The Host in the Attic by Rohan Quine, chapter IX “Nemesis”
The Host in the Attic by Rohan Quine, chapter IX
“Nemesis”
(For the rest of this novella’s Video-Book format, see chapter I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII and VIII.)
(This video is also on YouTube.)
The Host in the Attic by Rohan Quine is a hologram of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, digitised and reframed in cinematic style, set in London’s Docklands in a few years’ time. High-flyer Jaymi discovers a secret novel online called The Imagination Thief, written by a woman named Alaia; and they meet and fall in love. In his attic he hides the prototype of a new worldwide Web-browsing hologram, for whose appearance he was the model. While this hologram deteriorates into ever more terrifying corruption, Jaymi’s appearance remains forever sweet and youthful, despite his escalating evil … until the inevitable reckoning unfolds. A Distinguished Favorite in the NYC Big Book Award 2021.
For some short teasers (many of them less than a minute) excerpted from all of the above, see here.
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The nine chapters of The Host in the Attic‘s Video-Book format are here too:
And in the Vimeo showcase “THE HOST IN THE ATTIC (novella) – Video-Book format – Rohan Quine”:
I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX.
And in the YouTube playlist “THE HOST IN THE ATTIC (novella) – Video-Book format – Rohan Quine”:
I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX. (If playback of any of these videos looks at all fuzzy on YouTube, then you can quickly and easily adjust the YouTube video-player’s playback “Quality” setting, by doing the following: (1) if you’re on a mobile device, first touch the video image, then touch the three-dots symbol that appears in the top-right corner of the player, touch “Quality” and choose “1080p” (or the highest other setting available on your device, e.g. “720p”); or (2) if you’re on a laptop/desktop device, click the cog symbol on the lower edge of the video-player, click “Quality” and choose “1080p” (or the highest other setting available on your device, e.g. “720p”).)
The nine chapter title-cards of The Host in the Attic‘s video-book format are also in the Google Photos album “Rohan Quine – THE HOST IN THE ATTIC (novella) – chapter titles”.
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