Gerald Weaver's Blog
May 23, 2017
Trump Breaks Pope! Some Other Stuff.
Trump Breaks Pope! Some Other Stuff.
Was a thrill to waggle my sword with the Saudi boys at sword fight dance. Private “sausage fest” later was fun too. Palestine not so much @realDonaldTrump: — May 23
“Israel” reneges on promised Wailing Wall billboard for Ivanka perfume line. And she’s “Jewish.” US Israel embassy going to Brooklyn. @realDonaldTrump: — May 24
FAKE NEWS: I assault Pope. Just a handshake. “Build bridges not walls,” high praise for my infrastructure program. Pope will “heal.” @realDonaldTrump: — May 24
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Was a thrill to waggle my sword with the Saudi boys at sword fight dance. Private “sausage fest” later was fun too. Palestine not so much @realDonaldTrump: — May 23
“Israel” reneges on promised Wailing Wall billboard for Ivanka perfume line. And she’s “Jewish.” US Israel embassy going to Brooklyn. @realDonaldTrump: — May 24
FAKE NEWS: I assault Pope. Just a handshake. “Build bridges not walls,” high praise for my infrastructure program. Pope will “heal.” @realDonaldTrump: — May 24
https://medium.com/@gerald.weaver.aut...
May 16, 2017
Not George Orwell, but Franz Kafka.
"President Trump does not appear to be cunningly forcing a planned agenda on the country. Rather, he appears to be something along the lines of an idiot savant of authoritarianism."
"Certainly, a character that is a narcissistic brat, lost in the childish dream of himself . . ."
"The United States of America awoke one morning to discover that it had been turned into a hideous vermin."
"We are incongruously dislocated and yet we go about our daily business, turning on the television and our computers, only to sigh and move on from one threat to the environment, to another attack on the free press, to another unfounded accusation, to a betrayal of our values and our place in the world, to attacks on those least able to withstand them, the poor, the elderly, and minorities. Yet, like Kafka’s country doctor, we go to work and do what is expected of us, all the while the nuclear codes are in the hands of an apparent third-grade playground bully."
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"Certainly, a character that is a narcissistic brat, lost in the childish dream of himself . . ."
"The United States of America awoke one morning to discover that it had been turned into a hideous vermin."
"We are incongruously dislocated and yet we go about our daily business, turning on the television and our computers, only to sigh and move on from one threat to the environment, to another attack on the free press, to another unfounded accusation, to a betrayal of our values and our place in the world, to attacks on those least able to withstand them, the poor, the elderly, and minorities. Yet, like Kafka’s country doctor, we go to work and do what is expected of us, all the while the nuclear codes are in the hands of an apparent third-grade playground bully."
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April 25, 2017
Patriarchy, Equality, or Women in Charge?
Patriarchy, Equality, or Women in Charge? #booksovertrump #literarywomensmarch #rt
Read this and you be the judge:
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Read this and you be the judge:
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March 21, 2017
January 10, 2017
Like a Dickens novel
M. Walter gets "The First First Gentleman."
"Like a Dickens novel, the multiple plot twists and legions of characters from two different worlds sprawl across the pages until they all come together in a single focus. While multiple villains threaten the peace of the reader throughout the journey, and Weaver is an unflinching observer of the flaws in American society and history, his choice to set his modern story in a well known, and possibly discarded, Victorian art form, ends up as more than a statement of optimism. It may be the only philosophical way out of the dismaying political civil war we find ourselves in throughout the globe. Since "Love is the Reason" is a subtitle on the book jacket, I don't think I am giving anything away . . ."
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"Like a Dickens novel, the multiple plot twists and legions of characters from two different worlds sprawl across the pages until they all come together in a single focus. While multiple villains threaten the peace of the reader throughout the journey, and Weaver is an unflinching observer of the flaws in American society and history, his choice to set his modern story in a well known, and possibly discarded, Victorian art form, ends up as more than a statement of optimism. It may be the only philosophical way out of the dismaying political civil war we find ourselves in throughout the globe. Since "Love is the Reason" is a subtitle on the book jacket, I don't think I am giving anything away . . ."
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November 30, 2016
Free Today until 4 December.
FREE Kindle Version of "Gospel Prism."
Beginning today, 30 November, and for the next five days, until 4 December, you may download the Kindle version of "Gospel Prism" for free, at Amazon. It is the highly acclaimed first novel by Gerald Weaver, author of "The First First Gentleman."
"It's fair to say Gerald Weaver will not be accused of dumbing down on his fiction debut, the densely allegorical Gospel Prism. I found this a rollicking good read. Weaver's prose is sharp, cute, sometimes lyrical and surprisingly funny. As intellectuals go, Weaver is definitely one of the fun, and possibly blasphemous, ones." Jane Graham, The Big Issue, 22-28 June 2015.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gospel-Prism...
Beginning today, 30 November, and for the next five days, until 4 December, you may download the Kindle version of "Gospel Prism" for free, at Amazon. It is the highly acclaimed first novel by Gerald Weaver, author of "The First First Gentleman."
"It's fair to say Gerald Weaver will not be accused of dumbing down on his fiction debut, the densely allegorical Gospel Prism. I found this a rollicking good read. Weaver's prose is sharp, cute, sometimes lyrical and surprisingly funny. As intellectuals go, Weaver is definitely one of the fun, and possibly blasphemous, ones." Jane Graham, The Big Issue, 22-28 June 2015.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gospel-Prism...
November 15, 2016
Free Kindle Version of "The First First Gentleman."
Beginning today, 15 November, and for the next five days, until 20 November, you may download the Kindle version of "The First First Gentleman," for free, at Amazon.
"Throughout the story of Melinda Sherman’s campaign to become the next President of the United States, it’s hard not to keep current events in mind.
Gerald Weaver’s writing is incredibly sharp – it doesn’t lose focus anywhere. I quickly found myself quite strongly attached to both Melinda and Garth, hoping that they would come out on top, and groaning when things started not to go their way."
-Stephen Leach - The Book Bag
Get the Kindle version of this compelling novel now, for free.
https://www.amazon.com/First-Gentlema...
"Throughout the story of Melinda Sherman’s campaign to become the next President of the United States, it’s hard not to keep current events in mind.
Gerald Weaver’s writing is incredibly sharp – it doesn’t lose focus anywhere. I quickly found myself quite strongly attached to both Melinda and Garth, hoping that they would come out on top, and groaning when things started not to go their way."
-Stephen Leach - The Book Bag
Get the Kindle version of this compelling novel now, for free.
https://www.amazon.com/First-Gentlema...
November 3, 2016
WNET-TV 13 - The First First Gentleman
On WNET-TV 13, in NYC, author Gerald Weaver discusses "The First First Gentleman," Podcast here: http://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/20...
September 1, 2016
August 2, 2016
Today is publication day!
Today is publication day!
Get the book the BBC says is:
"...written as well from the woman's view as the man's." -Jo Good
"...has got to be turned into a film." -David FitzGerald
"A proper love story!" Nick Piercey
"A political thriller cum romance." Edi Stark
Order The First First Gentleman, be the first:
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Get the book the BBC says is:
"...written as well from the woman's view as the man's." -Jo Good
"...has got to be turned into a film." -David FitzGerald
"A proper love story!" Nick Piercey
"A political thriller cum romance." Edi Stark
Order The First First Gentleman, be the first:
http://tinyurl.com/zx958pz
