My little baby surrealist sci-fi novel XBook is finally at an end. The final chapter is here. ***The last six minutes is a bit loud*** Thanks to those of you who have listened from the beginning. I hope that I haven’t disappointed you.  01:51 - When Two Worlds Collide 30:15 - The End of a … (Epilogue)  35:31 - General Notes 52:07 - The LOUD bit Share the episode: https://danielsnemesis.libsyn.com/xbook-chapter-30-when-two-worlds-collide-final-chapter-or-true-nobility-is-230-am What are your thoughts on this and previous chapters? Have you spotted something that I have missed? Tell me your thoughts at danielsnemesis@gmail.com You can also find me on Twitter at @DanielsNemesis, though nothing much happens there.

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XBook Chapter 30 - When Two Worlds Collide FINAL CHAPTER (Or True Nobility is 2:30 a.m.)

Surreal Sci-fi mess XBook is almost at an end. **Some distressing moments** Here are the antepenultimate and penultimate chapters. This is where we find out how the characters should be getting ready for the final conflict, but what we actually learn is how this novel falls apart.  Any story is about wants vs needs and motivations, but what happens when the main character doesn’t have any of those?  Don’t know what’s been happening? Well, this is not the best place to start. Nor is the beginning. Perhaps try something like episode 9 or 10 where everything starts to actually take root and find out from (almost) the beginning where everything started to go wrong.  03:06 - William and the Pilot 17:36 - Time for Fun, Ginger 37:18 - The Psychologist’s Chair Share the episode: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/20657324 What are your thoughts on this and previous chapters? Have you spotted something that I have missed? Tell me your thoughts at danielsnemesis@gmail.com You can also find me on Twitter at @DanielsNemesis, though nothing much happens there.

XBook Chapters 28 + 29 - William and the Pilot & Time for Fun, Ginger (or The Rot Has Really Set In)

 XBook - Designed to be the greatest book of all time. Written 20 years ago, its themes are still necessary today.  How many other stories look at the same alien invasion from the human AND the invading aliens’ perspectives?  Ginger, an aberrant character, fresh from the Great War of 1918 is now on the alien mothership, and still having surreal visions.  We talk today about surrealism and the aberrant character’s place in the avant garde.  There is not as much talk of disguises as some parts may suggest. Ginger definitely isn’t a failed character.    02:29 - Ginger, Are You Feeling Okay?  35:16 - General Notes   What are your thoughts on this and previous chapters? Have you spotted something that I have missed? Tell me your thoughts at danielsnemesis@gmail.com You can also find me on Twitter at @DanielsNemesis, though nothing much happens there. Share the episode: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/20495219

XBook: Chapter 27 - Ginger, Are You Okay? (Or, Surrealism and how the Aberrant Character Isn’t Your Plaything)

THIS CHAPTER IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART. XBook. A novel that was written when I was trying to work out the world, and my place in it. The form of expression was that of an alien invasion in 1918. The world has just come out of its Great War, and Ginger, a human fighter pilot, is the one man to attempt to stop this invasion. He is on the alien Mothership right now, hiding from an entire civilisation in their air ducts with one round of ammunition in his pistol. Today’s subject is William, Supreme Commander and leader of the aliens. Due to increasing pressures, he launched a massive invasion after the first, small invasion failed. He now has a pesky human scurrying around somewhere on his ship.  Surrealism, existentialism, stream of consciousness, finding meaning then deconstructing that meaning and leaving it in shattered pieces only to be later tucked under the carpet when my parents come to visit. This is the world of XBook. An anything-goes novel, in which… anything goes. DNP: the podcast that started as me reading out a chapter of my own book and then criticising that chapter, now resembles a fucked digital ASMR podcast. I have been cast out of my own podcast in an act that proves fiction is much greater a force than criticism. Unable to record my voice, text to speech is my only substitute in this audio field. It’s a long story - you’ll have to check out the previous podcasts for a catch-up.  2:40 - William Sorts Out His Mind 31:52 - General Notes 40:14 - The Psychologist’s Chair Please Remember: This is Fiction, Always Fiction. Logic is as Logic does.  What are your thoughts on this and previous chapters? Have you spotted something that I have missed? Tell me your thoughts at danielsnemesis@gmail.com

XBook Chapter 26 - William Sorts Out His Mind (Or, Plot Vs Story and Why Too Many Distractions Are Distracting)

XBook - Alien invasion done through the invading alien’s perspective…. Because. Saving the Earth from alien invasion done through one human’s surreal perspective…. Because, because? Oh, and it’s set in 1918. Because of commitment to a bad cause.  Each episode, I read out a chapter of this novel that I wrote many, many years ago. I then analyse said chapter. Today, I talk about John Truby, Anatomy of a Story and Blake Snyder, Save The Cat. Or, I would have if I wasn’t kicked out of my own podcast! So, what’s happened so far?  William Leader of the Trascons, an alien civilisation seeking a new home on Earth, initiated a small invasion.  This was stopped when Ginger, a human fighter pilot, commandeered an alien fighter craft after it crash-landed. He is now heading into space to take on what he now realises is a full civilisation of aliens... single-handedly.  03:00 - Chapter 24 - William Schemes 27:40 - General Notes 37:40 - The Psychologist’s Chair  Please Remember: This is Fiction, Always Fiction. Logic is as Logic does.  What are your thoughts on this and previous chapters? Have you spotted something that I have missed? Tell me your thoughts at danielsnemesis@gmail.com You can also find me on Twitter at @DanielsNemesis, though nothing much happens there.

XBook Chapter 25 - Run, Ginger, Run (Or DRAMA ALERT - I AM CANCELLED!!!!!!!!!!!)

WARNING: Some graphic and violent content in this episode.  XBook is the surreal story of a fighter pilot stopping an alien invasion in December 1918, just as the war has finished.  Looked at from another point of view, XBook is the story of the leader of an entire alien race wondering how best to get his citizens onto Earth.  It’s kind of two books rolled into one as the same events get scrutinised from different angles.  One is very inward looking, the other is just bat-shit surreal.  After reading the chapter, and I’m very happy to be reintroducing this element, I analyse the chapter trying to work out what was going on in my mind a couple of decades ago when this got written.  So, what’s happened so far?  Attempting a small invasion (having first given notice), the Trascons lost out in a  counterattack from the humans.  Commandeering one of those alien fighter craft, our human protagonist, Ginger, is now on his way into space to take on the aliens single-handedly.  As the Trascon Leader, William, launches a massive invasion, Ginger is unable to do anything as his stolen ship is caught in a tractor-beam and is being pulled towards the alien fleet.  Just remember:  This is fiction, always fiction. Logic is as logic does.  02:50 - Chapter 24 - William Schemes 28:51 - General Notes 34:40 - The Psychologist’s Chair  What are your thoughts on this and previous chapters? Have you spotted something that I have missed? Tell me your thoughts at danielsnemesis@gmail.com You can also find me on Twitter at @DanielsNemesis, though nothing much happens there.

XBook Chapter 24 - William Schemes (Or Mixed Messages + New contexts)

Does surrealism help a story of an alien invasion of Earth at the end of the Great War? It’s perhaps worth a try.  Yes, this is what this audio novel is about. It used to be a podcast as well, and then it stopped, and in this episode… it’s something again? I don’t want to make false promises.  Each episode, I read out a chapter and then I’ve been banned from analysing the chapter afterwards. I can try. I did try. Umm…  Word of warning, there’s descriptions of graphic violence, and wounds. There’s a generally darker tone. And if you’re not a pacifist, you might not like where this chapter goes.  01:32 - Chapter 23 - Fly, Ginger! Fly! 44:27 - General Somethings.  What are your thoughts on this and previous chapters? Have you spotted something that I have missed? Tell me your thoughts at danielsnemesis@gmail.com You can also find me on Twitter at @DanielsNemesis, though nothing much happens there.

XBook Chapter 23 - Fly, Ginger! Fly! (Or General Somethings)

XBook, the story of an alien invasion right after the First World War. Because of course. And if that isn’t enough, it’s full of surrealism, too. Naturally.  I mean, when you’re in your late teens and socially isolated, then in your early twenties and being exposed to weird films at university and you’re bored in the holidays (social isolation again), this is what happens. A decade and a half later, I’ve picked up the novel again to see what was going through my mind back then.   Each episode, I read out a chapter and then … well, nothing. The podcast has been removed from the podcast. And this is now just an audiobook. It wasn’t always this way - there’s a backstory, and yes, that is a way to entice you into listening to earlier episodes.  03:01 - Chapter 21 - Feel Gingers Pain  16:11 - Chapter 22 - William Seeks vengeance.  21:03 - General Outro (formerly General Notes) XX:XX - The Psychologist’s Chair (cancelled) What are your thoughts on this and previous chapters? Have you spotted something that I have missed? Tell me your thoughts at danielsnemesis@gmail.com You can also find me on Twitter at @DanielsNemesis, though nothing much happens there.

XBook Chapters 21 + 22 - Feel Gingers Pain & William Seeks Vengeance. (Or is a Podcast Still a Podcast if you Remove the Podcast?)

XBook, is what happens when you put an alien invasion right after the First World War and then use one of your main characters as a springboard for surreal fantasies.  If that sounds like a book that was written by someone young and dumb, you’d be right. I last looked at it about 15 years ago, and just occasionally I admire my writing. Just occasionally.  Each episode, I read out a chapter and then analyse it. Well, this is going to be the last analysis. It’s complicated, but very much chronicled through many previous episodes. The chapter readings will continue.  03:54 - The Chapter 34:47 - General Notes 40:54 - The Psychologist’s Chair   What are your thoughts on this and previous chapters? Have you spotted something that I have missed? Tell me your thoughts at danielsnemesis@gmail.com You can also find me on Twitter at @DanielsNemesis, though nothing much happens there.

XBook Chapter 20 - William Makes First Contact (Or Antagonistic Allies)

Another podcast.  Not as embarrassing as the previous one.  A podcast that started out as me just trying to read out an old novel I wrote has become something else.  Trying to break down each chapter after the reading has... well, tensions that have been building up get hashed out.  XBook - A surrealist nightmare of an alien invasion that takes place right after the First World War. A nightmare because it’s a horrible clash of genres.  03:14 - The Chapter 21:40 - General Notes 37:18 - The Psychologist’s Chair What are your thoughts on this and previous chapters? Have you spotted something that I have missed? Tell me your thoughts at danielsnemesis@gmail.com You can also find me on Twitter at @DanielsNemesis, though nothing much happens there.

XBook Chapter 19 - Ginger and the Plan (Or Confrontations / Early Second Act Plot Mechanics)

It’s 1918 and aliens are invading the Earth. By this point in the story, our human protagonist has armed himself with a new weapon to help him attack the aliens, and our alien protagonist/antagonist is trying to work out why the first wave of the invasion has not gone well.  XBook is a novel that I wrote when I was a young and aspiring author. I then did a Master’s Degree in writing which kicked the passion for writing out of me and replaced it with just pages of bullet notes because apparently planning is important. I’ve barely written since my Degree.  It's a sci-fi/historical/surrealist fiction mess, with those 3 genres mashed together with none of the tropes that make any of them, individually, successful.  Fans of surrealism, this may not be the Ginger chapter that you are wanting, but fans of William pontificating, well you are in luck.  Each episode, after reading out the chapter, I then go in and analyse what has been narrated. This varies in success as I often get sabotaged.  It’s episode 14, and I’m worried that I am beginning to run out of things to say. Sometimes, even just coming up with the most simple of ideas requires much pruning away of the bad ideas. Struggling to think of what to say combined with another super busy couple of weeks at work has resulted in.. this.  04:50 - Chapter 17 Ginger Comes Back Down to Earth 15:36 - Chapter 18 Fly, William, Fly 24:04 - General Notes 35:44 - The Psychologist’s Chair What are your thoughts on this and previous chapters? Have you spotted something that I have missed? Tell me your thoughts at danielsnemesis@gmail.com You can also find me on Twitter at @DanielsNemesis, though nothing much happens there.

XBook Chapters 17 + 18 - Ginger Comes Back Down to Earth & Fly, William, Fly (Or am I possibly doing character relationships satisfactorily?)

BE AWARE: This episode portrays an act of self-harm, and the language is strong and excessive.  It’s another episode. With another warning.  I read out a chapter from a book that I wrote a long time ago.  XBook. A story of aliens invading the Earth in December 1918. Well, the First world war has finished, so that makes it a bit easier on the humans.  I’ve never said that this was a good book. And each episode, I go in and deep dive into the reasons that make this not a good book.  What are those reasons? In a nutshell, it was written many, many years ago. It’s got aliens in a historical environment, and although we don’t see it in this chapter, there’s a lot of heavy surrealism. It also gets very dark in places - today is definitely one of those chapters. Finally, I had absolutely no idea how to write a book.  And then my podcast is usually invaded by … well, it usually becomes unlistenable. How will it be sabotaged today? I’ll leave that to you as to whether or not you want to find out.  4:23 - The chapter 30:29 - General Notes 38:46 - The Psychologist’s Chair What are your thoughts on this and previous chapters? Have you spotted something that I have missed? Tell me your thoughts at danielsnemesis@gmail.com You can also find me on Twitter at @DanielsNemesis, though nothing much happens there.

XBook Chapter 16 - William Talks (or rather I'm the one who needs to talk)

BE AWARE: THERE IS GRAPHIC IMAGERY IN THIS EPISODE. AND LOTS OF STRONG LANGUAGE.  The second act. Finally.  This is where I really start to find that XBook hits its stride.  What is XBook? It’s a novel that I wrote almost half my life ago. It tells the simple story of an alien invasion in 1918, just after the Great War has finished. Ginger, a fighter pilot, has many, many surreal visions. William, Supreme Leader of the Trascon race likes to talk about the history of the Trascon race.  Afterwards, I deep dive into the chapter and analyse. At least, I try to. As I’ve been tired recently and overworked, figures from my past, and relevant to this book, have resurfaced and made their own contributions. I at least managed to catch it this time and, well, it’s not the perfect analysis, ok?  03:46 - The chapter.  52:02 - General Notes 53:40 - The Cutting Room Floor 57:29 - The Psychologist’s Chair What are your thoughts on this and previous chapters? Have you spotted something that I have missed? Tell me your thoughts at danielsnemesis@gmail.com You can also find me on Twitter at @DanielsNemesis, though nothing much happens there.

XBook Chapter 15 - Ginger Finds That He Can Fly (Or Justifying an Alien Invasion in 1918)

PLEASE BE AWARE: THERE IS SOME VIOLENT CONTENT AROUND THE 21 MINUTE MARK  It’s been a difficult day for the podcast.  All I wanted to do is read out from a book I wrote over 15 years ago, and then deep-dive analyse the chapter afterwards.  However, characters from my past and have resurfaced and have taken control of the podcast. Due to being overwhelmed with work and not having the time to rerecord everything, this is the result. Sorry.  What should have been an exploration of three chapters that mark our two main characters’ mental preparations for an upcoming invasion (in 1918, of course) has become something that is quite unlistenable. OG Daniel’s Nemesis is still around, and now so is new kid on the block, Ginger. There is at least some analysis that can be occasionally heard.  Yes, it’s a surreal book. But the podcast should not be surreal. At least the chapters themselves have not been messed with. And there’s three of them today in this Bumper Pack Family Sized edition. There’s A Goodnight Story from Willam, Ginger Parties, and then William Dreams. I think the entire plot has been revealed in just those chapter titles.  Still don’t know what all of this is? XBook is a novel that I wrote when I was in my late teens and early 20’s. Over many, many rewrites it turned from a simple story of aliens invading the Earth at the end of the First World War into a surrealist clash of science fiction and nightmarish dreamscapes. It never got published. Thank God for the Internet, otherwise, there would be no other way to release this story to the masses.  03:19 - Chapter 12: A Goodnight Story From William 10:24 - Chapter 13: Ginger Parties 18:58 - Chapter 14 William Dreams 21:47 - General Notes 32:16 - Psychologist’s Chair What are your thoughts on this and previous chapters? Have you spotted something that I have missed? Tell me your thoughts at danielsnemesis@gmail.com You can also find me on Twitter at @DanielsNemesis, though nothing much happens there.

XBook Chapters 12, 13, 14 - Bumper Pack Family Sized Edition (Or Holly, Holly, Holly, Male Holly, Holly, Obse Holly, Holly, ssion, Holly, Holly, Holly)

I’m reading XBook, Chapter 11. It’s a book that I wrote all by myself. And a sci-fi one. And a FIrst World War one. And a surreal one. It has aliens invading the Earth in 1918 with our hero unable to distinguish the real world from the one he’s constructed in his head. It was written when I was a lot younger than I am now. And each episode, I read out a chapter before analysing it. It’s an audiobook with a difference - the difference being that nobody has asked for it.  In this episode, Ginger Jeeves has returned to base and must not only brief his co-pilots but also convince them that aliens exist. They’ll be fighting them the next day.  I also get the old neurons that originally wrote the novel to pitch the book to me and see how well he is able to sell the book. Spoiler - the book never got published.  There’s a lot of voices in this episode. Do I have enough vocal patches and filters to separate them all out? There’s only one way to find out! 02:53 - The Chapter 27:43 - General Notes 33:10 - The Pitch Meeting 41:39 - Psychologist’s Chair (Worth listening to)  What are your thoughts on this and previous chapters? Have you spotted something that I have missed? Tell me your thoughts at danielsnemesis@gmail.com You can also find me on Twitter at @DanielsNemesis, though nothing much happens there.

XBook Chapter 11 - Ginger Realises that He Is Talking to Himself (Or Aren’t We All Just Talking to Ourselves?)

A new series in which each week I read a chapter from a novel I wrote as a teenager 15 years ago, and afterwards talk about it to see how little I have changed since then. This is a story of an alien invasion taking place on Earth directly after the First World War, a mix of Blackadder Goes Forth, Independence Day, and Un Chien Andalou. Yes, those natural bedfellows. And as you can imagine, this was not a novel that was published. Here, I present the awfulness of this novel for your amusement, and you can think of it as a How To NOT write a book.

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