I am deep
within the second
volume of The Familiar,
author Mark Z. Danielewski's
ambitious 27
part series.
Releasing two volumes
every year,
with each book
containing 880 pages,
by the time
he is finished,
I'll be 40,
he will be 62,
and the series
will contain
23,760 pages.
When the first book
was released
in May of 2015,
Danielewski spoke
in Chicago
and said that he's treating
the 27 books
like a series of television,
with every five books
acting as a season,
making five seasons
total, with a lengthy
finale.
The first book
is more or less
the pilot episode,
and like I said,
I'm halfway
through the second book,
so I'm just now starting
to get comfortable
and familiar with all characters.
The plan is to finish
the second this month,
start and finish the third
in January, all
in time for the fourth
to be released
on February 7.
Dig deeper if you dare:
Vol. 1: Rainy Day in May
Vol. 2: Into the Forest
Vol. 3: Honeysuckle & Pain
Vol. 4: Hades
