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Pan Is Alive
is the first book of
The
Bulgarian Quartet. I first conceived the
idea about 30 years ago. There was a compelling reason why sex was an integral
part of the entire series, but I had no intention of revealing that until the
end of the second book or perhaps the beginning of the third. There were going
to be Gods and aliens and mysterious events and super powers given to some of
the characters and it was all striking a blow against the HIV/AIDS epidemic that
was engulfing the world. In the last four years, I have written a lot of stories
and I feel that I am getting a lot better at it. And so, The Bulgarian
Quartet will come back to life very very soon.
The Bulgarian Quartet started out quite
ferociously. It had lots and lots sub-plots and twists just the way I like
things. At first, I intended to publish part II before part I. After a while I
realized that it was kind of silly to try and imitate Star Wars. I did however
write a lot more of part II than I did of part I – the intention was to have
part II read as sci-fi and part I as fantasy without disclosing whether there
was science or magic afoot until we got to part III. There was also an
imperative part of the plot that dictated the necessity of sexual intercourse.
Somehow, I told that story in my head so many times, that it didn’t seem that
important to actually finish writing it. Also, twenty-five or so years ago, it
seemed a lot more difficult to publish a novel, let alone a quartet of related
works. I read excerpts of whatever I had finished at time to various friends and
drunks. Everyone promised to buy the book and could hardly wait for it. I just
never finished it.
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