those last few quotes were from George Orwell. An undisputed master for me, for the sole reason he mixed together 2 things that really shouldn’t work- cliche genres and big ideas and they work well, superbly well.
1984 (or nineteen eighty four- if you want to really picky) did what I really wanted to do with Abstractions, create a fast paced thriller with meaning. Saying he did it, well he really created the mould for Fowles and that to follow.
Trying to create something different often feels like working in a vacuum. Maybe it is, and the trends and debts get added on later by scholars. To create something out of nothing…. thats a god complex I need