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R. O.
by E.W. Harrington
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Unhappy at work and recently divorced, Eli Marin decides to take an Indian Medicine retreat at his brother’s cabin in the Allegheny mountains. In the college town he meets young Amy, and Paul McGinnis, high-tech entrepreneur and creator of R. O., an artificial intelligence built into an amulet, a wearable game device.
At McGinnis’s company mansion, El Marin puts on the game amulet for a virtual race to Venus. But R. O. interacts in a mysterious way with the Indian Medicine – transporting Eli and his friends to an Oz, or Hotel California, resort called Cape Rose.
Checking into the Cape Rose Inn along with Eli are Amy, her mother, her mentally disabled brother Eddie, and Dr. McGinnis himself. Each comes to terms with his or her deepest desire, but such may be achieved only if Eli and R. O. together can figure out if they can ever leave.
AMAZON REVIEWS
“This is masterful writing, and a rare find. Subtle, deep, yet delightfully familiar with the cult of surfaces . . . This tale circles around some big themes — questions of Why we’re here, What can we know for sure, and Who and what are we anyway? all tackled with a dry and quirky humor throughout that will have you laughing out loud — so that your partner — or your cat — will wonder what you’re laughing at.”
“This is masterful writing, and a rare find. Subtle, deep, yet delightfully familiar with the cult of surfaces . . . This tale circles around some big themes — questions of Why we’re here, What can we know for sure, and Who and what are we anyway? all tackled with a dry and quirky humor throughout that will have you laughing out loud — so that your partner — or your cat — will wonder what you’re laughing at. There are also sections that may have you crying — at least momentarily — inside — for their poignance and humanity. Offbeat, likeable characters (reminiscent of Flannery O’Connor); images of earth and sea’s beauty and the scope of man’s journey ( reminiscent of Homer’s Odyssey); balloon rides reminiscent of The Wizard Of Oz — and a very urbane, high-tech modern setting win the reader over and allow the author to take them on a journey so weird, so far out, and so cool, you almost don’t want to return. But do you? I won’t spoil it and say, but I will say this: by the end of the book you feel more human, more expanded, and more okay than ever.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Born in Oakland, CA. while father was getting PhD in Biochemistry at Berkeley on the G. I. Bill. Then went to Cambridge, England, then to Copenhagen, then to Iowa, then to Chevy Chase, then to Baltimore. Went to Baltimore City College (High School), and Johns Hopkins. Dropped out twice, (bookstores, Holiday Inn in DC), finally given undergrad degree with something to do with creative writing. John Barth, Hugh Kenner. Didn’t attend my graduation. Mother used to remind me that Father, chair of Biology, carried the mace in the graduation procession. Smoked dope with good friend every weekend after that,(a wonderful experience), then hiked five weeks on the Appalachian Trail. Took a bus from Roanoke, VA to Miami, the goal being Jamaica. Lived two weeks in a skid row hotel, kicked out for non-payment of rent and was out on the street two or three days. Ants will bite you when you’re trying to sleep under a bridge. Jailed briefly for vagrancy (beachgoers don’t like to cross paths with hungry, homeless people). Friend who I used to smoke dope with wired me a bus ticket from Miami back to Baltimore. Went to live three years in a Zen Center, married at Zen Center, son born, left Zen to work twelve years with people with disabilities. Taught myself computer programming, been a software developer ever since. Remarried to Lisa, who helps to keep me mostly honest and kind.
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