Ever and Anon

by Octavio Buenaventura

This isn't published as a real 'book' yet, but is in zine format. It's a short story of anarchist fiction. It recently appeared in Tacoma and Olympia, WA.

It has since been republished by Strangers In A Tangled Wilderness in 2009, and made freely available as a PDF online:
http://www.tangledwilderness.org/?p=155

The cover pictured is of the Strangers edition.

100 pages, Zine

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book really reminds me of "Into the Forest," the same lyrical and disturbing post-apocalyptic vein. You will really enjoy this novel (if you can get your hands on it). If you want to look at it online, you can see it here:

http://www.tangledwilderness.org/?p=155

[Bri · Rating 2 out of 5]

A short and somewhat enjoyable read. The story is compelling, though plodding at some points. The mythological aspect was interesting, particularly the dissection of how gods reflect humanity's own characteristics; however, towards the end, this becomes long-winded, repetitive paragraphs of oversimplified, overwrought, willful misunderstandings of history. The phrase "white slaves," meant to reflect the working class, occurs often in these parts, presumably to differentiate from the image that most modern people associate with the word "slave." This comes off as completely ignoring the fact that white people are by and large NOT the only race to suffer under the cruelty of man ruling man. This is, in fact, especially not true.

These things were off-putting in a story otherwise full of beautiful imagery and a fascinating push and pull between rationality and irrationality. I enjoyed this short manifesto on the gods within us all, but it is in a weird middle ground between being too "out there" for anyone I would wish to bring into the fold of the beliefs espoused, and too simplistic and repetitive to introduce with confidence to anyone who has any background in pagan or anarchistic thinking.

[Brimate · Rating 4 out of 5]

This isn't published as a real 'book' yet, but is in zine format. It's a short story of anarchist fiction. It recently appeared in Tacoma and Olympia, WA.

Ever and Anon is amazing. It's pretty crazy and hard to describe what it's about. It has aspects similar to Ishmael and Derrick Jensen's books, in that it connects various issues and incidents in western culture over thousands of years, and helps the reader make important revelations about western society.

it's vaguely utopian, which is also a plus for me. it's not sci-fi or fantasy, although, it has some fantastical elements.

it's a great story, and it's mysterious how it appeared in Tacoma/Olympia, and hopefully it will circulate around the US.

[Margaret Killjoy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This novella (it may be a zine, but the wordcount has it firmly at novella, possibly into short novel) is a beautiful, occult story set in a frozen woods above a town after an anarchist revolution. I read it at one of the lowest points in my life, and it helped me a lot: it's not a happy book at all, but it's a strangely honest one, and it did me a lot of good.

[Cathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A glimpse of the torments to come. It may make you blush.