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Ricochet
Tim Dry's Ricochet is a novella-length blasphemical wedding of fevered edginess, violence, drug-fuelled nightmares, psychedelia, and madness, set in London and Paris, and written in the mould of a collision between Hunter S. Thompson and William Burroughs. Partly a stream of consciousness narrative and partly a morality tale for the end times, it's a signpost to the apocalypse of the nuclear imagination, the logical implosive endpoint of the Beatnik generation's experiment. Here lies the carcass of reality in all its rotting, putrid, and fully decomposed glory: it's what remains of the dreams of the Love Generation, laid bare for all to see.
114 pages, Paperback
First published March 5, 2015
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About the author
Tim Dry
18 books13 followersTim Dry played J’Quille – Whiphid and a Mon Calamari Officer in Star Wars Episode VI – Return Of The Jedi. He also played The Alien in the cult Horror / Sci Fi movie XTRO.
In the early to mid 1980s he was half of the legendary robotic mime / music duo Tik & Tok. They released 5 singles and a chart album Intolerance in the UK, Europe and Japan. They supported Duran Duran, Adam Ant, Depeche Mode, Gary Numan and Ultravox. Tik & Tok reformed briefly in 2005 and wrote, recorded and released a brand new album Dream Orphans in 2007, which is still available on the official Tik & Tok website.
Tim is also an award-winning Photographic Artist, whose subjects have included Mick Jagger, Barbie Wilde, Steven Berkoff, The Mediaeval Baebes, author Rupert Thomson and Joan Collins. His unique art has been exhibited at The National Portrait Gallery, Gallery 286 in London, the Royal Photographic Society, the Association of Photographers Gallery and in Hamburg, Berlin, New York and at the Arts Club in London.
As an actor Tim appeared in more than 90 TV Commercials in the UK and Europe. He has had featured roles in the films The 10th Kingdom, Soup and Decadence, and UK TV shows such as The Bill, Eastenders, Casualty, Goodbye Mr Steadman and Father Ted. In 2010 Tim played the title role in the short horror/comedy film SON Of Nosferatu. 2014 sees Tim in two independent movies: the martial arts/gangster tale Le Accelerator and the surreal short Pier Pressure.
Tim’s memoir of his involvement in Jedi and of his subsequent appearances from 2003 at worldwide at autograph conventions, Continuum - The Star Wars Phenomenon As Experienced From The Inside, was released in 2012 as an ebook and is available on Amazon, Sony Reader, Barnes & Noble Nook etc. A re-edited and revamped version of his autobiography Falling Upwards – Scenes From A Life was published by Bear Claw Books in October 2013. It contains a 20,000 word update from 2005 to 2013. Tim has also contributed articles to Forbes magazine and currently has short stories in three horror anthologies, namely The Bestiarum Vocabulum (Western Legends Press), Demonology (Static Movement) and Phobophobias (Dark Continents Publishing). The first in a series of dark fiction novellas entitled Ricochet by Tim Dry will be published by Theatrum Mundi in early 2015.
In the early to mid 1980s he was half of the legendary robotic mime / music duo Tik & Tok. They released 5 singles and a chart album Intolerance in the UK, Europe and Japan. They supported Duran Duran, Adam Ant, Depeche Mode, Gary Numan and Ultravox. Tik & Tok reformed briefly in 2005 and wrote, recorded and released a brand new album Dream Orphans in 2007, which is still available on the official Tik & Tok website.
Tim is also an award-winning Photographic Artist, whose subjects have included Mick Jagger, Barbie Wilde, Steven Berkoff, The Mediaeval Baebes, author Rupert Thomson and Joan Collins. His unique art has been exhibited at The National Portrait Gallery, Gallery 286 in London, the Royal Photographic Society, the Association of Photographers Gallery and in Hamburg, Berlin, New York and at the Arts Club in London.
As an actor Tim appeared in more than 90 TV Commercials in the UK and Europe. He has had featured roles in the films The 10th Kingdom, Soup and Decadence, and UK TV shows such as The Bill, Eastenders, Casualty, Goodbye Mr Steadman and Father Ted. In 2010 Tim played the title role in the short horror/comedy film SON Of Nosferatu. 2014 sees Tim in two independent movies: the martial arts/gangster tale Le Accelerator and the surreal short Pier Pressure.
Tim’s memoir of his involvement in Jedi and of his subsequent appearances from 2003 at worldwide at autograph conventions, Continuum - The Star Wars Phenomenon As Experienced From The Inside, was released in 2012 as an ebook and is available on Amazon, Sony Reader, Barnes & Noble Nook etc. A re-edited and revamped version of his autobiography Falling Upwards – Scenes From A Life was published by Bear Claw Books in October 2013. It contains a 20,000 word update from 2005 to 2013. Tim has also contributed articles to Forbes magazine and currently has short stories in three horror anthologies, namely The Bestiarum Vocabulum (Western Legends Press), Demonology (Static Movement) and Phobophobias (Dark Continents Publishing). The first in a series of dark fiction novellas entitled Ricochet by Tim Dry will be published by Theatrum Mundi in early 2015.
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September 23, 2015
Surrealistic, bizarre, ironic, funny, haunting, poetic. These are the words that popped into my mind while I was reading 'Ricochet', actor and artist Tim Dry's debut novella. The way that Dry synthesizes his thoughts from mind to page makes him a wildly inventive word artist. Read this book -- not for its narrative arc, as this novella is a series of vignettes and short stories -- but for the sheer exhilaration of a literary roller coaster ride through Dry's vivid and audacious imagination.
My personal favorites were: the mysterious fate of Trojan Darkly; Baudelaire and the Angel of Death; the blackly disturbing incident at the cliff; Michael Caine and the giant slugs; the clairvoyant's extraordinary end; the nightmares of the Circle Line; and Ellen's alien Nazi night visitors. Entertaining to the max and highly recommended.
My personal favorites were: the mysterious fate of Trojan Darkly; Baudelaire and the Angel of Death; the blackly disturbing incident at the cliff; Michael Caine and the giant slugs; the clairvoyant's extraordinary end; the nightmares of the Circle Line; and Ellen's alien Nazi night visitors. Entertaining to the max and highly recommended.
July 16, 2016
Tim Dry. Don't think you've heard the name? Maybe not, but I'm sure you know of him. Look up the definition of "Renaissance Man" and Tim's picture is the only thing you'll see. He is a mime artist, photographic artist, musician (one half of Tik and Tok), actor (appearing in Return of the Jedi), and writer. And he excels in each category.
Ricochet is Tim's first published novella. But rather than a complete story, it is an eclectic series of unconnected vignettes that range from thought provoking to the downright surreal. If Salvador Dali had put pen to paper, the result would look like some of the stories presented here. Others read like a French Noir film - you have no idea what's going on, but you still get an unsettling feeling when it's over. But that's not a bad thing. The fact that many of the stories force you to think is outstanding, in and of itself.
Heading each story was a headline - that had nothing to do with the story - as if pulled from some imaginary tabloid. They were as entertaining as the story that followed.
I won't rehash all the stories - some are too short or bizarre to even try. Suffice to say, each was a gem in their own right and the journey though this novella was like watching Monty Python - nothing's connected, you have no idea what's coming next, but in the end you've enjoyed yourself.
A few key notes: I loved all the movie references, as well as the music references. There is a story about John Lennon that was awesome. Two of my favorite stories however are these: There is one about a writer who buys prose as if they were drugs and the one about a boy who develops the power to read minds. I also liked the way Tim finished the novella - with an afterward that told "the rest of the story".
If you like surrealism, and want to read something a little more thought provoking than your standard NY Times best seller cookie-cutter novel, then pick this one up. Just be prepared to read it a second time.
Ricochet is Tim's first published novella. But rather than a complete story, it is an eclectic series of unconnected vignettes that range from thought provoking to the downright surreal. If Salvador Dali had put pen to paper, the result would look like some of the stories presented here. Others read like a French Noir film - you have no idea what's going on, but you still get an unsettling feeling when it's over. But that's not a bad thing. The fact that many of the stories force you to think is outstanding, in and of itself.
Heading each story was a headline - that had nothing to do with the story - as if pulled from some imaginary tabloid. They were as entertaining as the story that followed.
I won't rehash all the stories - some are too short or bizarre to even try. Suffice to say, each was a gem in their own right and the journey though this novella was like watching Monty Python - nothing's connected, you have no idea what's coming next, but in the end you've enjoyed yourself.
A few key notes: I loved all the movie references, as well as the music references. There is a story about John Lennon that was awesome. Two of my favorite stories however are these: There is one about a writer who buys prose as if they were drugs and the one about a boy who develops the power to read minds. I also liked the way Tim finished the novella - with an afterward that told "the rest of the story".
If you like surrealism, and want to read something a little more thought provoking than your standard NY Times best seller cookie-cutter novel, then pick this one up. Just be prepared to read it a second time.
November 13, 2015
Ricochet is a very hard book to immediately categorise, in some ways it is an entity in its own right, as unique as any piece of fiction deserves to be.
It hits hard and fast with a series of rapid fire shorts, and by the time you reach the second a traumatic war story set in the magical world of Nutwood, home of Rupert the Bear (British people will appreciate this) , you know that you are onto something very special.
There are no chapters, and the stories are not really divided by individual titles, in fact they are not really short stories as such, probably more likely to be classified as flash-fiction. It makes them all the more readable, crashing through the head with a speed and dynamic that is so fast that fast-paced does not do it justice. Each story is separated by a line or two that read like corkscrewed newspaper headlines, each a thought-provoking idea in its own right.
There are a plethora of ideas thrown at you and each one is told with measured style and skill. It is hard to say which stories stand out the most because they are all so different that they all work fantastically. From the aforementioned Rupert update, there are run ins with figures like Michael Caine, Jim Morrison, John Lennon and Elvis, not to forget Heinrich Himmler…
Even as you are reading each story though there are hints that the stories might be slightly more interlinked that it originally appears, even if it is not a strong connection there are enough subtle links to make the thing a lot more cohesive that it initially seems. There is an excellent story featuring The Master (the devil) who talks about the nature of hell and punishment, with a few detours on heaven and God. It might also serve to tie the stories together a little.
The whole thing concludes with a fast paced round up that serves to bring an end to all the stories in a manner that is conversational and satisfying.
Really different and incredibly entertaining.
It hits hard and fast with a series of rapid fire shorts, and by the time you reach the second a traumatic war story set in the magical world of Nutwood, home of Rupert the Bear (British people will appreciate this) , you know that you are onto something very special.
There are no chapters, and the stories are not really divided by individual titles, in fact they are not really short stories as such, probably more likely to be classified as flash-fiction. It makes them all the more readable, crashing through the head with a speed and dynamic that is so fast that fast-paced does not do it justice. Each story is separated by a line or two that read like corkscrewed newspaper headlines, each a thought-provoking idea in its own right.
There are a plethora of ideas thrown at you and each one is told with measured style and skill. It is hard to say which stories stand out the most because they are all so different that they all work fantastically. From the aforementioned Rupert update, there are run ins with figures like Michael Caine, Jim Morrison, John Lennon and Elvis, not to forget Heinrich Himmler…
Even as you are reading each story though there are hints that the stories might be slightly more interlinked that it originally appears, even if it is not a strong connection there are enough subtle links to make the thing a lot more cohesive that it initially seems. There is an excellent story featuring The Master (the devil) who talks about the nature of hell and punishment, with a few detours on heaven and God. It might also serve to tie the stories together a little.
The whole thing concludes with a fast paced round up that serves to bring an end to all the stories in a manner that is conversational and satisfying.
Really different and incredibly entertaining.
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