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John Zelazny

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John Zelazny is locked up in a cabin deep in the Rocky Mountains fighting the urge to disconnect himself. While still among us, he wishes to capture a novel, via parody, in every classic style he believes to be great. For his first - he would like to present a parody of an adolescent love story. Hopefully his second novel will come to him with slightly less anguish.

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	The Sorrows of Young Werther: The Definitive Translation by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Zelazny (Goodreads Author), Jonathan Ashleigh (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.69 avg rating — 123,183 ratings — published 1774 — 2933 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sorrows of Young Mike 3.63 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Past Deadline: A Blurry Glimpse Into the Aspen Music Beat 4.88 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The First Three Chapters

My first novel The Sorrows of Young Mike was featured in a podcast recently.

(This is the description leading into the recording)

This week I’m reading from The Sorrows of Young Mike. A tragic tale of one young man’s journey to find meaning in his life and come to terms with his loves, himself and his libido.
The best portrayal of adolescent angst since The Catcher in the Rye.

So if you’re ready I’ll Read more of this blog post »

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Published on August 14, 2015 15:15 • Tags: goethe, roger, the-catcher-in-the-rye, travel

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Quotes by John Zelazny (?)

“Read this book ... but understand it’s fiction. And let life be ... your most important addiction.”
― John Zelazny, The Sorrows of Young Mike

tags: bible, goethe, king-james-bible, religion, zelazny

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“However confused I become, I will always hold close the notion that I could find freedom. I could leave this prison if I liked, if I wanted to … or if I didn’t see any other way. And if I did, I would not give you the satisfaction of burying me under a priest.”
― John Zelazny, The Sorrows of Young Mike

tags: goethe, roger-zelazny-amber-chronicles, sorrows, werther

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“I just want a soft creature with shiny eyes to lay with in the dark, the glint of her eyes reflected back at mine, a last few whispers, a kiss goodnight, to calm me down but most of all … to make me feel alive when morning shines.”
― John Zelazny, The Sorrows of Young Mike

tags: goethe, the-sorrows-of-young-werther, zelazny

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John’s Quotes

“Some people are larger than life. Hitler is larger than death.”
― Don DeLillo, White Noise

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“This is another one of those creatures whom, like the pelican, I have fed with the blood of my own heart... There were special circumstances close at hand, urgent, troubling me, and they resulted in the state of mind that produced Werther. I had lived, loved, and suffered much... That's what it was.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“The clearest relationships were distorted, the most obvious were forgotten, the trivial and unimportant pushed into the foreground. It must be written again, right from the beginning…”
― Hermann Hesse

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