Automated Daydreaming
The Five Lives of Bricker Cablejuice
by William Pauley III
Narrated by Connor Brannigan
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Pub Date 22 Feb 2022 | Archive Date 19 Feb 2023
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Description
This is a cycle.
Unalleviated, its components are connected by electricity and fed through the rage of lightning. Insect and road monsters scour the desert. Bodies morph into new constructions, only partially human and searching for conclusion. Tongues entwine in an embrace of benthos, while mermaids and jellyfish glow in tandem.
The moon is waiting. Dream.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Audiobook, Unabridged |
| ISBN | 9781667960920 |
| PRICE | $19.99 (USD) |
| DURATION | 5 Hours, 53 Minutes |
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Featured Reviews
Stephanie B, Reviewer
ARC audiobook provided in exchange for an honest review.
As always, the narration on this book by Connor Brannigan was fantastic! He can put on so many characters voices, you’d believe there were 6 different people talking! The story itself is true horror in its purest form. This author is an automatic read for me! I would definitely recommend to anyone who enjoys creepy stories and doesn’t have too many triggers.
ismail o, Bookseller
Immortality has been glamorized for ages. William Pauley III explores the dark side of immortality in his ambitious novel Automated Daydreaming: The Five Lives of Bricker Cablejuice.
Emily P, Reviewer
I have a very hard time reviewing bizarro/weird genres even though I enjoy reading them. I myself write surrealism, and the similarities sometimes make it hard for me to grasp the differences. Because this writing was so cyclical, the dissonance and disconnection in certain moments was distracting to me. But overall I enjoyed this book.
Sara G, Reviewer
This is my first time reading anything by William Pauley III, and it was incredible. This novel was incredibly surreal and immersive, and left me feeling extremely uncomfortable in a very good way.
Bricker being forced to experience these five different lives in a state of automated daydreaming is harrowing, creepy, and deeply unsettling. It was so vivid and detailed, but also confusing.
The way these different stories that Bricker is living through intertwine together was really different than most novels that I've been reading, and listening to it through audiobook made it all the more compelling and creepy.
This book truly shines in showing the dark and seedy side of immortality, and the moral gray areas that arise from chasing it.
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