The Infinite Trilogy
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Listen to Alberto Gimaldi's musing on the "Ganz" field here.
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Title
Genre Identity Force Type Action State Motif Theme |
The Infinite Library
Mystery Superego Information Form Analysis Metaphor Reason Science |
The Infinite Atrocity
Horror Id Energy Copy Chaotic Delirium Crisis Art |
The Infinite Grey
Speculative Fiction Ego Matter Simulacrum Metamorphosis Identity Catastrophe Politics |
The infinite trilogy undertakes to answer critical questions of information, matter, and energy through fiction rather than by more academic means. Each book in the trilogy is thematically self-contained, yet integrates with the series as a whole. The trilogy has been a long effort of careful planning and seeding, setting up a narrative epic cycle.
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General Remarks: If one can be pardoned for trotting out tired agricultural metaphors, scripting this trilogy took on the three phases of sowing seeds, growing and maintenance, and finally harvesting. Should it have taken nearly 1,800 pages to tell this story? Given the scope of what the trilogy covers with respect to multiple themes, there might be an argument to be made that it should have been longer.
Future Planning: For all the text that has gone into generating this multi-tier narrative, there have been more than twice as much text that stayed on the cutting room floor. Despite having several other projects ongoing, and more to tackle in the years to come, one idea would be to honour the very idea of an infinite library by providing examples of books and stories that appear in that library. I envision either a collection of short stories based on the trilogy to appear in a standalone book, or perhaps provide them in a digital format as they are revised and refurbished. In addition, it might prove interesting to develop a screenplay adaptation of the entire trilogy, although this form of writing is beyond the modest abilities of this author.
I promised myself that this would be my "transition" series toward the writing of more general audience fiction. I have been planning a "spinoff" book inspired by Russian cybernetics entitled "B1t/B0t" that is about 10% complete. It will not be anywhere near as long as the trilogy and stars our hapless Gimaldi and Castellemare against the data-crat Zerone Setzer.
Future Planning: For all the text that has gone into generating this multi-tier narrative, there have been more than twice as much text that stayed on the cutting room floor. Despite having several other projects ongoing, and more to tackle in the years to come, one idea would be to honour the very idea of an infinite library by providing examples of books and stories that appear in that library. I envision either a collection of short stories based on the trilogy to appear in a standalone book, or perhaps provide them in a digital format as they are revised and refurbished. In addition, it might prove interesting to develop a screenplay adaptation of the entire trilogy, although this form of writing is beyond the modest abilities of this author.
I promised myself that this would be my "transition" series toward the writing of more general audience fiction. I have been planning a "spinoff" book inspired by Russian cybernetics entitled "B1t/B0t" that is about 10% complete. It will not be anywhere near as long as the trilogy and stars our hapless Gimaldi and Castellemare against the data-crat Zerone Setzer.