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Paul A. Toth

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Paul A. Toth's next major work, Airplane Novel, will prove to be THE 9/11 novel and is now available from Amazon and other retailers. See http://www.airplanenovel.com for more info, media and ordering links. Toth's first three published novels form a nonlinear trilogy consisting of Fizz, Fishnet and Finale.



Completing my MA and the first portion of its attending documentary film, with 50 of the eventual 90 or more minutes completed, has all but fragged my clock until the only space remaining has been spent in the subconscious dominion. But graduation finally nears, the clock ticks more slowly, and I'm feeling as happily freed from overburden as a free-wheeling hard disk.



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Average rating: 4.22 · 50 ratings · 14 reviews · 8 distinct works
Fizz
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2003
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Airplane Novel
4.89 of 5 stars 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions
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Fishnet
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2005
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Finale
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message 22: by Paul

Paul Toth USA Today names Airplane Novel one of the top ten indie novels of 2011.


message 21: by Paul

Paul Toth Thank you for marking "Airplane Novel" as "to be read." All I need you to do now is buy it so that I don't slash my throat with the "royalty" check: http://amzn.com/1935738143


message 20: by Paul

Paul Toth Update: The Author's Radio Show interview will air on October 3rd beginning at 12:00 a.m. EST and continuing through the next 24 hours, ending at the toll of October 4th's midnight bell. Link to broadcast: http://www.theauthorsshow.com/. The audio will soon after be posted on the Airplane Novel site.


message 19: by Paul

Paul Toth Teaching 9/11? Airplane Novel is an excellent resource for educators of college students and mature high school students across a variety of subjects. A serious proposal without thought to profit. Airplane Novel


message 18: by Paul

Paul Toth Follow me...I've found a letter from the South Tower in the attic of a building on Canal Street. It flew in the window when no one was looking. It's time to read that letter.Airplane Novel


message 17: by Paul

Paul Toth Thanks, Melita! I had a great birthday. Now I await the fate of Airplane Novel as its potential breakthrough moment -- the anniversary of 9/11 -- nears.


Mel Chris Thanks Paul for ur invite :-)

Happy birthday !!!!!!!!Enjoy ur day !!!

And NO EXPECTATIONS IN LOVE ...:-)

Melita


message 15: by Paul

Paul Toth Tomorrow's my birthday, and no better gift could be had than readers of the novel that's most important to me, Airplane Novel. I want your eyes, not your money!


message 14: by Paul

Paul Toth The final PR push begins for Airplane Novel. Please remember this novel well surpasses any anniversary, was never planned to coincide with it in the first place, and spread the word. Finally, your reviews posted here and also Amazon will be most appreciated, be they positive or negative.

Your pilot,

Paul A. Toth


message 13: by Paul

Paul Toth Put "Airplane Novel" on your reading list before the 9/11 media brainwash leaves you cold; AP will give you the naked lunch hot. More at www.airplanenovel.com.


message 12: by Paul

Paul Toth New interview re: Airplane Novel, the only 9/11 novel worth reading, in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune:
http://www.ticketsarasota.com/2011-08...


message 11: by Paul

Paul Toth "Is Paul A. Toth’s new Airplane Novel the 9/11 novel? Perhaps. It certainly makes the short list." Read the exclusive and intensive interview at Shelfbound. Downloadable PDF file available (easier to locate article).


message 10: by Paul

Paul Toth Dan Newland, international journalist for such major publications as the New York Times, The London Daily Telegraph, The London Daily Express, and Newsweek, says, "Airplane Novel is, without a doubt, the most extraordinary of all books published to date on the destruction by terrorists of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001." Airplane Novel


message 9: by Paul

Paul Toth Dan Newland, international journalist for such major publications as the New York Times, The London Daily Telegraph, The London Daily Express, and Newsweek, says, "Airplane Novel is, without a doubt, the most extraordinary of all books published to date on the destruction by terrorists of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001."


message 8: by Paul (last edited Jul 28, 2011 06:37pm)

Paul Toth Catch wind of 9/11 before the media inhales it into its automatic lungs. Read THE 9/11 novel, Paul A. Toth's Airplane Novel. More info: http://www.airplanenovel.com.
Airplane Novel


message 7: by Paul

Paul Toth Airplane Novel is now available via Amazon in paper back (http://amzn.com/1935738143) and Kindle (http://amzn.to/n048CG). You will not be disappointed with this re-imagining of 9/11 via its narrator, the South Tower.


message 6: by Paul

Paul Toth Thanks, everyone! I've been on hiatus, but I'm back with a new novel and even a currently-reading list that's not three years' old.


message 5: by Beth

Beth Hi Paul,
Thanks for befriending this fellow author on Goodreads!
- Beth


message 4: by R.J. (last edited Jul 28, 2008 06:56pm)

R.J. Hi, Paul. Thanks for the friendship. Your novels sound intriguing.

--R.J. Archer, author
Seeds Of Civilization series
Tractrix, Tsubute and Triangle
Mystery/adventure with a SciFi twist


Barbara Hey!
Hope all is well! Just wanted to say "Thanks for the friend request!":) I hope you have a great day!


message 2: by Paul

Paul Toth Thanks, Daniel! Let me know what you think after you've had the chance to read one or both.

Best,

Paul


Daniel
Hey Paul, I've added Fizz and your other book Fishnet to my to-read list.


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