Man Talking: The Official Website of Mike Heppner
Author of the novels The Egg Code and Pike's Folly
Reply To: pike@mikeheppner.com
December 1, 2008
Announcing Man, the second novella (but the third to be published) in Mike Heppner's Man Talking series.
Man cannot be purchased anywhere, nor can it be read on-line. Instead, five hundred copies have been left in random locations across the country. Click here to see a PDF of the note included with each copy.
Over the weeks and months to come, readers will send in their responses to Man, and some of those responses will be shared here. Check back for updates.
Heppner's novella project began in April 2008 with a novella called Man Talking, which can be read for free here. While Man Talking was initially conceived as a stand-alone work, Heppner soon saw greater possibilities for it and decided to expand the work to four novellas, of which Man Talking is actually the third. The other three are Talking Man, Man, and Talking.
Heppner explains, "The four novellas aren't related in terms of narrative--you can read them in any order--but all are concerned with bridging the divide between people who write fiction and those who read it." Because of this focus, Heppner thought it might be interesting to present each of the four novellas in radically different ways.
"The third novella, Man Talking, is available as a free download. The first, Talking Man, is available exclusively for purchase from Small Anchor Press, which specializes in limited editions of handmade books and focuses on bringing a handcrafted fine-arts aesthetic to book production. The last novella, Talking, will come out in March 2009."
Click here to read Man Talking for free.
Mike Heppner would like to thank the following individuals for their help in distributing Man: Christa, Diane, Meredith, AJ, Gina, Stephanie, Matthew, Peter Q., Pat, Henry, Ellen, Dave, Scott, Jake, Will, Peter C., Lesli, Joe, Josh, Neil, Gordon, Sarah J., Steve, Sarah A., Jamie, Arlene, Catherine, Mary, Keith, Karen, Mikael, Claudia, Brian, and (especially) Jen.
