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The Land of Later on
Kip ? a New York jazz pianist whose career was cut short by a neurological disease ? returns from a failed suicide attempt with a vivid, detailed memory of his journey through the afterlife. Resembling the world as he knows it, but unlimited in space and time, it's unlike any eternity he has contemplated. Its residents are those who choose not to reincarnate, which would e...more
Paperback, 250 pages
Published
December 13th 2011
by AmazonEncore
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Since I've written a novel speculating about life and the hereafter, I thought I'd read other takes on the subject. The Land of Later On offers a unique proposal for the afterlife experience, and a cycle of reincarnation that differs from the religious that espouse such types of soul recycling. The writing flowed and was well edited. The characters were fleshy with added spice of music appreciation and nostalgic romance. In essence, this was an interesting and well crafted story.
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When a book gives me a reason for feeling happy to be who I am or makes me count my blessings, all I can do is praise that book as much as I can. Not to force feed it to everyone, but just to let others know in case they search for what I also sought.
The Land of Later On was just the breath of fresh air I needed. I've always been a fan of stories that explore what happens after we all perish. Sometimes, it is a satisfying story; other times it's just blah and makes you feel like you were dead up...more
The Land of Later On was just the breath of fresh air I needed. I've always been a fan of stories that explore what happens after we all perish. Sometimes, it is a satisfying story; other times it's just blah and makes you feel like you were dead up...more
This book was a new take on an old tale and I found it very inventive and interesting. This story of death could show you the importance of life.
The writing style is educated and beautiful; this is one of the first things that I loved about it. Kip is a musician by trade but I must admit that I was thoroughly impressed by his talents in written expression. Also exquisitely depicted is a deeply ingrained passion for music. I am not a musician and while reading I wondered at how powerful music cou...more
The writing style is educated and beautiful; this is one of the first things that I loved about it. Kip is a musician by trade but I must admit that I was thoroughly impressed by his talents in written expression. Also exquisitely depicted is a deeply ingrained passion for music. I am not a musician and while reading I wondered at how powerful music cou...more
This is a difficult book to categorize. It's the story of Kip, a musician who is suffering from an increasingly debilitating disease, and who returns from a failed suicide attempt with the complete memory of his experience in the afterlife. It is a world similar to ours, but flexible in space and time, and it is contrary to everything we have been taught about, or considered to be, the afterlife. Its residents are those who choose not to reincarnate, which would erase all memory of who they once...more
Apr 20, 2012
Susan
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3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Readers who are intrigued with the afterlife
A former jazz pianist serious declining with MS, Kip, kills himself with too many pills and begins an adventure in the afterlife--the land of Later On. He discovers that "heaven" is a copy of earth, only with easy access to all times and all places. His goal is to find his love, Lucy, who predeceased him by four years, and he is helped along by Walt Whitman--who is also trying to recruit Kip to a cause. It seems "they" are trying to get people to choose reincarnation to keep the numbers down in...more
This was a recent Kindle Daily Deal and I was intrigued by the story line. Kip is a forty-eight year old jazz pianist suffering from a neurological condition who committed suicide four years to the day after the death of his partner Lucy from leukemia. Unable to play the piano any longer, he cannot go on. He arrives in the Land of Later On, an afterlife very much like earth, except that one can easily travel to where and when one desires. Kip immediately sets out to search for Lucy but this is n...more
I would actually give this a 3.5 if I could, but I'll bump it to a 4 because it is worth reading. A story about a man's journey through the afterlife searching for his love who predeceased him.
What I loved: the way the afterlife is presented here - just like our world but you can go anywhere/anytime you want, and the idea that "they" who control it really want you to leave and get reincarnated into another person (losing all memory of your prior self). Kip, the main character is likeable and I...more
What I loved: the way the afterlife is presented here - just like our world but you can go anywhere/anytime you want, and the idea that "they" who control it really want you to leave and get reincarnated into another person (losing all memory of your prior self). Kip, the main character is likeable and I...more
Imagine arriving in the afterlife and discovering the analogue to a Gideons Bible is a guidebook urging you to leave.
At least in Anthony Weller's The Land of Later On , the power(s) that be in the afterlife apparently believe that life, so to speak, is better reincarnated back on Earth as an entirely different person than spent in eternity. In the book, New York City jazz pianist Kip returns from the afterlife after a suicide attempt prompted by a neurological disease that prevents him from pla...more
At least in Anthony Weller's The Land of Later On , the power(s) that be in the afterlife apparently believe that life, so to speak, is better reincarnated back on Earth as an entirely different person than spent in eternity. In the book, New York City jazz pianist Kip returns from the afterlife after a suicide attempt prompted by a neurological disease that prevents him from pla...more
This book was a surprising read. It was one of those Kindle Daily Deals I happened to buy and finally returned to. The Land of Later On is a refreshingly poignant take on the after life. It does reference some of the major religions, but religion is not the focus of this book. If you had to give it a focus, it would be the idea of reincarnation, but even this is not really talked about. It is just what is mentioned as the other choice people have to make and the one that is most often chosen. Th...more
This was a pretty intriguing plot - Kip, a 40-something jazz pianist who has been afflicted with multiple sclerosis, decides to kill himself in order to escape the pain of missing his girlfriend, Lucy, who had died four years earlier from leukemia, and also because he can no longer play his beloved piano. He doesn't believe in the afterlife until he literally wakes up there, and then he makes it his mission to find Lucy. With extra characters like Walt Whitman (didn't see HIM coming) helping him...more
I found this book to be quite a disappointment. I was really looking forward to it, the blurb made it sound very interesting – and indeed, the idea behind the plot is very interesting.
The hero of the book, a musician who suffers from a degenerative disease, dies and finds himself in the Land of Later On – a version of the afterlife (heaven? purgatory?) where every place on earth and every time in history is available to be visited as often as you wish. Stepping from one location and time to anot...more
The hero of the book, a musician who suffers from a degenerative disease, dies and finds himself in the Land of Later On – a version of the afterlife (heaven? purgatory?) where every place on earth and every time in history is available to be visited as often as you wish. Stepping from one location and time to anot...more
Weller must be an atheist. He writes about dying and going to heaven in a very worldly way which is probably how most people perceive the hereafter. That's too bad. The novel is bogged down by too many details about music technique. There is not much redeeming about the story line except Kip realizes that his mistakes on earth cost him in eternity. Some passages were hard to read with rambling sentences filled with too may clauses and innuendos.
This is from my LinkedIn Book List/Review:
"Just started this. Kinda interesting in a "beach read" sort of way.
Finished! It was enjoyable and a different look at "the afterlife" (or at least the first step of it, anyway). Introduced an interesting notion: adhesiveness; the concept that people "click" in an immediate (and lasting) fashion.
Can't recommend this; but it's enjoyable and moves along."
"Just started this. Kinda interesting in a "beach read" sort of way.
Finished! It was enjoyable and a different look at "the afterlife" (or at least the first step of it, anyway). Introduced an interesting notion: adhesiveness; the concept that people "click" in an immediate (and lasting) fashion.
Can't recommend this; but it's enjoyable and moves along."
Great book, considering it was a Kindle Deal for only 99 cents. Weller's version of the afterlife was intriguing and a place I certainly wouldn't mind visiting. The main characters were interesting and sympathetic, and the descriptions of the foreign locales well written. The author succeeded in taking me on an journey that I was sad to see come to an end.
Mixed feelings on this book...it's a fun and inventive concept for the afterlife, and the story is told with some humor and complex, sympathetic characters. Yet, I felt like I was cooling my heels and getting increasingly frustrated waiting for the two central mysteries to unfold while the character nattered on about his travels. It was almost great, but reading it felt like standing in line for a carnival ride for much of the book.
What can I saw, the author's name caught my eye (it's my father in law's name), it was a daily deal or something like that on Amazon, so I had it on my Kindle for quite a while, but didn't get into reading it until mid-summer. Totally unique (at least to me) story line, an enjoyable read that at turns was depressing and heart lifting.
This felt like a short story dressed up as a book. It has some interesting ideas, it has romance, it has Walt Whitman, and it's all puffy and sweet like a marshmallow. Sometimes you want a marshmallow, but then you feel like you'd rather have something substantial. After I finished this I had to go searching for a real book.
Not a bad read and it held my attention until the end. I enjoyed Whitman being a character. However, I will say that The Brief History of the Dead was a better book about the after life but, if you like stories about such matters, you won't regret reading this one.
An interesting take on the afterlife. This is a travelogue (of the afterlife!), a love story, and ultimately a story of one man's growth. Imaginative and filled with insightful descriptions of music and musical improvisation.
Hmmm...... very much a man's perspective. Well written though and easy to read but I did want him to hurry up and get to the point.
Where do you go after you die? Do you rejoin with your departed loved ones? What if you could hobnob with historical figures? Visit any time in history? The afterlife is a relatively fresh subject for a novel and I was eager to see where the author would go with it. After what I thought was a promising start, the story just sort of flattened out for me. I loved the premise of this book and the main characters are interesting and well-developed but I didn't find the resolution very satisfying.
A Kindle deal that was worth the dollar, if you read a book a day the way I do. Good, but nothing I would write home about.
not really my style. I did like Mr. Weller's version of The End. Not really heavenly, and everyone goes there!
Read like a house of mirrors where nothing is as it seems and one can get lost in a dizzying labyrinth.
Not a great read. It was written okay, but I didn't enjoy it, maybe because it conflicted too much with my own beliefs.
Read this book quickly and really enjoyed it. The end surprised me though. Definitely a must read!
Would have enjoyed it more if there had been less atheism in it.
Quick read.....it was definitely thought provoking. And it ended with me wanting more.
Apr 03, 2012
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Some books are like old friends, and you hate to see them end. This book was just the opposite. I was glad to see it end. I read a book by Mark Twain, about his view of the after life, when I was in my twenty's. I found that book very funny. I could not find humor in this book, as others have written here. It might be because of my age, 71, or my belief system. I didn't like the characters in this book. Kip's after life seemed more a hell than a heaven.
A unique take on the afterlife, relationships and suicide. Quite enjoyable.
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