Evermore: An Introduction

by Brewin

Evermore: An Introduction is the story of Brewin, a 20-something year-old, who blurs reality and fiction as he contemplates life's big question: What's it all about?

Always the joker, Brewin not only lets his reader into his mind, but somehow embeds himself in his reader's mind. He weaves the bizarre and mind-expanding worlds of Evermore together with his life, relaying conversations with friends as they actually happened, his musings on life and snippets of other stories he is writing.

Beware! This book may prove hazardous to your concept of reality!

TRULY A BOOK LIKE NO OTHER, EVERMORE IS A TALE THAT WILL STAY WITH YOU FOREVER MORE...

434 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2001

About the author

Brewin' (with or without the apostrophe) is the pseudonym of Andrew Drage. Based in Melbourne, Australia, he graduated from La Trobe University in 1998 with a first-class degree, majoring in zoology, philosophy and statistics. He has worked as an editor and designer for five titles in the highly acclaimed Gamebook Adventures interactive fiction series, a Senior Research Scientist at the Insectarium of Victoria and has over twenty years’ experience as an IT developer and analyst.

Brewin is the author of Infinite Universe, a science-fiction gamebook, Evermore: An Introduction, a philosophical fantasy novel, and the award-winning supernatural horror/thriller The Dark Horde.

Reviews

[Angie ~aka Reading Machine~ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've read many books that provoke you into thinking about life and it's meaning but none moreso than this book. The author takes you on the creative journey of not only ideas, thoughts, and wandering ways. The author allows you to see the creative writing process and insight to himself but others as well. At first, I thought I wasn't getting anything out of the story presented. But I was ever so wrong and delightfully so wrong. I learned some interesting insights to myself that would have other wise been lost to me by not reading this book. Are you willing to challenge yourself? Are you willing to take an adventure? Are you ready to learn something new? Your answers await you in Evermore: An Introduction.

[Sherry Fundin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Evermore: An Introduction by Brewin reads like a diary of the events, thoughts, fantasies, and ramblings (?) of a 20 year old male. Presents the ever elusive question of "what's it all about?". It just goes to show, the minute you think you have it all figured out, you end up back at the beginning. Beginning of what? The symbol of the circle is appropriate, because my mind was definitely spinning round and round as I delved further into the book. Takes a philosophical discussion of fact and fiction to a new level.

[Ambyr · Rating 1 out of 5]

I really hate giving bad reviews to authors that I've spoke/emailed with, because they've become people to me.
But I didn't like this book. I didn't find any meat to sink my teeth into, no real story to grasp onto. It was a mix of... what? A mix of ideas and thoughts and 'this-one-time's? A story about a story? A writing about writing and what surrounds it?

Okay, but here's the thing, the writing? It was good. I didn't like this book, but the writer is VIVID. I wasn't a fan of Evermore: An Introduction, but I'll definitely NOT overlook other books by Brewin. I may not have liked what went on in this book, but I knew exactly what everything looked like. I knew what it felt like, smelled like, walked like, talked like. I felt/saw/tasted it.

He has talent, of that there is no doubt. This book just wasn't my cup o' tea.

[Guadalupe · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really liked this book. It was a bit disjointed but a very interesting read. I wouldn't recommend it if you are easily bored.