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Calibration 74
Calibration 74 | William F Aicher
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From the author of A CONFESSION, THE UNFORTUNATE EXPIRATION OF MR. DAVID S. SPARKS, and THE TROUBLE WITH BEING GOD, comes an all-new mind-bending, lyrical and surreal adventure.Numbers. Keys.Locks and boxes.Mermaids, eggs, and trees. Past, present, future.Time collapses and expands. Mazes, paths, and destiny. A library card.A skull.A mouse. Truth and lies and peace. ----- Written, edited, and released in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, CALIBRATION 74 is an experimental poetic flow-of-consciousness exploration of reality, fantasy, and above all, escape.----- ★★★★★ "From what I've read of Aicher's other works, this is the author at his best. Previous works reminded me of Philip K. Dick or Chuck Palahniuk ... but with Calibration 74 Aicher has found himself among DeLillo, Danielewski, and Joyce." - Jonathan D. Clark, author of Arcadia and False Cathedrals
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JoeMo
Calibration 74 | William F Aicher
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A surreal, dark work that the author described as an experimental novella. It‘s strange, poetic, and left me with a sense of unease similar to my favorite works by Samuel Beckett or like the time I stayed up late and watched all the Salad Fingers videos in a row. The reader never really knows what is happening versus what is just in the narrator‘s head. This was a truly a unique if confusing story!

#story #scarathon #scarathlondailyprompts

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JoeMo
Calibration 74 | William F Aicher
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4.5/5 - This reminds me of Notes from the Underground or a Beckett play mixed with Salad Fingers. The story is dark and unsettling; the style incorporates beautiful prose. Can I fully explain what I finished reading in the wee small hours? Not at all, but I can‘t recommend it enough! I spent the first half struggling to figure out what I was reading and the second half completely engrossed and refusing to worry about the details.

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