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Daffodil
DAFFODIL - An existential odyssey through space, time, and a young woman’s mind.
I wrote this adventure in an effort to save the universe. Is my ego truly that monolithic? Maybe, but it wasn’t my idea to write a book to save the universe. This was an assignment from a Bob I know that may be God. Bob made me do this. The only choice I had in the matter was what to write about. I chose to tell you about the woman I love and how we saved the universe together the first time around. Of course, this means telling you about many of the times we saved the universe in between the day we met and the end of this book, until this book ends, at which point we will have saved the universe again, if everything goes according to plan, which it rarely does.
Anyway, if you enjoy a little chaos, a little time inside the squishy maze we call the human brain, a little taste of emotionally compromised writing, a little desperate love from a desperate man, you might want to read this exercise in confusion. I can’t promise you’ll enjoy my musings or rants or punchlines, but I can promise you Life is a run-on sentence.
Your friend,
Truant
I wrote this adventure in an effort to save the universe. Is my ego truly that monolithic? Maybe, but it wasn’t my idea to write a book to save the universe. This was an assignment from a Bob I know that may be God. Bob made me do this. The only choice I had in the matter was what to write about. I chose to tell you about the woman I love and how we saved the universe together the first time around. Of course, this means telling you about many of the times we saved the universe in between the day we met and the end of this book, until this book ends, at which point we will have saved the universe again, if everything goes according to plan, which it rarely does.
Anyway, if you enjoy a little chaos, a little time inside the squishy maze we call the human brain, a little taste of emotionally compromised writing, a little desperate love from a desperate man, you might want to read this exercise in confusion. I can’t promise you’ll enjoy my musings or rants or punchlines, but I can promise you Life is a run-on sentence.
Your friend,
Truant
238 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 26, 2019
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Truant D. Memphis
6 books49 followersTruant Memphis is alive, whether he is real or not. I am him. He is the me that controls the universe. Praise Bob.
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-Update 10/2/18 -New title Daffodil is in proof stage and will be available for sale in a few weeks!
-Update 12/1/18 - New title Daffodil is available for purchase on Smashwords and Amazon (and all the websites they feed books out to...)!
-Update 7/1/20 - New first draft completed and in editing!
-Update 12/5/22 - Saving Maria is being shopped to agents and publishers. The Boy Who Fell From The Past is now available at all your major online outlets (more about the this little guy below).
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Post Oh!pocalypto Poppycock is a sci-fi/fantasy farce set in Las Vegas during the apocalypse. If you enjoy a good spoof and making fun of, well, everything, you should definitely read this book.
Daffodil is an existential odyssey through space, time, and a young woman's mind. I like to think of it as an adventure story with Holden Caulfield's attitude, if Holden had grown up and gone to work for God.
The Boy Who Fell From The Past is a literary young adult sci-fi/action adventure novella. It's a passage from my own adventures into the future, and an introduction to several characters I meet who will be revisited in alternate realities.
In regards to the books I have reviewed, you may notice they are all pretty highly ranked. I only list books that I like.
- Update 9/1/17 - Post Oh!pocalypto Poppycock is now available on Smashwords and Amazon (and all the websites they feed books out to...)!
-Update 10/2/18 -New title Daffodil is in proof stage and will be available for sale in a few weeks!
-Update 12/1/18 - New title Daffodil is available for purchase on Smashwords and Amazon (and all the websites they feed books out to...)!
-Update 7/1/20 - New first draft completed and in editing!
-Update 12/5/22 - Saving Maria is being shopped to agents and publishers. The Boy Who Fell From The Past is now available at all your major online outlets (more about the this little guy below).
Littlethumb Sneezed is at its heart, a humorous character study of a fella with an unusual life. It is mostly a comedy, often silly and absurd, with a little bit of mystery, danger, and tragedy as well. Life isn't always funny, right? Neither is Littlethumb's story.
Post Oh!pocalypto Poppycock is a sci-fi/fantasy farce set in Las Vegas during the apocalypse. If you enjoy a good spoof and making fun of, well, everything, you should definitely read this book.
Daffodil is an existential odyssey through space, time, and a young woman's mind. I like to think of it as an adventure story with Holden Caulfield's attitude, if Holden had grown up and gone to work for God.
The Boy Who Fell From The Past is a literary young adult sci-fi/action adventure novella. It's a passage from my own adventures into the future, and an introduction to several characters I meet who will be revisited in alternate realities.
In regards to the books I have reviewed, you may notice they are all pretty highly ranked. I only list books that I like.
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January 12, 2025
A celebration of philosophy wrapped in delicious absurdity. Post-modern self-awareness writ large with engaging joy.
September 30, 2025
What a strange book! A mix of Cloud Cuckoo Land and Dungeon Crawler Carl.
October 5, 2021
SMART, TAUNTING, WONDERFUL
Author Truant D. Memphis identifies as "Alien". Restated, he is in this world but not really of it. That is the message behind DAFFODIL -- I think.
A work that promises "an existential odyssey" on its cover, Daffodil defies genre and currently accepted writing theology. Readers are at one with the MC's and the writer at the same time.
Omniscience abounds on the pages through Bob, whose place in the world of Daffodil is made plain in short order so that readers don't have to guess.
There are laugh out loud moments here coming from relatable experience and accepted or rejected views. This means that Memphis might be mocking or congratulating depending on where the reader fits.
Are you in this world? Are you of it? Are you still waiting?
5 stars for derring-do.
Author Truant D. Memphis identifies as "Alien". Restated, he is in this world but not really of it. That is the message behind DAFFODIL -- I think.
A work that promises "an existential odyssey" on its cover, Daffodil defies genre and currently accepted writing theology. Readers are at one with the MC's and the writer at the same time.
Omniscience abounds on the pages through Bob, whose place in the world of Daffodil is made plain in short order so that readers don't have to guess.
There are laugh out loud moments here coming from relatable experience and accepted or rejected views. This means that Memphis might be mocking or congratulating depending on where the reader fits.
Are you in this world? Are you of it? Are you still waiting?
5 stars for derring-do.
February 1, 2023
One of the strangest works of fiction I ever read …
Daffodil can’t be called a novel in the traditional sense of a tale with a coherent plot line and carefully crafted characters. It’s really a semi-philosophical, semi-satiric, totally chaotic rumination on the nature of the cosmos, including a generous amount of slapstick nonsense. I seized on the following line as a notable description of what the author is trying to do: “Choose silliness and smile, or choose pragmatic realism and drown in the deeply morose emotional landscape that is existence.”
The universe (or multiverse) is divided into two parts. Half was created by “Bob,” as Almighty God is called. Bob is mostly treated as female and doesn’t herself really know “what it is all about.” The other half of the universe is empty and has spawned an evil, destructive monster (like an omnipotent spoiled child) who is innocuously named “Timmy.” Timmy rampages through the universe devouring the population of any planet he can find. Most of the action takes place in the mind of Daffodil, a young orphan who has been horribly abused by her adoptive parents and so has fractured into multiple personalities. This character has become the wife of the author, Truant Memphis (yes, the author is a major character in the book). “Bob” has immured Truant in a room full of clocks and set him the task of writing a story that will save the universe. And “the funny thing is, everyone has opportunities to save the universe.” And the moral of the story is, “I call her Bob, and she just wants us to be kind to one another.”
In the meantime, there is a multitude of portals and doors leading to all kinds of planets and worlds, and several characters chase (or are chased by) Timmy through this maze. One planet has a King who wants to save at least one child from every planet so their species won’t be totally destroyed by Timmy, and so we meet Mr. Brownstone, who is a shapeshifter and spends most of his time as a pregnant ferret racing through the portals ahead of Timmy, desperately trying to save his kind. There is another character who finds himself stuck in an old lady’s jigsaw puzzle. And there is Daffodil, who is trying to save herself and growing in strength and heroic stature as the book progresses …
It's a chaotic mess, but somehow I found it fascinating. I really prefer a book more like the author’s Little Thumb Sneezed, which, while it has its elements of whimsy (and violence), is still structured more like a traditional novel, where the plot could be summarized in an outline. That’s why I’m only giving Daffodil four stars. But still, the book is worth racing through along with the characters, even if it won’t solve all the mysteries of the universe.
Daffodil can’t be called a novel in the traditional sense of a tale with a coherent plot line and carefully crafted characters. It’s really a semi-philosophical, semi-satiric, totally chaotic rumination on the nature of the cosmos, including a generous amount of slapstick nonsense. I seized on the following line as a notable description of what the author is trying to do: “Choose silliness and smile, or choose pragmatic realism and drown in the deeply morose emotional landscape that is existence.”
The universe (or multiverse) is divided into two parts. Half was created by “Bob,” as Almighty God is called. Bob is mostly treated as female and doesn’t herself really know “what it is all about.” The other half of the universe is empty and has spawned an evil, destructive monster (like an omnipotent spoiled child) who is innocuously named “Timmy.” Timmy rampages through the universe devouring the population of any planet he can find. Most of the action takes place in the mind of Daffodil, a young orphan who has been horribly abused by her adoptive parents and so has fractured into multiple personalities. This character has become the wife of the author, Truant Memphis (yes, the author is a major character in the book). “Bob” has immured Truant in a room full of clocks and set him the task of writing a story that will save the universe. And “the funny thing is, everyone has opportunities to save the universe.” And the moral of the story is, “I call her Bob, and she just wants us to be kind to one another.”
In the meantime, there is a multitude of portals and doors leading to all kinds of planets and worlds, and several characters chase (or are chased by) Timmy through this maze. One planet has a King who wants to save at least one child from every planet so their species won’t be totally destroyed by Timmy, and so we meet Mr. Brownstone, who is a shapeshifter and spends most of his time as a pregnant ferret racing through the portals ahead of Timmy, desperately trying to save his kind. There is another character who finds himself stuck in an old lady’s jigsaw puzzle. And there is Daffodil, who is trying to save herself and growing in strength and heroic stature as the book progresses …
It's a chaotic mess, but somehow I found it fascinating. I really prefer a book more like the author’s Little Thumb Sneezed, which, while it has its elements of whimsy (and violence), is still structured more like a traditional novel, where the plot could be summarized in an outline. That’s why I’m only giving Daffodil four stars. But still, the book is worth racing through along with the characters, even if it won’t solve all the mysteries of the universe.
July 30, 2022
I don’t know how to categorise this book but funny, quirky, looney and a great read.
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