BANNER FEB2010

Prelude to a Super Airplane (My Book)

by Brian on January 5, 2009

in Actoring,Airplanes,Books,Brad Radby,Bruce Willis,Super Airplane

(Click on this sentence to see the full front and back art.)

PRELUDE TO A SUPER AIRPLANE is officially for sale.

Guys, no joke – this thing is good. They always say “write what you would want to read/see”, so that’s what I’ve done.

The story in broad strokes:

In the year 2012, These United States of America is politically divided to a degree not seen since the Civil War. On one side stands the fast emerging pro-flying car contingent; on the other, the stubborn and traditional pro-airplane members of the populace. At stake? The entire future of airborne leisure and transportation.

Set against this tumultuous backdrop, a young screenwriter has written a book about the only thing that can save the airplane riding industry – an impossible to conceive, 47-story airplane of such power and wonder, the world will have no choice but to submit to its glory.

The world’s first comedy-political thriller-mystery-drama-romance-action/adventure-science fiction-showbiz insider-horror-family-energy drink industry insider-holiday autobiography, Prelude to a Super Airplane weaves the lives and destinies of 40 people together in astounding ways, as they all find themselves facing the future of airplane riding…the Super Airplane.

This is primarily a comedy, but like most things I do, it’s got a serious mythology and story behind it. I read so many comic books growing up.

If I had to sum it up, it’d be “Lost + Airplane + Atlas Shrugged + this blog + Writing Things While You’re On Drugs”.

I don’t want to say it’s a loose adaptation of this blog, but like WSM?/YAY, there are a lot of things in it inspired by what’s been done here. As GOt said, I have “an a-hole like ability to turn anything into a screenplay”. (In this case, a book.)

More than anything, it’s funny, and airplaney, and TUMULTUOUS. I think it’s also very, very unique, and possibly poorly written.

And yes, Pencils is in it. It’s also got a loose tie-in to WSM?, through one of the characters. Oh, and Brad Radby, director of 2007′s The Four Rebeccas and many other films, wrote the foreward for me.

Excerpts will start appearing tomorrow, but first I want to talk about the marketing and some more story related stuff, which I’ll do in the next post.

This all came on kinda suddenly – I always thought I was too ADD to write a book.

Alas, this like literally popped into my head in the middle of the night, fully formed. I had to do it, and it had to be a book, first and foremost.

I have no idea if self-publishing is even the right thing to do, but everything I read says first-time authors don’t get jack up front, and probably very little on the back-end, plus it would take forever to come out, assuming I could even find someone to publish it.

The fact I’ll never write another book probably wouldn’t help me, either. This seems much more easy and fun, yes?

(I think this is also the first book with an official musical score. Rob Gokee, avid commenter, contributed!)

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  • Greg Odens tonsils

    My thoughts on the book:

    Brian Spaeth, the shaman of all things side-splittingly humorous and confusing has penned what can only be referred to as a “devilish piece of excellence”. Prelude to a Super Airplane is to a book what a Swiss Army Knife is to a man lost in the wild. This book is complex, layered, and rich with humor that long time readers will know, love, and except as they child they’ve always wanted. My belief is that Brian Spaeth conceived his masterpiece, “Prelude to a Super Airplane” through the action of his uncanny wit for us to consume with fervor. You should all purchase this piece of irreverent genius. Go forth and digest with caution.

  • Greg Odens tonsils

    My thoughts on the book:

    Brian Spaeth, the shaman of all things side-splittingly humorous and confusing has penned what can only be referred to as a “devilish piece of excellence”. Prelude to a Super Airplane is to a book what a Swiss Army Knife is to a man lost in the wild. This book is complex, layered, and rich with humor that long time readers will know, love, and except as they child they’ve always wanted. My belief is that Brian Spaeth conceived his masterpiece, “Prelude to a Super Airplane” through the action of his uncanny wit for us to consume with fervor. You should all purchase this piece of irreverent genius. Go forth and digest with caution.

  • admin

    GOt has read it. If you didn’t get it.

  • Greg Odens tonsils

    I have consumed the book in its entirety, yes.

  • admin

    GOt has read it. If you didn’t get it.

  • Greg Odens tonsils

    I have consumed the book in its entirety, yes.

  • admin

    “Go forth and digest with caution.” needs to be on the cover jacket of the hardcover special edition. lol

  • admin

    “Go forth and digest with caution.” needs to be on the cover jacket of the hardcover special edition. lol

  • Greg Odens tonsils

    Does that mean I get a free non-adobe reader copy?

  • Greg Odens tonsils

    Does that mean I get a free non-adobe reader copy?

  • admin

    Sure.

  • admin

    Sure.

  • Greg Odens tonsils

    Do you think it will be worth more or less with your John Hancock scribbled somewhere within it?

  • Greg Odens tonsils

    Do you think it will be worth more or less with your John Hancock scribbled somewhere within it?

  • admin

    Significantly less.

  • admin

    Significantly less.

  • http://preludetoapretentiousreview.blogspot.com/ Kingsley Le Corbusier

    FYI, as a representative of the book publishing world, we do pay first time writers up front, often times pretty hefty sums. But you were right that it would take about a year to come out. Also, anything intentionally aligning itself with Ayn Rand is like kryptonite. Her books sell, but by and large they sell to impressionable college kids and complete a*holes.

  • Tom

    FYI, as a representative of the book publishing world, we do pay first time writers up front, often times pretty hefty sums. But you were right that it would take about a year to come out. Also, anything intentionally aligning itself with Ayn Rand is like kryptonite. Her books sell, but by and large they sell to impressionable college kids and complete a*holes.

  • admin

    Yeah but don’t those first time authors need to have some kind of “clout/significance” to get anything of note money-wise?

    Plus, by next month I’ll probably forget I even wrote this, and will be blogging at some other site because I got bored here. A year?

  • admin

    Yeah but don’t those first time authors need to have some kind of “clout/significance” to get anything of note money-wise?

    Plus, by next month I’ll probably forget I even wrote this, and will be blogging at some other site because I got bored here. A year?

  • http://preludetoapretentiousreview.blogspot.com/ Kingsley Le Corbusier

    No, not at all. A lot of first-time writers come out of nowhere and get $250K simply based on how good they think it is. That’s not to say literary award-winning, but commercially good. Example: the guy who wrote Edgar Sawtelle, which was eventually chosen as an Oprah book and became a bestseller, actually got a lot of money upfront. There was a bidding war. He probably got a million.

    That said, most first time novelists probably get somewhere between 50K and 100K.

    A year is considered a fast-track project.

  • Tom

    No, not at all. A lot of first-time writers come out of nowhere and get $250K simply based on how good they think it is. That’s not to say literary award-winning, but commercially good. Example: the guy who wrote Edgar Sawtelle, which was eventually chosen as an Oprah book and became a bestseller, actually got a lot of money upfront. There was a bidding war. He probably got a million.

    That said, most first time novelists probably get somewhere between 50K and 100K.

    A year is considered a fast-track project.

  • admin

    What takes so long? If it’s hard to explain, don’t worry.

    Like I understand why movies take forever, but I couldn’t explain it if someone asked me.

  • admin

    What takes so long? If it’s hard to explain, don’t worry.

    Like I understand why movies take forever, but I couldn’t explain it if someone asked me.

  • http://www.colonelt.com ColonelT

    I’ve carried the book in my backpack for over six days, and I can tell you unequivocally that in addition to it being a fantastic read, it’s not too heavy to carry around in a backpack AT ALL.

  • http://www.colonelt.com ColonelT

    I’ve carried the book in my backpack for over six days, and I can tell you unequivocally that in addition to it being a fantastic read, it’s not too heavy to carry around in a backpack AT ALL.

  • http://preludetoapretentiousreview.blogspot.com/ Kingsley Le Corbusier

    Editing, copy-editing, layout design, and cover design are a part of it – they take about four months total. Editing can take MUCH longer. But also, we need that done before we start selling them into bookstores, and the stores like having about a three month advance knowledge so they know what to feature and prepare for. And then getting media attention, allowing time for reviews etc. We can rush things, but it’s better to allow time to plan things right.

  • Tom

    Editing, copy-editing, layout design, and cover design are a part of it – they take about four months total. Editing can take MUCH longer. But also, we need that done before we start selling them into bookstores, and the stores like having about a three month advance knowledge so they know what to feature and prepare for. And then getting media attention, allowing time for reviews etc. We can rush things, but it’s better to allow time to plan things right.

  • TVBrain

    $15.75. Maybe Brian Spaeth… maybe.

  • TVBrain

    $15.75. Maybe Brian Spaeth… maybe.

  • admin

    TVBrain I’ll break you by Wednesday – you’re so in.

  • admin

    TVBrain I’ll break you by Wednesday – you’re so in.

  • http://www.booksareforoldpeople.com Wish

    I have a couple of serious questions:

    1. By naming this “Prelude to a Super Airplane” does this mean there could/will be a sequel named “Super Airplane”? If so, I will wait until the second book comes out and read them both at that time.

    2. Are there pictures/photoshops in the book?

    3. If I wanted a digital copy instead of the actual book what would the price be?

    Thanks

  • http://www.booksareforoldpeople.com Wish

    I have a couple of serious questions:

    1. By naming this “Prelude to a Super Airplane” does this mean there could/will be a sequel named “Super Airplane”? If so, I will wait until the second book comes out and read them both at that time.

    2. Are there pictures/photoshops in the book?

    3. If I wanted a digital copy instead of the actual book what would the price be?

    Thanks

  • Greg Odens tonsils

    @ TVBrain

    Just think of “Prelude to a Super Airplane” as in investment, not a purchase.

    If that isn’t reason enough then imagine $15.75 purchase price as seven individual items priced under two dollars at a store checkout line. Now tell me there isn’t a 90% chance you’re buying this printed work of fiction on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.

    so there’ll be a 90% chance you’ll buy it like the books author, Brian Spaeth.

  • Greg Odens tonsils

    @ TVBrain

    Just think of “Prelude to a Super Airplane” as in investment, not a purchase.

    If that isn’t reason enough then imagine $15.75 purchase price as seven individual items priced under two dollars at a store checkout line. Now tell me there isn’t a 90% chance you’re buying this printed work of fiction on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.

    so there’ll be a 90% chance you’ll buy it like the books author, Brian Spaeth.

  • admin

    Wish:

    1) That’s actually difficult to answer. The question is kinda yes and no. I’ll say this is not the end of the story, but it’s a complete story. There won’t be another book.

    2) There’s one drawing and one photoshop.

    3) I’m working on that. If anyone is really savvy and wants to head up the ebook portion of things, I’d be happy to cut you off something.

  • admin

    Wish:

    1) That’s actually difficult to answer. The question is kinda yes and no. I’ll say this is not the end of the story, but it’s a complete story. There won’t be another book.

    2) There’s one drawing and one photoshop.

    3) I’m working on that. If anyone is really savvy and wants to head up the ebook portion of things, I’d be happy to cut you off something.

  • http://filmcomposeratlarge.com Rob Gokee

    The only thing better than the soundtrack is the book itself. Brian has mastered the art of comedy and parody in his writing, and his non-linear style only makes the payoff in the end sweeter and more satisfying.

    Alright,there’s your review. Please release the rest of my dog (minus the parts you’ve already mailed to me) and call off the ninjas in my yard.

  • http://robgokee.com Rob Gokee

    The only thing better than the soundtrack is the book itself. Brian has mastered the art of comedy and parody in his writing, and his non-linear style only makes the payoff in the end sweeter and more satisfying.

    Alright,there’s your review. Please release the rest of my dog (minus the parts you’ve already mailed to me) and call off the ninjas in my yard.

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