Stefan’s unwilling union with a genetically engineered fish triggers his rise through the System, the bureaucratic quagmire that controls his world. He finds himself compelled to facilitate the congress of increasingly senior officials with the marine anomaly. Nic Krechter finds that he needs to use the fish’s services to deal with his rivals in the System. The fish herself has to cope with the conflicting pulls of her developing feelings for Stefan and her desire for freedom. As the outside world begins to push through the borders of the System, Stefan, Nic and the fish struggle to retain control over their lives.
An allegory that examines how anyone might act when provided with an uncertain power. Novel: 155,000 words, approx 450 pages
Out this month on Kobo and Amazon Kindle.
Read these excerpts:
Posted November 27, 2013 Posted by Adam in Uncategorized
The soprano voice disappeared fairly early.
The bass was because nobody else would. I don’t know that I added much.
Alto and tenor are loads of fun.
This picture is from the soprano days.
Posted November 11, 2013 Posted by Adam in Uncategorized
It was in Kayaköy, the village that features (in barely disguised form) in Louis de Bernieres’s novel Birds Without Wings. It was deserted as a result of the 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey. It was in about 1995. The festival was completely unorganised because it was run by hippy anarchists. It was tremendous fun.
Posted November 11, 2013 Posted by Adam in Uncategorized
This was when I was the Biology teacher in a tiny school in the South Australian mallee.
This meant that people brought sick or injured animals to me.
My treatment of the frogmouth was to wrap it in a soft blanket and put it in a dark box overnight. In the morning, I gave it some mince meat in raw egg. Then it sat on my hand until I put it on the ground. After a while, it stuck its wings out and flew into a tree. It was gone after a couple of hours.
It was photogenic when it was on the ground.
The tone drop effect (bottom picture) took hours to do in the darkroom. It would be effortless with Photoshop.
Posted November 11, 2013 Posted by Adam in Uncategorized
I was in Grade 3, I think.
The ruler was a wooden Rulex Trueline, an object that will be familiar to anyone in Australian education in the 1960s.
It took me months to eat but I was determined. Towards the end, I had to get a new Rulex Trueline in order to rule lines of sufficient length to pass muster for margins, double underlinings and equilateral triangles.
I’m not particularly proud of the achievement but, as far as I know, It is unique.
Here’s a Rulex Trueline. If I hadn’t eaten it, it appears that it would now be an antique.
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