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Deadbooks the ripper
“When SciFi writers drop acid online.”
--- Meredith Woerner, io9
“Deadbooks hints at a densely packed mythology that draws on The X-Files and Stephen King, with a little David Lynch-style creepiness thrown in for good measure.”
--- Hugh Hart, Wired/Underwire
Hey out there,
I’m not a regular, so I appreciate you letting me speak.
On Monday, August 18, I launch Deadbooks. It’s been a long time in the making and it will upset some people’s notions of what a book should be. Some will like it, some won’t. That’s life. But before any grumbling starts I wanted to tell the community why I did it.
The main thing I wanted to upend was what a book could be; to rip the words out of its wooden coffin. Set it free. And in my opinion, the genres that could handle that task best were SciFi and Horror: genres rarely intimidated by boundary bashing.
Many bitch that we don’t read anymore, but I don’t think that’s true. I think many are just waiting for the novel to catch up with their expectations of entertainment.
There will always be a place for word on paper, but what DeadBooks represents is where the novel may be headed: what its true potential can be once it’s ripped free from the wood.
Thanks for your time.
Hoss
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