The Total Perspective Vortex

 "The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy" by Douglas Adams (a trilogy in five parts that combines wit and intelligent writing) is finished and "The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe Commenced". I am a third if the way through and have rediscovered the Total Perspective Vortex which is the worst torture any sentient being can receive. Zaphod Beeblebrox is subjected to it and comes out as, well, Zaphod.

If you want to know what the TPV is then get yourself a copy of the book.

Seven Days In seemed to be grinding back down to ten visits yesterday and five today.

If you want to buy a book my dark poetry is on the link below.

The music is "Into The Void" by Black Sabbath, sort of appropriate.

I recently discovered that my American Amazon Author page has a feed from this blog which you can see here. It only shows on the .com site but not others. C'est La Vie.

Mike Singleton - Vocal Stories

I am not sure if you are aware of my writing on Vocal but these are a few of my stories if you would like to sample them:

1. Barter Books - An Amazing Bookshop In A Railway Station In Alnwick
2. The Plagiaristic Poetry Series - Poems Taken From Random-Themed Lines
3. Another Raven - A Take On Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"
4. The Cleaner - An Autism-Focused Christmas Special
5. An Owl In A Towel - A Beautiful Book by Lesley and Cheryl
6. Three Reasons Why I Love Settle - Scaleber Force, The Hoffman Kiln and Castlebergh Crag
7. The Accidental Book - Helping a Great Vocal Friend Resulted In Me Publishing My First Book
8. Call Me Les - A Great Friend and An Amazing Writer

Earth v2

"The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy" by Douglas Adams (a trilogy in five parts that combines wit and intelligent writing) is a great read. Earth has been destroyed so the planet builders of Magrathea have been commissioned by the mice (man is only the third most intelligent species on Earth but when you see some politicians you wonder if man is even that high) to create a replacement, a version two.

I've almost finished this first of the five books in the trilogy.

Seven Days In seemed to be grinding back down to its pre-Christmas number of visits but then it hit eight thousand visits in a day, so I haven't a clue what is happening.

If you want to buy a book my dark poetry is on the link below.

The music is the appropriately titled "World Exploding Touch" by The Fat Lady Sings

I recently discovered that my American Amazon Author page has a feed from this blog which you can see here. It only shows on the .com site but not others. C'est La Vie.

Mike Singleton - Vocal Stories

I am not sure if you are aware of my writing on Vocal but these are a few of my stories if you would like to sample them:

1. Barter Books - An Amazing Bookshop In A Railway Station In Alnwick
2. The Plagiaristic Poetry Series - Poems Taken From Random-Themed Lines
3. Another Raven - A Take On Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"
4. The Cleaner - An Autism-Focused Christmas Special
5. An Owl In A Towel - A Beautiful Book by Lesley and Cheryl
6. Three Reasons Why I Love Settle - Scaleber Force, The Hoffman Kiln and Castlebergh Crag
7. The Accidental Book - Helping a Great Vocal Friend Resulted In Me Publishing My First Book
8. Call Me Les - A Great Friend and An Amazing Writer

Orbitting Magrathea On An Infinite Improbability Drive

I wanted something fun and interesting to read next so have chosen to revisit "The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy" Douglas Adams trilogy in five parts which combines wit and intelligent writing. It is a fun and clever read. There is so much in this book full of wacky concepts like the actual book itself, the planet builders of Magrathea and the Infinite Improbability Drive as well as Vogon Poetry.

This is the first of the five books in the trilogy.

Seven Days In seems to be grinding back down to its pre-Christmas number of visits with only just over a thousand today.

If you want to buy a book my dark poetry is on the link below.

The music is "Journey of the Sorcerer" by The Eagles  from "One of these Nights" and was the theme to "The Hitch Hikers' Guide to The Galaxy"

I recently discovered that my American Amazon Author page has a feed from this blog which you can see here. It only shows on the .com site but not others. C'est La Vie.

Mike Singleton - Vocal Stories

I am not sure if you are aware of my writing on Vocal but these are a few of my stories if you would like to sample them:

1. Barter Books - An Amazing Bookshop In A Railway Station In Alnwick
2. The Plagiaristic Poetry Series - Poems Taken From Random-Themed Lines
3. Another Raven - A Take On Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"
4. The Cleaner - An Autism-Focused Christmas Special
5. An Owl In A Towel - A Beautiful Book by Lesley and Cheryl
6. Three Reasons Why I Love Settle - Scaleber Force, The Hoffman Kiln and Castlebergh Crag
7. The Accidental Book - Helping a Great Vocal Friend Resulted In Me Publishing My First Book
8. Call Me Les - A Great Friend and An Amazing Writer

The Earth Has Been Destroyed

"The Great Gatsby" by F Scott Fitzgerald to me, is very American and reminds me a lot of "The Catcher In The Rye" by JD Salinger. It's not a terrible novel, but not, in my opinion, great either. The characters were annoying and it addressed the rags-to-riches American dream. I was waiting for something interesting to happen and it sort of did, but I doubt I will be revisiting the book. 

I am told the film is good so I may try that at some point. I have watched the film and it is far better to watch than to read the book, so if you get the option watch the film, rather than read the book, it really does look stunning.

I wrote a Vocal story called "The Great Catsby" that you can read below.

Also Leslie West of Mountain was a great guitarist and a very big man and I think he had an album or nickname called "The Great Fatsby"

I wanted something fun and interesting to read next so have chosen to revisit "The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy" Douglas Adams trilogy in five parts which combines wit and intelligent writing. It is a fun and clever read and the Earth has just been destroyed less than fifty pages in. This is a book that you should read, and check out the original radio series and TV series and film, and other Douglas Adams books.

Seven Days In is still increasing its visits, over five thousand yesterday and I don't know why.

If you want to buy a book my dark poetry is on the link below.

The music is "Sol Caliente" by Quiet Sun and that is on the player at the moment.

I recently discovered that my American Amazon Author page has a feed from this blog which you can see here. It only shows on the .com site but not others. C'est La Vie.

Mike Singleton - Vocal Stories

I am not sure if you are aware of my writing on Vocal but these are a few of my stories if you would like to sample them:

1. Barter Books - An Amazing Bookshop In A Railway Station In Alnwick
2. The Plagiaristic Poetry Series - Poems Taken From Random-Themed Lines
3. Another Raven - A Take On Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"
4. The Cleaner - An Autism-Focused Christmas Special
5. An Owl In A Towel - A Beautiful Book by Lesley and Cheryl
6. Three Reasons Why I Love Settle - Scaleber Force, The Hoffman Kiln and Castlebergh Crag
7. The Accidental Book - Helping a Great Vocal Friend Resulted In Me Publishing My First Book
8. Call Me Les - A Great Friend and An Amazing Writer