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Many questions surround the Road, seared into planet Destiny's
surface by interstellar colonists, but no settler who has traveled
it has ever returned. For Jemmy Bloocher, the questions burn too
hotand he sets out to uncover the mysteries of Destiny's Road.
Each soul s journey through life on planet earth is an
adventure. The greater picture of the billions of lives and their
stories is a cosmic phenomenon we can never fully comprehend. But
with our God-given intuition and creative power, we can imagine.
And in our lives, we learn that there is inner guidance available
to us if we merely tune in.
When Morris Walker told someone he d written a book about
reincarnation, she asked, Is it fiction? The only answer he could
find for her was, That s a good question. He s written books, short
stories, essays, articles, songs, poems, and countless scripts and
comedy routines. "The Lives of Carl Atman" is the book he has
wanted to write for years maybe even lifetimes. Inspired by the
observable cycles of life that ebb and flow all around us, he felt
compelled to write this story. His hope, above all else, is that
you enjoy the journey."
When the Internet suddenly stops working, society reels from the
loss of flowing data, instant messages, and streaming
entertainment. Addicts wander the streets, talking to themselves in
140 characters or less and forcing cats to perform tricks for their
amusement, while the truly desperate pin their requests for casual
encounters on public bulletin boards. The economy tumbles further
and the government passes the draconian NET Recovery Act.
For Gladstone, the Net s disappearance comes particularly hard
following the loss of his wife, leaving his flask of Jameson s and
grandfather s fedora as the only comforts in his Brooklyn
apartment. But there are rumors that someone in New York is still
online. Someone set apart from this new world where Facebook
flirters poke each other in real life and members of Anonymous
trade memes at secret parties, where a former librarian can sell
information as a human search engine and the perverted fulfill
their secret fetishes at the blossoming Rule 34 club. With the help
of his friends, a blogger and a webcam girl both now out of work,
Gladstone sets off to find the Internet. But is he the right man to
save humanity from this Apocalypse?
For fans of David Wong, Chad Kultgen, and Chuck Palahniuk, Wayne
Gladstone s "Notes from the Internet Apocalypse "examines the
question, What is life without the Web?
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