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Mr. Eternity Hardcover – August 9, 2016

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A Thurber Prize Finalist of exuberance and ambition, spanning one thousand years of high-seas adventure, environmental and cultural catastrophe, and enduring love.

"Mr. Eternity will be sizzling in my brain for a long time." --Lauren Groff

Key West, 2016. Sea levels are rising, coral reefs are dying. In short, everything is going to hell. It’s here that two young filmmakers find something to believe in: an old sailor who calls himself Daniel Defoe and claims to be five hundred and sixty years old.

In fact, old Dan is in the prime of his life--an incredible, perhaps eternal American life. The story unfolds over the course of a millennium, picking up in the sixteenth century in the Viceroyalty of New Granada and continuing into the twenty-sixth, where, in the future Democratic Federation of Mississippi States, Dan serves as an advisor to the King of St. Louis. Some things remain constant throughout the centuries, and being on the edge of ruin may be one. In 1560, the Spaniards have destroyed the Aztec and Inca civilizations. In 2500, we’ve destroyed our own: the cities of the Atlantic coast are underwater, the union has fallen apart, and cars, plastics, and air conditioning are relegated to history. But there are other constants too: love, humor, and old Dan himself, always adapting and inspiring others with dreams of a better life.

An ingenious, hilarious, and genre-bending page-turner, Mr. Eternity is multiple novels in one. Together they form an uncommon work--about our changing planet and its remarkable continuities.

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  1. Print length
    272 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Bloomsbury USA
  4. Publication date
    August 9, 2016
  5. Dimensions
    6.37 x 1.03 x 9.58 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1632860937
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1632860934
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Customers find the book thought-provoking, engaging, and incisive. They describe it as excellent, brilliant, and magic. Readers appreciate the variety of writing styles and the author's signature telegraphic wit. The story is told from different perspectives over the span of 1000 years.

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Customers find the book thought-provoking and engaging. They say it tackles relevant themes like climate change, totalitarianism, and religion. The humor is mixed with meditations on literature and empire. Overall, readers describe the book as humanistic with wisdom conveyed in a whimsical yet serious manner.

"...But it's a humanistic book. The characters are trying to live with the knowledge that the world changes, sometimes for the worse...." Read more

"...What remained at the end was a thoughtful and incisive treatise on what changes are wrought by time and technology—and what matters most...." Read more

"...times, personalities and cultures, the book takes on the most relevant themes of our time -- climate change, totalitarianism, technology's myopia --..." Read more

"...Each story has its own nuggets of wisdom to impart...." Read more

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Customers enjoy the book's reading quality. They find it excellent, brilliant, and mind-bending.

"...It does reward careful reading. I treasured this book, and I'm sorry it's over, but I look forward to his next one." Read more

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Customers enjoy the story's length. They find the story engaging, with different perspectives and a single thread connecting it over a thousand years.

"...Thier does tell a great story using multiple point of view characters...." Read more

"...telegraphic wit, of course, but there are also insights and story lines -- love lost, love sought -- that are so deeply engaging, you'll forget you..." Read more

"I loved it. This is a story told over the span of 1000 years, connected by a single thread: Daniel Defoe...." Read more

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Customers appreciate the writing style. They find it funny, beautifully written, and enjoy the variety of styles. The book displays the author's signature telegraphic wit, but there are also insights.

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  • motorneuron
    5.0 out of 5 stars I have lived to see the world change and change back again.
    Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2016
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    I loved this book. It is thought-provoking, funny, deeply felt, and beautifully written. But it's hard to sum up.

    Its form is a series of cuts between five narratives set in different times, with one common character (who is not the main character, and happens to have lived for a thousand years). It's not really science fiction (certainly not in the laser-alien sense), but two of the narratives are set in the future.

    So what is it about? The thousand-year scope and common character let the author explore the relationship between the past, the present, and the future. The book can be funny or playful: people who live hundreds of years later misunderstand what happened in the past, or a word or a concept changes its meaning to accommodate a changing world. Sometimes it's sad or nostalgic: the future is not always better than the past, even though the past is often terrible, and people make the same mistakes over and over--slavery, greed, tribalism, narrowness. These include mistakes we know they will make because we have seen the future. But it's a humanistic book. The characters are trying to live with the knowledge that the world changes, sometimes for the worse. In each time, there's always joy.

    It could easily have been a dull book, or far too clever. But Aaron Thier's writing bears his ambitions. He is not trying to show off, although you can't help but be impressed. His sentences are exquisite, and the humor and wonder are balanced just right. The pacing makes the book very enjoyable to read in bursts or all at once. It does reward careful reading.

    I treasured this book, and I'm sorry it's over, but I look forward to his next one.
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  • Timothy Gritzman
    4.0 out of 5 stars Stick around till the end for this one...
    Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2017
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    What a romp. First off, let me say that this book grew on me. In the beginning, it's a lot to take in, and your mind is kind of overwhelmed with the immensity of it. At times it smacked of an acid trip. It begins as five discrete storylines bound together by the (ostensible) main character, Daniel Defoe, who has been alive for at least 750 years.

    But the book's not really about Dan, per se; it's about things that change, and things that stay the same (like Dan himself). In pre-civilization South American jungles or in a dystopian drought-addled future (circa 2500) where the king of the "Reunited States" resides in St. Louis, Dan stays steadfast, searching for something and someone.

    About halfway through, I began to tire of the sprawl of it all. The plot bounces around from one time period to the next, and while Thier creatively changes the diction and dialect to reflect the relevant era, it's a bit jarring. The storylines seemed to hang in midair during the middle third of the book.

    When I was about to give up hope, Thier pulled it out. The pace quickened again, and the seemingly disparate plot strands began to weave together. What remained at the end was a thoughtful and incisive treatise on what changes are wrought by time and technology—and what matters most. The final chapters absolutely crackle. Stick around till the end for this one.
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  • Amazon Customer
    3.0 out of 5 stars Grab the audio version, not print
    Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2016
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    I really, really wanted to like this book and believe I might have if I'd purchased the audio version. Thier does tell a great story using multiple point of view characters. He nails their voices/dialect, but this also makes two POV characters extremely hard to read. I struggled through reading dialect in Huck Finn and The Help and didn't enjoy either read because the inner editor in me kept trying to correct the grammatical errors, but when I listened to the audio versions of them, I was able to ignore the poor grammar. I suspect I'd have the same experience with this book. So, if you're like me and struggle with reading dialect, get the audio version instead of print.
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  • Michael Lipson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant and mind-bending
    Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2024
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    Aaron Thier's books are nothing short of amazing. This one displays his signature telegraphic wit, of course, but there are also insights and story lines -- love lost, love sought -- that are so deeply engaging, you'll forget you are reading and just be IN them. Spanning vastly different times, personalities and cultures, the book takes on the most relevant themes of our time -- climate change, totalitarianism, technology's myopia -- but all through the shifting perspectives and narratives of his different main characters. As we hear about their times, relationships and worlds, now from the mind of one character, now from another, an unusual alchemy occurs within us, the readers. In fear and wonder, we come fruitfully unstuck from our own narrow narratives. The book is magic.
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  • Mrs Slocombe
    1.0 out of 5 stars Could not get into this book
    Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2017
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    I only got 30 pages into this book. I could not finish it. It reminded me of a book titled All Men are Mortal by Simone de Beauvoir written in the 1940s. Her book was excellent! Newer writers just don't have the same skill.
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