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Speed Tile | 
 enlarge | Author: John Leben
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
Buy Used: $4.59
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 6230822
Media: Paperback
Pages: 351
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0595096409
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780595096404
ASIN: 0595096409
Publication Date: July 11, 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Spine uncreased, no marks to text, cover shiny, light edgewear. Half title page inscribed by author. Overall very solid and attractive copy, not ex-library. Prompt shipping from five-star independent seller. [086z]
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Product Description
Speed Tile: A parable of Technological Dependence... John Hunter, an unfulfilled artist, literally chucks his video production business into the Chicago River and embarks on a quest to understand the strange and subtle powers of the speed tile, an odd, technological artifact that he finds in the dunes of Michigan. A haunting ghost town covered by sand, an ancient, witch-like bookstore owner and a lumbering house-mover all provide hints to the secret powers inside these alien devices. Hunter's family watches in horror as the speed tile invades his consciousness and the mind of his twelve-year-old daughter as he creates ever more bizarre and frightening images inspired by the evil device. A mysterious physicist from the Far East and an evil sea captain from the past converge with Hunter on a deserted island in Lake Michigan seeking the secret of eternal life. In a crumbling lighthouse, Hunter finally confronts the horror that his speed tile has become.
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| Customer Reviews:
Speed Tile : Good Fantasy January 27, 2001
Rick Derer (Clarendon Hills, IL USA)
If you are contemplating going through a mid-life crisis, see how one artist turned his crisis into a novel, a line of artwork and a way of life. I think John had this novel building inside for years and it must have erupted like a volcano one day. My only concern is that John's seamless melding of reality and fantasy may carry on beyond the printed page....
Read this! Speed Tile is not handiman how to book September 27, 2000
John Benischek (Des Plaines, IL)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
It's a combination Sci Fi, mystery, artistic, and funny novel all wrapped up into one. The story of an artist-wanna-be who can't handle the corporate world of Chicago and moves to the Dunes of Michigan to save his sanity. Or does he? The characters are refreshingly original. Couldn't put it down. I highly recommend it for anyone struggling against "the machine".
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