Two years ago I began working on this book about dreams and autism, which I first mentioned in my June 11/2024 post. The book continues to be the reason why there are so few posts here. But it's gone far beyond what I expected. Simply combining autism with dreams has sent it soaring into regions … Continue reading Autism Dreaming – update
Alan Conrad from the past, trying to rescue the future
.....I was struck once more at what a good writer my young self was.....
My Books |The Birdcatcher and The Ugly Duckling
Someone once said that my novel The Birdcatcher is just another version of the story of the Ugly Duckling ....
Rescuing Fiction | the quotable Birdcatcher | Are there any people more misunderstood than those who are solitary?
..... he and I stared at one another. Two men who despised one other, both knowing how easy murder was in the midst of combat.....
Rescuing Reality | The Birdcatcher, the Vietnam war, and autism | Michael Bowden and Huế 1968
......four dreams in The Birdcatcher lead Stone to a revelation about how autistic people have come to exist - to who they really are.
Autism | seeing a world other people don’t see | autism in my novel The Birdcatcher
But those Toronto writers weren't finished with just setting me straight about dreams. They also informed me that my novel doesn't work because Chris Stone himself is unreal.
Rescuing Quotations | Flaubert and me out on the sea
All my life I have tried to live in an ivory tower. But a sea of shit has......
Rescuing the future and the past | Hurricane Ida’s flooding of New York City this week | Saving the city in the year 2278
This week I was reading again about the assault of Hurricane Ida on New York City, this time about how the water overwhelmed the New York subway system. I couldn't help remembering that in my novel Skol, a critical part of my character Simon's long odyssey on wilderness Earth in the year 2278 includes a … Continue reading Rescuing the future and the past | Hurricane Ida’s flooding of New York City this week | Saving the city in the year 2278
Why did I write The Shyness Guide?
Why did I write another book about shyness when there are over 600 books about it published already? How could there be anything left to say? Well, because shyness is almost never understood the way I understand it. From the day I entered kindergarten I was acutely aware of how different I was. In my … Continue reading Why did I write The Shyness Guide?
Alan Conrad 