Ah, the ‘how is the novel?’ And old novels being like dead people - perfect description! So I guess the ones that never got finished are .. ? .. in a coma? Might still wake up one day? Complex beings that contain whole worlds. And sometimes they do rise from the dead - resurrected / re-issued…
I guess the difference is that we have their bodies and can still hold them in our hands. And you can make small holograms of them by sharing bits on substack. Long live novels!
Just lovely, as always.
Ah, the ‘how is the novel?’ And old novels being like dead people - perfect description! So I guess the ones that never got finished are .. ? .. in a coma? Might still wake up one day? Complex beings that contain whole worlds. And sometimes they do rise from the dead - resurrected / re-issued…
I guess the difference is that we have their bodies and can still hold them in our hands. And you can make small holograms of them by sharing bits on substack. Long live novels!
zombie novels? I have a few.