In Springdale Town eBook Robert Freeman Wexler
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Reconciliation, longing, and ambiguity combine in one astounding locale Springdale. Is it a mundane New England town on a picturesque river, or the nexus of the paradoxical?
Springdale appears to be a quiet village, unblemished by shopping mall or mega-store. The town sits in a fertile valley, surrounded by countryside rich in natural wonder. Summers, tourists attend the area’s many arts and music festivals, and hikers crowd the trails. In the fall, reds and yellows of turning leaves decorate the landscape, and in winter, mountain resorts fill with avid skiers.
But some say Springdale exists only on the contoured highways of our collective imagination. Others point to references dating back to Colonial Boston, to multiple versions of a ballad telling a story of remorse and disgrace.
Here are three facts
1. Maps cannot be trusted;
2. All History is awash with fraud and hoax;
3. Springdale is an absence of identity.
For two people, a lawyer named Patrick Travis and a television actor named Richard Shelling, Springdale is home and anti-home, a place of comfort and a distortion of everyday life. They are strangers to each other, yet connected. Their lives will intersect with a force that shatters both.
This edition includes a specially written afterword by the author.
“Springdale is told in a deceptively muted style and cunningly crafted so that the story appears to assemble itself around the reader like a trap he or she has sprung, yet remains innocent-looking until the end, when a spring-loaded hammer smashes down.” —Lucius Shepard, from the introduction to the original print edition
“For some writers, prose is a means with which to construct an analogue of reality. For Robert Freeman Wexler, fiction is a means with which to de-construct reality. Yet his stories have such a strong sense of linguistic integrity, it’s hard to believe that he isn’t reporting his experiences from a parallel universe.” —Rick Kleffel, from an interview at fantasticmetropolis.com.
“…In a list comprising some of the biggest names in contemporary genre fiction the appearance of a novella by a virtually unknown author causes a certain interest. In Springdale Town represents its author’s first book publication (after only a handful of short stories) and yet it fits into the PS Publishing list with such subtle skill that its presence on the shelf feels as if an invisible gap in the collection has been suddenly filled.”—Lavie Tidhar, Dusksite
“…no need for Lovecraftian monsters or rampaging serial killers to transform Springdale into a seriously creepy place. An old ballad suggests that one death haunts this village, but Wexler deviously, almost casually, creates a sense of wrongness that goes well beyond some past saga of jealousy and murder. Don’t read this one right before bedtime–or your next road trip.”—Faren Miller, Locus Magazine, October 2003
“The basic idea is familiar, almost banal, but Wexler’s treatment is witty, his writing is excellent, his characters are really well captured—I was very impressed with the story.”—Rich Horton, Locus Magazine, November 2003
“…Other writers, wiry and wry, as lithe as dragonflies, may seem more vulnerable, but their grace, their maneuverability, becomes its own kind of tensile strength. They can travel farther, faster, and in disguise.”—Jeff VanderMeer, Locus Online
“…lovely Americana set-piece turned on its ear.”—Jay Lake, Tangent Online
“…An emotionally scathing yet tender insight into the frailty, ignorance, and misplaced motivations of that most ridiculous of animals, the human being.”—William P. Simmons, Infinity Plus
“…Robert Freeman Wexler dives into the heart of Americana in his chilling and tender novella.”—Rick Kleffel Agony Column
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In Springdale Town eBook Robert Freeman Wexler Reviews
First off, this isn't a typical title, rather it is the product of PS Publishing, which puts out limited, signed editions by various science fiction and fantasy authors. Specifically, "In Springdale Town" by Robert Freeman Wexler was limited to 300 hardcover and another 500 paperback copies, and at the time of this writing, some copies were still available from the publisher. Moreover, there are copies available on the internet, and should the opportunity to acquire a copy present itself, I would strongly recommend doing so.
"In Springdale Town" is an intriguing and enigmatic look at the nature of reality, in many ways similar to Danielewski's remarkable "House of Leaves". Both are open ended in their conclusions, and both make deft use of "footnotes" to hint at a surface barely scratched. However, whereas "House of Leaves" focuses on (among many other things) the ability of our internal mental state to dictate the circumstances our external one, "In Springdale Town" takes a different approach and explores how our thoughts and actions can impact, and even create, other realities.
In this regard, "In Springdale" town shows its science fiction foundation, for the two main characters, lawyer Patrick Travis and actor Richard Shelling, represent universes that are neither mutually exclusive nor entirely compatible. The town of Springdale is a nexus of sorts for the two men, but hints as to why lead to more questions as to the nature of reality. Moreover, there are traffic cops, after a fashion, who seem to be charged with controlling and rationalizing cross universe transits. As the two men are sucked into a world that is both plainly flawed and clearly of their own creation, it becomes obvious that there is some sort of balance that needs to be restored.
As this need becomes more urgent, it leads to a conclusion wherein Wexler frames an ontological riddle that could most simply be described as "When you look in the mirror, are you seeing your reflection, or are you the reflection of the person in the mirror?" There is a chicken and the egg approach to his multiverse that seems to suggest that the power of perception plays a key roll in propping up our very existence. If one allows themselves to get stuck between realities, to become uncertain as to what is real and what is not, they risk not only insanity, but quite literally bringing down their world around them. Conversely, those who take the "I think therefore I am" approach shore up their reality and assure its existence. Which leads to the question if one's fantasy worlds become more real than their own world can they be destroyed by them.
Having reread the review to this point, I am rather embarrassed by all of my verbal back-flips and uses of the word "reality". However, in many ways this is the best compliment I can pay to "In Springdale Town"; for a short book it presents a host of mysteries and philosophical questions, and I suspect that anyone who reads this book on my recommendation will draw completely different conclusions. The simplest endorsement I can offer for "In Springdale Town" is that will definitely engage the reader and leave one with more to ponder than one would expect from eighty-odd pages.
Enjoy!
Jake Mohlman
I read the reviews and bought the book. This is one book that I would not have bought if I had been in a hands-on bookstore. The writing is pedestrian and story is an old one.
I would highly recommend Mieville's The City and The City. The writing is good and story really amazing.
I would also highly recommend anything by John Crowley and, of course, Philip K. Dick.
thought provoking and richly detailed
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