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William M. Brandon III

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in Las Vegas, Nv, The United States

March 24, 1975

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http://agentofdiscord.com

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Fiction, Science Fiction, Contemporary

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William S. Burroughs, William Gaddis, Thomas Pynchon, David Foster Wal ...more

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William is a dad and a partner. He sees coercive relationships as the root of oppression.

His novels, 'Eternity: The Long and Short of It', 'The Exile The Matriarch & The Flood', 'Welcome to Spring Street', and 'SILENCE & Selene', as well as his short story 'The Atheist and the Rapture Button' are all available from Spaceboy Books (readspaceboy.com).

William’s synaptic meanderings have also appeared on his website (agentofdiscord.com) and: in technical form on WIRED.com and THALO.com, in review form at StatORec.com ('An Ongoing Confession') and TheRumpus.com ('The Last Book I Loved: Let the Great World Spin'), in short story form in Rain Crow Magazine ('Athens Diptych' – Issue #2), and in an anthology supporting the non-profit Mines Advisor ...more

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If you could travel to any fictional book world, where would you go and what would you do there?

William M. Brandon III It’s a toss up between Joyce’s Dublin in Ulysses, and the Savage Reservation in Brave New World.

I have a deep affection for Dublin, but I fell in lov…moreIt’s a toss up between Joyce’s Dublin in Ulysses, and the Savage Reservation in Brave New World.

I have a deep affection for Dublin, but I fell in love with the city while reading Ulysses, a decade before seeing the city with my own eyes. Though Joyce is magical and emphatic in his prose, the cobblestone byways and warm pubs are very much alive. When I finally sat in the Trinity College, my mind was filled with images of Joyce fording snow and sleet to write in the comfort of the immense room.

Since reading Brave New World in high school, the Savage Reservation had always represented the ‘real’ core reality of the human animal to me. Moreover, a symbiosis with it, rather than society’s endless press to conquer, dominate, and numb the senses. I value truth over comfort and have always held the Savage Reservation as a keen example of resistance.
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When you write, are you particular about where you write, what kind of music is playing, or do you prefer complete silence? What is your ideal environment?

William M. Brandon III First, thank you for your question!

I can and have written everywhere; location has always been very flexible for me. As a result, I have had a pen and…moreFirst, thank you for your question!

I can and have written everywhere; location has always been very flexible for me. As a result, I have had a pen and something to write on/in on my person at all times for the past twenty years. When I begin something long, such as a novel, I prefer to write on a typewriter, but most of my writing takes place on my laptop, or in a Moleskine notebook - I have the appropriately insane stack of them in a desk drawer.

I am capable of writing in silence, but my preference is with music; I have a playlist on an ancient iPod plainly labeled ‘writing.’ Lately I have been listening to Bach’s No 3 Suite (air) on loop and find it very satisfying. My first novel, ‘A Selfish Man’ was written listening exclusively to Tricky’s Pre-Millenial Tension, radiohead’s OK Computer, Sunny Day Real Estate’s Diary, and Portishead Live at the Roseland. Since then selected tracks from Pinback, Flogging Molly, The Smiths, Built to Spill, Your American Math, A Perfect Circle, Soul Coughing, tool, and Outkast have all made the list. Although I am also a longtime punk and hardcore aficionado, I find it too distracting while writing.(less)

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	Silence & Selene 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Exile The Matriarch & The Flood 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eternity: The Long and Short of It 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cost of Paper: Volume Three by William M. Brandon III (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Shannon Barnsley (Goodreads Author) (Contributer), Alex Clark-McGlenn (Contributer) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cost of Paper: Volume Four 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Welcome to Spring St. it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Selfish Man 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Think how you love me,' she whispered. 'I don't ask you to love me always like this, but I ask you to remember.'

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Oh no; but promise me you'll remember.' Her tears were falling. 'I'll be different, but somewhere lost inside me there'll always be the person I am tonight.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, Magnetism

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