Valis by Philip K Dick, in that it will be an unfolding, gnostic epic, essentially fictional but (and this is where the Valis comparison comes in) with autobiographical and warped non-fictional real-world elements. I get the impression there will be a great deal of Julian in the 'Rock Section' character.
Obviously there appears to be a strong hooligan/football theme running through it but I do wonder if this is narrative mechanism by which Cope could posit the main characters in the vicinity of Sardinia - given its Italia 90 setting.
I'm gonna start reading it properly tomorrow as I have a couple of days off work, but without giving too much away, skim reading some sections do seem to have some elements of the man himself as many novelists do incorporate parts of themselves into fiction writing. So your suspicion is probably on the ball! My copy has 53 chapters and bite sized, yet seem continuous but also immediate. Most of the chapter names could easily be the titles of any Julian Cope song...so hence, it seems to make a short song into an 'album' and then into a book.
Anyway, the road trip starts tomorrow!
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Markoid
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Edited May 23, 2014, 06:01
Re: One Three One
May 23, 2014, 05:42
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mr sulcus wrote: Anyone else going to the launch event thing? Already have the following day off work so despite a rush back from holiday in Stockholm, down to London and back to the midlands on the last train*, I thought it rude not to.
*might relent and sort a hotel instead...
I'm going. I don't know your arse from Adam, but it would be nice to meet yet another fellow Copeaphile!
Crash if need be.
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Andfurthermoreagain
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Re: One Three One
May 23, 2014, 08:32
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Markoid wrote: Andfurthermoreagain wrote: bluntlaser wrote: Yeah i think it must have been a random freebie. I'm very intrigued by this book although i know very little about it. A Cope fiction is almost unimaginable.
I have a strong suspicion it will be similar (though not in plot or concept) to novels like Valis by Philip K Dick, in that it will be an unfolding, gnostic epic, essentially fictional but (and this is where the Valis comparison comes in) with autobiographical and warped non-fictional real-world elements. I get the impression there will be a great deal of Julian in the 'Rock Section' character.
Obviously there appears to be a strong hooligan/football theme running through it but I do wonder if this is narrative mechanism by which Cope could posit the main characters in the vicinity of Sardinia - given its Italia 90 setting.
I'm gonna start reading it properly tomorrow as I have a couple of days off work, but without giving too much away, skim reading some sections do seem to have some elements of the man himself as many novelists do incorporate parts of themselves into fiction writing. So your suspicion is probably on the ball! My copy has 53 chapters and bite sized, yet seem continuous but also immediate. Most of the chapter names could easily be the titles of any Julian Cope song...so hence, it seems to make a short song into an 'album' and then into a book.
Anyway, the road trip starts tomorrow!
Nae spoilers now!
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Markoid
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Edited May 23, 2014, 10:20
Re: One Three One
May 23, 2014, 08:42
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Andfurthermoreagain wrote: Markoid wrote: Andfurthermoreagain wrote: bluntlaser wrote: Yeah i think it must have been a random freebie. I'm very intrigued by this book although i know very little about it. A Cope fiction is almost unimaginable.
I have a strong suspicion it will be similar (though not in plot or concept) to novels like Valis by Philip K Dick, in that it will be an unfolding, gnostic epic, essentially fictional but (and this is where the Valis comparison comes in) with autobiographical and warped non-fictional real-world elements. I get the impression there will be a great deal of Julian in the 'Rock Section' character.
Obviously there appears to be a strong hooligan/football theme running through it but I do wonder if this is narrative mechanism by which Cope could posit the main characters in the vicinity of Sardinia - given its Italia 90 setting.
I'm gonna start reading it properly tomorrow as I have a couple of days off work, but without giving too much away, skim reading some sections do seem to have some elements of the man himself as many novelists do incorporate parts of themselves into fiction writing. So your suspicion is probably on the ball! My copy has 53 chapters and bite sized, yet seem continuous but also immediate. Most of the chapter names could easily be the titles of any Julian Cope song...so hence, it seems to make a short song into an 'album' and then into a book.
Anyway, the road trip starts tomorrow!
Nae spoilers now!
Indeed no. Just a quiet synopsis. Haven't even gone near the content yet.
Spilling no beans, just tidying up the mayhem!
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mr sulcus
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Re: One Three One
May 24, 2014, 15:30
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Yep, always up for meeting people from here. Can sort out an "I'll be the one in Brain Donor makeup" type recognition thread closer to the time (hopefully some others will be going along too by then).
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