Oh, I'm a HUGE fan of wardrobes and doors elsewhere wherein lives the stuff of magic both good and evil, but, I also have real world dreams of which, the CD really is the first one that is supposed to lead to the next step for the realization of a bigger dream, or even Life Purpose.
Ah, yeah, personally I need to work on that making practical dreams a reality thing. I'm too prone to reverie, while the practical elements of ambition tend to escape me
Well, that calls for a celebratory mug of tea. What famousosity are you planning on reveling in?
Mmm tea.
TL/DR version:
I plan to be famous due to the weird series of speculative-fiction novels I'm writing, which seem to share little semblance to anything I've ever encountered before. I don't really think it's me tooting my own horn, I've just never really encountered a story remotely like the one I'm currently writing.
More specific/detailed version:
Basically, I'm writing an overly complicated and convoluted series of metaphysical 'science-fantasy' novels (basically a weird, personal blend of science fiction and fantasy elements) but set in a contemporary setting involving various 'overlapping' planes of reality. The most relevant division being the material planes, and the psychic/spiritual/etheric planes.
I essentially attempt to delve so deeply into some metaphysical/cosmological concepts, that the division between 'reality' and 'fantasy' seemingly dissolves entirely, all while simultaneously driving the reader into my personal realm of crack-pot-ery/insanity (I kid.)
I use ESP and the idea of 'quasi-omniscience' as the primary vehicle for exploring these planes. Basically, there is the possibility to 'read into' the fabric of reality, both material and spiritual, in such a way that it is understood in it's entirety, or at least much closer to it than what we are capable of now with our more limited sense modalities.
And since it is understood so well with this heightened means of observation, essentially as 'God' would understand it, it sort of allows for me to play with the fabric of reality in such a way that that I can bend it in any way to suit my whims and cause the craziest of shit to happen within a semi-plausible or believable context.
I guess the idea is if you can fully understand it, then you can also replicate it... or explore theoretical 'alternatives' or possibilities.
Basically, there's a form of 'telepathy' where a person is capable of understanding 'psychic substance'; and by extension, individual psyches, mythologies and the stuff of belief (as that is supposedly composed of said 'psychic substance'), platonic forms, archetypes... that sort of fun stuff.
A large part of the story takes place in 'dream' worlds or 'astral' worlds entirely composed of this abstract 'psychic substance', where naturally, physical laws don't apply, and anything conceivable can happen without bumping into such pesky boundaries as 'natural law' or 'logic'.
So, while I try to have it centered on scientific and philosophical concepts in some areas, it also draws so much from various spiritual traditions, mythologies, and psychology... that the two eventually blend together seamlessly to the point where you're really not sure what the fuck you're reading, anymore.
One of my primary themes is 'disorientation'. Basically, if you were one of these human characters with ESP, trying to understand the Universe, you would very likely feel lost at sea, as the Cosmos (and especially the psychic planes) are teeming with literally endless possibilities. For human characters with limited awareness, this is basically paramount to 'biting off a hell of a lot more than you can chew'. It also gives me an excuse to expose them to some weird and far-out stressors and character building events while all but shattering their fragile sense of 'sanity'.
Though really my cosmological system is largely just an excuse to create the ultimate 'sandbox', where I can subject my characters to whatever crazy stuff I am capable of dreaming up. Granted, I try to have it pay off and all weave together to form a coherent whole by the end.
The rest of it reflects on my personal desire to reconcile my scientific/materialistically minded inclinations with my spiritual/mythologically minded inclinations. I love both science and spirituality, and this is sort of just my exploration of that, where the two might meet, and where they differ.
I'm not sure if anyone is going to bother reading all of that. I have a tendency to get over-zealous when discussing this thing I've been working on for the past four years. As I said, it is overly complicated and convoluted. There are already around seven planned books in the series, and it just keeps growing... and with it, my sense of trepidation.
