Random 2am thoughts and rambles. · 4:20pm Jul 7th, 2015
So, as anyone who knows me knows, I read. I read a whole damn lot. I read so much that I have completely filled 4 book-cases, a TV cabinet and 3 more decent sized moving boxes with books I have purchased and subsequently read in their entirety. Not even mentioning all the fan-fiction or online novels
Now, I know that sounds "braggy", but there's a point to this.
While going through story approvals tonight, in wait for the other staff crew to come back online to staff things up so I may sleep, I came across a story that I cannot remember the name of which reminded me of a book I bought maybe a week or two ago. I won't spoil anything, since the book is actually amazing (even if the character is an over dramatic moron who's relatability, at least to me, was next to nil), but Patric Ness' "More Than This" was startlingly similar.
Essentially, the basic, spoiler free outline is:
A boy drowns, but then wakes up alive in a completely different place, and the whole story is about his memories of his death and the surroundings around where he wakes up.
Now, here's the thing. For those who have read this book (and seriously, do read it. It's great), why is there not a fic out there in any way similar? I mean, the concept has been done before, I'm sure. However, not like this, as a character study rather than a world study.
Y'know what, I'm making this a thing. "Cheshire Recommends", wherein I recommend books, games, movies and rarely fanfiction on a semi-regular basis. Maybe twice a week. I'm not sure. Let me know what you lot think.
Ramble over. Cheshire out.
I wrote a Fiction like that once, exempt it was a colt, not a youngling, and I handwrite it, just like the vast majority of my stories.