Rich Shapero
1) Wild animus
Author
Publisher
Too Far
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sam Altman is an intense young man with an animal energy whose unleashed and increasingly unhinged imagination takes him first to Seattle and then farther north, to the remote Alaskan wilderness. He has fallen deeply in love with the mysterious and powerful Lindy, a young woman who understands his quest, and who will do anything to help him realize it, no matter how bizarre or dangerous. On the unforgiving ridges of Mt. Wrangell, alone with his reckless...
Author
Publisher
TooFar Media
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Lyle is a young man who hates his life in the State of Salt, a cultural and literal desert. He vandalizes a State icon, then swallows a poison pill that transports him not to death, but to a liminal realm - blue, watery, and wholly alien. He's rescued and shepherded by henchmen of the Polyp, god of the oceanic world they call "heaven". A series of encounters unfolds between Lyle and the monstrous, seductive god, who gradually reveals his grandeur...
3) Too far
Author
Language
English
Description
Too Far follows an ultra-imaginative pair, Robbie and Fristeen, through a transformative summer spent exploring the woods behind their remote Alaskan homes. As their family lives become increasingly unstable, the characters travel deeper and farther into their private world. The forest - and the gods who inhabit it - becomes their refuge until, at summer's end, they are forced to choose between the crushing prospects of the real world, and the lethal...
Author
Publisher
TooFar Media
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Rin, Tongue, and Dorner takes place in an apocalyptic future, where humanity survives in temperature regulated geodomes. The protagonist, Dorner, has committed himself to his career as a Planner, keeping the temperature of his colony constant through a system of furnaces as well as a strict code of human conduct. Extremes of human activity -- violence, extreme athleticism, and excessive sexual activity -- can threaten the thermal balance. His vow...
Author
Publisher
Outside Reading
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"To tell his story, Shapero fuses his provocative novel with hypnotic, original music--featuring the vocals of Marissa Nadler--and the visionary art of Donald Pass. The result is a riveting and fully immersive storytelling experience."--Box container.
Author
Publisher
Outside Reading
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"To tell his story, Shapero fuses his provocative novel with hypnotic, original music--featuring the vocals of Marissa Nadler--and the visionary art of Donald Pass. The result is a riveting and fully immersive storytelling experience."--Box container.