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Travis Besecker
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Lost in Infinity
— published 2012 — 2 editions |
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Lost in Infinity (Mystery & Thrillers)
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updated Sep 27, 2012 01:11pm
Description:
This book is not for everyone.
This is a novel many readers will find hard to define. In fact, it's much easier to list what it's most definitely not than what it really is. It's not necessarily a tale of suspense or a thriller. It's not a mystery either. It's not inspirational, romantic or full of laughs. It's not even entirely fiction.
The author would have you believe this is a "psychological roller coaster wrapped in the factual memoir of a chronic insomniac suffering from apeirophobia (the fear of infinity)." This is a clever ruse to suck in his niche audience.
The novel offers a no holds barred look into the mind of a man on the precipice of a mental breakdown. The recurring theme of déjà vu leads you through the work giving glimpses of a dark past while offering anecdotes that eerily relate to most readers. Mixing in humor & satire with a childhood spent under the microscope of therapists keeps the reader involved while he digs deeper looking for the root of his problems. The narrator eventually reveals his dark inner turmoil as he fears a slow deliberate path toward schizophrenia. Repetition leads the reader through the twisted break the author fears while touching on life's everyday issues & questions. He delves into sleepless nights, stress, relationships & the pitfalls of careers while he openly offers opinions on religion, suicide, depression & the meaning of life.
Many readers will be turned off by the jumping timeline. Some will be confused by the author's back & forth focus on missing memories. The 1st person pseudo-oral narrative will leave others simply frustrated. This book is not for everyone.
"Lost in Infinity" is the narrative of a broken man trying to find meaning as he loses his grasp on the reality he's grown to know while leaving the reader questioning everything they thought they knew about the author's sanity, about their own life, about existence & the infinite universe beyond. Enjoy the show.
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At first the repetitiveness of this story bugged me. Once I finished reading the entire book, I understood why it was written this way and I think it's brilliant.
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Zombie Fallout 4: The End Has Come and Gone (Zombie Fallout, #4)
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| This series flew by way too quickly... That's not a bad thing, but after beginning the first novel by accident, I couldn't relinquish the characters to move to other books on my to-read list. The story grabbed me and would not let go. Throughout the...more | |
“There is always a choice to be had, you even have the choice to choose it.”
― Travis Besecker, Lost in Infinity
― Travis Besecker, Lost in Infinity
“If I start giving people what they like I'll turn into one of them and I don't want to be one of them I want to be one of me.”
― Craig Ferguson
― Craig Ferguson
“....maybe fear is God's way of saying, "Pay attention, this could be fun.”
― Craig Ferguson, American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot
― Craig Ferguson, American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot
“The Universe is very, very big.
It also loves a paradox. For example, it has some extremely strict rules.
Rule number one: Nothing lasts forever.
Not you or your family or your house or your planet or the sun. It is an absolute rule. Therefore when someone says that their love will never die, it means that their love is not real, for everything that is real dies.
Rule number two: Everything lasts forever.”
― Craig Ferguson, Between the Bridge and the River
It also loves a paradox. For example, it has some extremely strict rules.
Rule number one: Nothing lasts forever.
Not you or your family or your house or your planet or the sun. It is an absolute rule. Therefore when someone says that their love will never die, it means that their love is not real, for everything that is real dies.
Rule number two: Everything lasts forever.”
― Craig Ferguson, Between the Bridge and the River
“I cut an inch off of every straw I see, just to make the world suck a little less.
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― Jarod Kintz, This Book Has No Title
― Jarod Kintz, This Book Has No Title
“It is very risky. But each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere.”
― Lois Lowry
― Lois Lowry
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