Mr. eternity : a novel

Label

Mr. eternity : a novel

Title remainder

a novel

Statement of responsibility

Aaron Thier

Title variation

Mister Eternity

Creator

• Thier, Aaron,

Subject

• Sailors -- Fiction.
• Satire.
• Key West (Fla.) -- Fiction.
• Climatic changes -- Fiction.
• Longevity -- Fiction.
• Immortality -- Fiction.
• Time travel -- Fiction.
• Global environmental change -- Fiction.
• Environmental ethics -- Fiction.
• Historical fiction
• Independent filmmakers -- Florida | Key West -- Fiction.

Genre

• Fiction.
• Satire.
• Historical fiction

Language

eng

Summary

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 unfold 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

Subject

• Literary fiction
• Adventurers
• Quests
• Exploitation
• Sailors
• Allegories
• Interpersonal relations
• Immortalism
• Civilization
• Climatic changes
• Storytelling
• Change
• Memories

Genre

• Literary fiction
• Allegories

Story line

• Nonlinear
• Intricately plotted
• Unconventional

Tone

• Thought-provoking
• Dramatic

Writing style

• Stylistically complex

Cataloging source

YDXCP

Dewey number

813/.6

Index

no index present

LC call number

PS3620.H54

LC item number

M7 2016

Literary form

novels

Target audience

adult