Typewriter in the Sky, L. Ron Hubbard
Typewriter in the Sky, L. Ron Hubbard
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Typewriter in the Sky
Magical Realism. Alternate History. No Way Out.

Author: L. Ron Hubbard

Narrator: Jim Meskimen

Abridged: 2 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Galaxy Audio

Published: 04/29/2024


Synopsis

Stranger Than Fiction meets Pirates of the Caribbean in this humorous genre-twisting adventure—where a man wakes up as the villain in his friend’s swashbuckling novel.“A true masterpiece of the genre … an exhilarating romp, filled with delightful twists and turns.” —Kevin J. Anderson“Both funny and profound.” —S.M. StirlingThe author has a plot, but the villain has other plans.Mike de Wolf is a pianist on the verge of his big break—until his friend Horace Hackett casts him as the tragic villain in a swashbuckling pirate novel. The plot? Buccaneers, lost love, and a duel between a noble English rogue and a poetic Spanish admiral. The villain? Mike himself—reimagined as the brooding Miguel de Lobo.A freak electrical accident propels Mike from 1940s New York into the magical realism of the 1640s Caribbean—an alternate history shaped by cannon fire, cutlasses, and the whims of a frustrated writer. Trapped inside Horace’s unfinished manuscript, Mike must navigate a world where fiction is fact, plot is fate, and a flame-haired beauty may yet break his heart.Back in New York, Horace relentlessly plots the demise of the villainous de Lobo with no idea his best friend is living every word. If Mike wants to survive—or escape—he’ll have to outwit the plot itself … and possibly rewrite his own ending.Typewriter in the Sky is a genre-bending classic of magical realism and alternate history, where the only way out of the story … may be to finish it.Get it now.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Steven on March 20, 2015

When most folks think of L. Ron Hubbard we immediately think of "Battlefield Earth" or "Dianetics" and scientology, but he was a prolific writer who wrote in just about every genre. So this book of "speculative fiction" is not a surprise to come from a guy who wrote so much. But where some of his bo......more

Goodreads review by James on March 05, 2019

Typewriter in the Sky Some folks have drawn a similarity between this novel, written in the 1940s and the 2006 film ‘Stranger Than Fiction’, which both involve living inside a novel. In Mr. Hubbard’s novel though, Mike DeWolf actually gets transported to the novel’s universe, complete with Carribean......more

Goodreads review by Nick on August 03, 2013

Read this book years ago, promptly forgot about it (I read WAY too many books, this wasn't a forgettable book), till I watched a movie in English class. There were no references or credits to Mr Hubbard, yet the film managed to copy Typewriter's premise in its entirety, updating it to the late 20th......more

Goodreads review by Sean on December 02, 2014

Received copy from Netgalley for review. I really enjoyed this little romp with a pirate/Mike De Wolf. I know it was an old book,released way before even I was born,but I found it a good read and although it is a small book was worth a read.......more

Goodreads review by Einzige on February 22, 2022

3.5 A fun Story with a clever idea which is undermined by what it could have been. Typewriter in the sky is a fourth wall breaking satire that sets it sights on the pulp fiction writing and in this it does a good job. That said this was a book that Hubbard was the perfect author for, not only did he......more