Rush related novel

[Richard Reyes]

Hi,

 

I wrote a novel about going to a Rush concert in 1980. Most of the book is set in the parking lot of the concert hall because, you know, you have to get there early for a general admission show if you want to get close to the stage. The book is loaded with bright stuff for the uber Rush fans such as references to deep cuts, a discussion about the misprinted lyrics on Permanent Waves, a “street theater” production based on 2112, philosophical musings about the Fear sequence, and so on.

 

And then things get weird. The boundaries between the real and the unreal collide when a necromancer weaves a snake kaiju out of threads of fear. Limelight is used to create sci-fi weaponry. Exotic energy shatters the boundaries between realms of the multiverse. The characters spiral through a timeless space to a strange immortal place. What strange place, you ask? How about a remote world of barren landscape save for the giant floating brain beneath a royal blue sky.

 

Meanwhile, our heroes wrestle with their own inner demons related to race, religion, friendship, and love.

 

You can purchase a copy exclusively through Amazon.

 

GENERAL ADMISSION by Richard Reyes

[Bahamas]

I looked it up and I don't always appreciate members joining just to sell stuff - but a book is a book.

You wrote about my favourite band, I like books, I like that you wrote a book about my favourite band.

Seven dollars, I will read it after my current Kindle book :)

[Bahamas]

You have not been active since, I am learning.

Interesting book, but to be honest it should be called:

 

Racism and Prog - A journey into my mind; journeys, upon journeys.

 

The concert is at the very end, and you spent a lot (such a lot) of time contemplating personal feelings.

You are a better writer than I am.

If you want others' opinions, I think you would do very well at poetry?

Honest. And parts of the book were really good. There was just so much diversion from what the "buyer" thinks they are getting.

 

Cheers, and good luck!

Edited December 31, 2021 by Bahamas

[Richard Reyes]

Below is a link to a pdf of my Rush novel. I am providing it free to read and share. I've realized it's not going to make me rich and famous or win a National Book Award (LOL!) so now I'm just giving it away. 

 

Link deleted. Sorry.

 

(Buyer beware: You get what you pay for (!)(?)

Edited March 12 by Richard Reyes

[Richard Reyes]

I'm putting these links back up. I made some fixes to the text and added a few paragraphs here and there. 

Purchase here if you wish: General Admission. 

Or read a pdf of the entire novel here: Free

 

Back cover blurb: "Miguel Sanchez is obsessed with a subgenre of music known as progressive rock and the band Rush in particular. So when his favorite band rolls into town he has big plans for the day. These plans include spending the day with his best friend, Sean, in the rock and roll parking lot, getting Everly Baxter to fall in love with him and connecting with other oddballs who share his passion for the elevating power of prog. But down every row of cars, at every tailgate, in the haze of smoke and music he is repeatedly forced to face the same question be it spoken or implied: What kind of Latino listens to prog rock? Are you sure you're in the right place? Miguel’s quest for rock turns into a quest for identity.
When reality fractures into a multiverse (be it from the power of Rush or the spells of a necromancer) and a kaiju beast (a manifestation of fear) is let loose Miguel discovers anything can happen in the rock and roll parking lot. It doesn’t even have to be true to life. “General Admission” is a quasi-fantasy, sci-fi novel with overtones of critical race theory set in the early 1980s during Rush’s tour through the Bay Area. Is Miguel a modern day warrior or a misfit so alone? If he chooses not to decide, has he still made a choice? Listen as the synthesizers herald the beginning of this long and very weird day."