Review: An Intriguing "Prelude" to What Seems a Mind-bending Book
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 14, 2012
If `Quexistence' is simply an "appetizer" to Tom Stafford's upcoming major work, `Time Dreams', then I have reason to believe the upcoming complete book can change people's perspective and shatter their complacencies about the meaning of existence.It is a quick read--I finished this off in more or less 5 minutes--but that is enough to give me a glimpse into the "window" of what `Time Dreams' may be about. One scene struck me deeply: when Freebird says to the main character, Gork, "Search your heart for that which is not there. Search your soul for that which is missing. Search your dreams for that which you seek." I understood it immediately. Indeed, `Quexistence' raises more questions than answers, which is exactly its intention: to raise the stakes and provoke people to ask what it means to be alive, in the here and now. It serves as some sort of parable about the fluid nature of time, and how the present is always a flux, always flowing forward, seemingly within reach but not entirely so.But `Quexistence' (and presumably, `Time Dreams') ups the ante by making these often confusing abstract concepts within the reach of the layman's understanding. Tom Stafford's effort of making `Quexistence', if anything, is evidence of that intention.My only gripe about Quexistence is, if it were up to me, given its purpose as a prelude and the fact that it's a very short work, I would have made it free to download--so that more people would be able to take a "peek" inside and get a better sense of what the upcoming book, `Time Dreams' is about. But as things stand, and after seeing this little "appetizer," I can't wait to read Stafford's `Time Dreams.' I can only hope the full book is made available soon.