Not Quite Fanfic, or, The Fab(led) Four
April 24, 2018 5:06 AM Subscribe
It is a premise that could not possibly belong to anything good: years after their breakup, the members of a beloved band find themselves suddenly reunited, restored to youth and sent to undertake a quest in another world. Except that this is a completely serious epic fantasy novel (albeit with many moments of humor). Indeed, there's a lot of self-awareness - one of the advanced aliens responsible seems to have a bit of a thing for the Beatles. This is With Strings Attached, or, The Big Pink Job. The first half is available for free, as is the first chapter of the first volume of the sequel, The Keys Stand Alone, Book One: The Soft World. Backstory on the book's creation can be found at its TVTropes page. (Content warnings that I'm aware of: mentions (at minimum) of violence, mentions of sex, mentions of rape, drug use)
The linked website has links to all purchase options for WSA:TBPJ.
Lulu.com store page for Book 1 of the sequel.
Author's Facebook page.
/You lied to me! The subjects were supposed to have been randomly selected!/
+Think of it as random selections from a homogeneous population of four.+
The linked website has links to all purchase options for WSA:TBPJ.
Lulu.com store page for Book 1 of the sequel.
Author's Facebook page.
/You lied to me! The subjects were supposed to have been randomly selected!/
+Think of it as random selections from a homogeneous population of four.+
It would have made me feel so much less alone as a young teen to know that there was — as apparently there is — another kid out there who really, really liked Yellow Submarine.
posted by Countess Elena at 5:52 AM on April 24, 2018 [6 favorites]
posted by Countess Elena at 5:52 AM on April 24, 2018 [6 favorites]
It would have made me feel so much less alone as a young teen to know that there was — as apparently there is — another kid out there who really, really liked Yellow Submarine.
Same. My first "book" was a Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves fanfic I wrote in 5th grade, but the second book came a year later and was about a Beatles cover band called Rain. This rings as super duper familiar to me.
posted by PhoBWanKenobi at 8:27 AM on April 24, 2018
Same. My first "book" was a Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves fanfic I wrote in 5th grade, but the second book came a year later and was about a Beatles cover band called Rain. This rings as super duper familiar to me.
posted by PhoBWanKenobi at 8:27 AM on April 24, 2018
It would have made me feel so much less alone as a young teen to know that there was — as apparently there is — another kid out there who really, really liked Yellow Submarine.
As a kid, it took me a long while to realize that not everyone else watched Yellow Submarine constantly. (along with The Elm-Chanted Forest and Starchaser: The Legend of Orin)
posted by FatherDagon at 12:34 PM on April 24, 2018
As a kid, it took me a long while to realize that not everyone else watched Yellow Submarine constantly. (along with The Elm-Chanted Forest and Starchaser: The Legend of Orin)
posted by FatherDagon at 12:34 PM on April 24, 2018
But is it as good as the manga about the high school teacher who is possessed by the ghost of Jimi Hendrix?
posted by MartinWisse at 12:13 AM on April 25, 2018
posted by MartinWisse at 12:13 AM on April 25, 2018
« Older Garlic bread? GAR-lic bread? GARLIC BREAD???? | Defend Rojava Newer »
This thread has been archived and is closed to new comments
posted by oneswellfoop at 5:21 AM on April 24, 2018