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Tracks: Volume 1
Morbo2000 drowns in a colorful past where there is only one truth. He is a goddamn junkie. From a student in love with the most beautiful woman in San Francisco to a whiskey guzzling, pill snorting office drone. Explore the opiate and psychedelic culture of San Francisco circa 1990something and see what happens when the kids grow up and get jobs.
90 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 26, 2015
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Morbo2000
2 books5 followersMorbo2000 is the user name of a Reddit poster.
One day he started writing strange and beautiful stories on Reddit. As the stories spread, he was encouraged by the readers to do more with them. So he did. He gathered up all his iPhone stories with awful grammar, found an editor and reworked them for you.
Morbo2000 has a day job and another life but finds it therapeutic to write these tales out. More to come and you can always follow his blog or look for him on Reddit.
One day he started writing strange and beautiful stories on Reddit. As the stories spread, he was encouraged by the readers to do more with them. So he did. He gathered up all his iPhone stories with awful grammar, found an editor and reworked them for you.
Morbo2000 has a day job and another life but finds it therapeutic to write these tales out. More to come and you can always follow his blog or look for him on Reddit.
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October 7, 2015
This is book about love--really that's it. Addiction is there, yes, but it's not drug porn, it's a love story about growing up. In part because of the opiates, the love story becomes more than human. You might have a love relationship with a person, a substance, a city--and it's messy and dirty and unconditional.
Aside from these big lofty things there are other compelling reasons to pick this up: Tracks contains many funny vulnerable observations on/critiques of masculinity and what it's like to be a young man who isn't everything everyone else wants him to be. We witness him not giving a fuck and making some good choices anyway, alongside some complex, very flawed choices, alongside drifting and not choosing. I enjoy imagining something like this happening to Holden Caulfield. This guy is only a little bit older than Holden in its earliest chronology. (Unlike Holden, this is not a privileged character...this is someone navigating privilege with less certainty about being bailed out.)
You could read this as short stories or as a novel, it works either way. The last story/chapter makes me inclined to read as a novel. I wanted a little bit more in the last few pages. We're introduced to a new moment in time there and it's a mild whiplash figuring it out. I’m sure that in next revisions/further publication some of those signals and pathways will be strengthened. Some of the self-published writing stuff is in there (so many adjectives, passive voice at odd moments, but hey, we know the person writing first wrote in engineering contexts). I'm often rewriting stuff in my head because I'm a snob but I got over it with this book, almost immediately.
I treasured this—reading while away on a business trip/conference odyssey. After a long day of smiling and passing out cards and feeling like a total asshat at times, this book was my refuge and my connection to what matters--love, inclusivity, humor. This is not a book about recovery. It's about acceptance. This is not a book about rehab, and given the politics of rehab/health care for opiate addiction in the US, I read this book as an explicit, brave protest. It's something clinicians should read, something anyone who has ever loved an addict should read. I want a wide audience for this book, at first in this form, but in future with a publisher that can market it.
Aside from these big lofty things there are other compelling reasons to pick this up: Tracks contains many funny vulnerable observations on/critiques of masculinity and what it's like to be a young man who isn't everything everyone else wants him to be. We witness him not giving a fuck and making some good choices anyway, alongside some complex, very flawed choices, alongside drifting and not choosing. I enjoy imagining something like this happening to Holden Caulfield. This guy is only a little bit older than Holden in its earliest chronology. (Unlike Holden, this is not a privileged character...this is someone navigating privilege with less certainty about being bailed out.)
You could read this as short stories or as a novel, it works either way. The last story/chapter makes me inclined to read as a novel. I wanted a little bit more in the last few pages. We're introduced to a new moment in time there and it's a mild whiplash figuring it out. I’m sure that in next revisions/further publication some of those signals and pathways will be strengthened. Some of the self-published writing stuff is in there (so many adjectives, passive voice at odd moments, but hey, we know the person writing first wrote in engineering contexts). I'm often rewriting stuff in my head because I'm a snob but I got over it with this book, almost immediately.
I treasured this—reading while away on a business trip/conference odyssey. After a long day of smiling and passing out cards and feeling like a total asshat at times, this book was my refuge and my connection to what matters--love, inclusivity, humor. This is not a book about recovery. It's about acceptance. This is not a book about rehab, and given the politics of rehab/health care for opiate addiction in the US, I read this book as an explicit, brave protest. It's something clinicians should read, something anyone who has ever loved an addict should read. I want a wide audience for this book, at first in this form, but in future with a publisher that can market it.
March 8, 2016
I am bad at reviews, and there's also gonna be a ton of typos in this (my review). Since this isn't published by a major company, I feel obligated to share my thoughts because this book may not receive a lot of reviews.
Some stories that he'd posted online previously are in here, although edited (in a way that makes it even better). For those not familiar with the author, this book is a collection of short stories that are based on events and people in Morbo's past. It's possibly the least 'dark' drug book I've ever read. However, it feels genuine, and doesn't glamorize drug use. There are a ton of Morbo's stories posted in his blog, and the entries blessedly keep coming. Due to 'Volume 1,' in the title, I am operating under the assumption that there will be a volume 2. I hope this is the case. I love this book, I woukd include it in my list of favorites.
Some stories that he'd posted online previously are in here, although edited (in a way that makes it even better). For those not familiar with the author, this book is a collection of short stories that are based on events and people in Morbo's past. It's possibly the least 'dark' drug book I've ever read. However, it feels genuine, and doesn't glamorize drug use. There are a ton of Morbo's stories posted in his blog, and the entries blessedly keep coming. Due to 'Volume 1,' in the title, I am operating under the assumption that there will be a volume 2. I hope this is the case. I love this book, I woukd include it in my list of favorites.
October 2, 2015
If you've ever wondered what a life of addiction is like, there is no book available that can share this experience with you better than Tracks: Volume 1 by Morbo2000.
It will suck you in and keep you wanting more.
Love your work, keep it coming. Thank you for sharing your stories with us over on Reddit.
It will suck you in and keep you wanting more.
Love your work, keep it coming. Thank you for sharing your stories with us over on Reddit.
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