#Infectious #Alzheimer’s? I was here first
Viruses are pretty yet deadly
I should capitalise on the recent news but I’m not good at doing that. There’s a possibility that Alzheimer’s could be infectious. Up to now there has been no disease that creates infectious amnesia. Hence the original and unique premise of my ARIA (Alien Retrograde Infectious Amnesia) in which an alien virus is released on Earth. No immunity and everyone loses memory backwards at the rate of a year’s worth per week. As a writer I thoroughly enjoyed working out the ramifications, diffusion spread, possible mitigating actions and of course, WHY? It starts with ARIA: Left Luggage – see here for details
http://geoffnelder.com/project/left-l...
We always read of dementia and related memory loss as a tragedy and that could have happened in my ARIA series but as in the First world war trenches there is always a possibility of survival via humour, black humour, laughing in the face of adversity. That happens a lot in ARIA. Some people succumb to their amnesia much quicker that others and I’d like to think positive thinkers cope better.
One reader called ARIA: Left Luggage “a handbook for surviving such an apocalyptic event as infectious amnesia”. I presume she referred to the strategies employed by sufferers to minimise the effects – making notes on what was the MOST important thing they had to remember when they woke up. Medication, where weapons and car keys are, who they are married to or living with. Nothing like some humour in the book for when Manuel woke up to a strange woman every morning! And yet it was the amnesia …
Highlights:
ARIA is the first and so far only book to use the concept of infectious amnesia.
Although character-led, the novel has breakthrough plot threads, making us think of what is the most important and crucial aspects of our lives. Research help and support was emailed from space! Astronaut Leroy Chiao answered my questions about the nature of the struts on the International Space Station, and wished me luck with the book.
All the places on Earth used in the book are real geographical locations, including the ‘hidden’ valley – Anafon – in North Wales.
The cover art is designed by award-winning artist, Andy Bigwood.
The idea of infectious amnesia came while I was riding a bicycle up a steep Welsh hill.
You tube video trailer http://youtu.be/oh0AAXIe8VU
Facebook page for you to ‘like’ if you will http://www.facebook.com/AriaTrilogy
A wikia page about the ARIA Trilogy is at http://nelderaria.wikia.com/wiki/NelderAria_Wiki
Anyone wanting signed copies of any of the books please send me a message here in a comment or email geoffnelderATyahooDOTcom or message me on facebook.
Links to buy ARIA and other of my books are on my Amazon author page
Geoff’s UK Amazon author page http://www.amazon.co.uk/Geoff-Nelder/e/B002BMB2XY
And for US readers http://www.amazon.com/Geoff-Nelder/e/B002BMB2XY
Twitter @geoffnelder
My publisher LL-Publications tweets
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