Rohan Quine's Blog, page 5
May 21, 2013
85. “Lucan spreads poison in the morning”
“You better watch out,...
85. “Lucan spreads poison in the morning”
“You better watch out, petal—you got a man there who makes deals behind your back, spills out the family secrets… Still, better to make deals than wax models. Mm-hm. Have a nice day, Shigem, it may be your last.” The line goes dead.
The Video-Book version of this mini-chapter 85 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/vbooks/vbook85.php
The Audio-Book version of this mini-chapter 85 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/abooks/abook85.php
Mini-synopsis of this mini-chapter 85:
Tuning in to Shigem, Jaymi catches him being woken by a phone call from Lucan, who tells him that Jaymi is spying on Kim and Shigem with his sight and that Kim gave Jaymi permission to do this in exchange for money. Lucan relays to Shigem a detail from a dream of Shigem’s that Lucan could not have known except from the footage—a character called the Mint Man. Closing with a threat of harm, Lucan hangs up, leaving Shigem concerned about Kim’s honesty because Kim was the only person Shigem ever told about the Mint Man. Both waking fully, Kim and Shigem discuss whether to cause Lucan to find out that those wax models were Pippa’s. Such snitching would put her in danger, but otherwise Lucan may yet hurt Shigem instead.
For more info, see http://www.RohanQuine.com
To buy the novel, see http://www.rohanquine.com/buy
May 20, 2013
84. “Angel tries to use me”
“Big Bang was so amazing last night”...
84. “Angel tries to use me”
“Big Bang was so amazing last night” comes Angel’s lisping-snake voice. “So amazing.”
The Video-Book version of this mini-chapter 84 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/vbooks/vbook84.php
The Audio-Book version of this mini-chapter 84 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/abooks/abook84.php
Mini-synopsis of this mini-chapter 84:
Jaymi decides he must visit Pippa, to try to find out what he can. Alaia is no longer cold, but feels somehow to be receding. Big Bang’s audience having been even larger than Sound & Vision’s, Marc fixes to meet Jaymi and Alaia on Monday to discuss a third broadcast. While Evelyn gives him a lift to the island, Jaymi tunes in briefly to her, seeing her love for people generally; but he is interrupted by a call from Angel, who asks him to spy into Lucan so as to find out something that will assist Angel in the face of Lucan’s abuse. Angel is bitter when Jaymi refuses to start interfering actively between people like this.
For more info, see http://www.RohanQuine.com
To buy the novel, see http://www.rohanquine.com/buy
May 19, 2013
The film called “SHIGEM 24”, embedded on the title page of the...
The film called “SHIGEM 24”, embedded on the title page of the E-Book’s Part VI (which comprises mini-chapters 69-83)
This film is at http://www.rohanquine.com/video-books-films/part-vi
In it are coloured shadows for Part VI as a whole, being just one lens’s suggestion of Kim Somerville, with an outline of Shigem Adele watching Jaymi Peek.
The film’s audio/text is at http://www.rohanquine.com/video-books-films/part-vi/film-audio-text (and comprises an extract from mini-chapter 24 “On the sky, that face”).
For more info, see http://www.RohanQuine.com
To buy the novel, see http://www.rohanquine.com/buy
May 18, 2013
83. “Low-budget snarls in the nightclub”
“Very pantsy and...
83. “Low-budget snarls in the nightclub”
“Very pantsy and high-maintenance. He had a tweezy poise and a ferny fragility, don’t you know, and really he was a bitch on a stick, though we couldn’t tell him that. I’d try and give the situation a spasmodic tweeze now and then, but nothing was going to change till he was gone.”
The Video-Book version of this mini-chapter 83 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/vbooks/vbook83.php
The Audio-Book version of this mini-chapter 83 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/abooks/abook83.php
Mini-synopsis of this mini-chapter 83:
Starting to come down, Jaymi sees that the colourful results of his tune-in revealed as much about his own state as they did about his subject. His and Shigem’s inconsequential chatter and the DJ’s part-ironic music-selection conspire to ruin any remaining chance of coherence or seriousness tonight.
For more info, see http://www.RohanQuine.com
To buy the novel, see http://www.rohanquine.com/buy
May 17, 2013
82. “The Supreme Ruler and her space-cat”
With her hands on her...
82. “The Supreme Ruler and her space-cat”
With her hands on her hips, she concluded her harangue with a slick, swishy, tightly-timed sass: “And that’s that, as far as I’m concerned!” before picking up her leopard-skin rabbit and sweeping across the dance-floor to the management office, followed slinkily by the space-cat emanating a regal felinity that purred Learn it, bitches! to all assembled.
The Video-Book version of this mini-chapter 82 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/vbooks/vbook82.php
The Audio-Book version of this mini-chapter 82 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/abooks/abook82.php
Mini-synopsis of this mini-chapter 82:
They all go to Paradise, where Jaymi senses Shigem is aware that Jaymi tunes in to people, probably including Shigem himself. Jaymi’s stoned state tips him into a spontaneous, very “cuckoo” tune-in to Shigem.
For more info, see http://www.RohanQuine.com
To buy the novel, see http://www.rohanquine.com/buy
May 16, 2013
81. “A farcical audition for Rik”
“Eventually some prissy...
81. “A farcical audition for Rik”
“Eventually some prissy thespian guy with a face like a cantankerous ferret took pity and said, ‘Well, I suppose you may as well audition for something, since you do seem to be here,’ about as enthusiastic as if he was going to get a tooth extracted. He had one of those half-assed moustaches, like he’d just sneezed in an ashtray.”
The Video-Book version of this mini-chapter 81 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/vbooks/vbook81.php
The Audio-Book version of this mini-chapter 81 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/abooks/abook81.php
Mini-synopsis of this mini-chapter 81:
Alaia and Jaymi enjoy a mirthful stoned hang-out at Evelyn’s and Rik’s place.
For more info, see http://www.RohanQuine.com
To buy the novel, see http://www.rohanquine.com/buy
May 15, 2013
80. “Who could ask for more?”
The effects have not been drastic...
80. “Who could ask for more?”
The effects have not been drastic or intrusive: they have simply made Big Bang a bit more flashy and (this is the most accurate term) slinky than the first broadcast. In fact, I decide—this is probably the slinkiest thing I have ever watched!
The Video-Book version of this mini-chapter 80 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/vbooks/vbook80.php
The Audio-Book version of this mini-chapter 80 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/abooks/abook80.php
Mini-synopsis of this mini-chapter 80:
Jaymi, Alaia, Evelyn and Rik watch Big Bang in the Metropolitan’s screening-room. It is sumptuous and slick. Afterwards Jaymi could almost believe he’d be content to die tomorrow, as Sound & Vision and Big Bang feel to him at this moment like the reason he was born.
For more info, see http://www.RohanQuine.com
To buy the novel, see http://www.rohanquine.com/buy
May 14, 2013
79. “High voltage for Angel”
And yet there’s one problem, Angel,...
79. “High voltage for Angel”
And yet there’s one problem, Angel, I’m afraid: you see, you can’t die. You’ll stay buried there, still alive, inside yourself, forever more, without dying. Why? Because I like you there! Yes, I like to watch you, have you noticed? Oh I see you, Angel Deon—I see every twist inside you.
The Video-Book version of this mini-chapter 79 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/vbooks/vbook79.php
The Audio-Book version of this mini-chapter 79 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/abooks/abook79.php
Mini-synopsis of this mini-chapter 79:
In his room Jaymi tunes in to Angel, delving deeper into the self-lacerating and obsessive qualities of his inhabitation of his own physicality.
For more info, see http://www.RohanQuine.com
To buy the novel, see http://www.rohanquine.com/buy
May 13, 2013
78. “Theft four, and Alaia extricates herself”
I raise my hands...
78. “Theft four, and Alaia extricates herself”
I raise my hands in surrender. “You mean in future? Now the future’s one thing I can’t see, thank goodness! That would feel entirely different…”
The Video-Book version of this mini-chapter 78 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/vbooks/vbook78.php
The Audio-Book version of this mini-chapter 78 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/abooks/abook78.php
Mini-synopsis of this mini-chapter 78:
Jaymi projects new material from Angel, Pippa, Kim and Shigem, Pippa again, and Kim again. Evelyn says Lucan is starting to blame Shigem for that third provocative model. Since Kim’s weasel-spotting and the wax Angel have revealed that the wax-modeller was Pippa rather than Shigem, the easiest way to protect Shigem would be to tell Lucan this … but then Lucan might hurt Pippa.Evelyn suggests that sinceLucan was persuaded by the Angel footage, they could now give him the footage of Shigem in the club at the time the head was left in Downstairs; but Alaia dissuades her from this, fearing Lucan would then reveal that he has already seen this Shigem footage, which would further reveal to Evelyn and Rik that the first disc Alaia gave Lucan was the wrong one. Evelyn says she doubts Shigem would snitch on Pippa to protect himself.
For more info, see http://www.RohanQuine.com
To buy the novel, see http://www.rohanquine.com/buy
May 12, 2013
77. “Snatching the divine on the corner of the street”
That was...
77. “Snatching the divine on the corner of the street”
That was the clearest channel I’ve ever had into anyone—and straight through him into someone else.
The Video-Book version of this mini-chapter 77 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/vbooks/vbook77.php
The Audio-Book version of this mini-chapter 77 is at
http://www.rohanquine.com/ebooks/abooks/abook77.php
Mini-synopsis of this mini-chapter 77:
Jaymi tunes in to Kim, catching a moment of enchantment between him and Shigem.
For more info, see http://www.RohanQuine.com
To buy the novel, see http://www.rohanquine.com/buy
