Lee Olds speak to the Rebel Magazine

http://therebelmagazine.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/what-drives-you-to-continue-writing-is.html

and his book is still free today!

http://www.amazon.com/Much-Classic-Literary-Fiction-ebook/dp/B00DPLTO1C/

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THE GREAT GATSBY & THE LAST TYCOON by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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THE GREAT GATSBY & THE LAST TYCOON
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-Fitzgerald’s two great novels complete and unabridged in one beautiful edition

Includes:
THE GREAT GATSBY
THE LAST TYCOON

‘His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly’s wings’ Ernest Hemingway

THE GREAT GATSBY is one of the great books of the twentieth century according to The New York Times, Le Monde, The Observer, and just about everyone else. It was released as a film by Baz Luhrmann, starring Leonardo DiCaprio in May 2013.

PRAISE FOR THE LAST TYCOON
‘It would have been Fitzgerald's best novel…it is the best piece of creative writing that we have about one phase of American life - Hollywood and the movies’ New York Times

‘Reading this book will remind you of Fitzgerald's genius and make you mourn the novels he might have written.’ Literary Lindsey

F. Scott Fitzgerald died before he could complete THE LAST TYCOON, also known as ‘The Love of the Last Tycoon’. Even unfinished it is one of the great pieces of writing on Hollywood, and magically condenses Fitzgerald’s experiences as a screenwriter. 

THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU by H. G. Wells

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“Island of Doctor Moreau is rollicking stuff: fast-moving, lurid, fun.” Alex

"The Island of Dr. Moreau takes us into an abyss of human nature. This book is a superb piece of storytelling." V.S. Pritchett

“Much creepier than I expected and much smarter, The Island of Dr. Moreau, as with so much of H.G. Wells' science fiction, addressed the ethical pitfalls of a scientific eventuality far too early to be anything other than prophetic, yet it still manages to be more entertaining than preachy.“ Brad

“A thoroughly beautiful, eerie, entertaining read. This story is adventurous and terrifying in the same breath.” Nicola

THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU is a brilliant horror novel taking us deep into an adventure on an island populated by fantastic creatures borne out of warped science. Presented in a beautiful edition specially designed for kindle, this is Wells’ classic masterpiece which will haunt you forever.

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THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO by Alexandre Dumas

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“It is no exaggeration to say “Monte Cristo” still ranks as one of the most exciting stories imaginable, one every bit as good as anything Steven Spielberg or J.K. Rowling could ever conjure up. Edmond Dantes, a young sailor on the cusp of being named captain of a cargo ship and preparing to marry his sweetheart, becomes the victim of a plot by envious rivals” CS Monitor

“Page-turners like this one never age . . . you always want to find out what happens next.” Neil Smith

“But honestly, this is the rare classic that’s hard to put down. If it’s on your “someday” list, I would definitely give it a try.” The Book Stop

THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO is one of the most exciting adventures of all time. Presented in a beautiful edition specially designed for kindle, this is Dumas’s swashbuckling epic masterpiece which will stay with you forever.

HARD TIMES by Charles Dickens

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“My favourite Dickens: Hard Times” Michel Faber, The Guardian

“This book is, for me, Dickens' best. I loved every second of it, the darkness of Tom's steady descent into drinking and gambling were brilliant and there were several times I found myself simply rereading a few paragraphs over and over, in awe at them.” Nocturnal Pancake

“Dickens is one of my all-time favorites, and Hard Times holds a particular place in my heart.” Dori

“Stephen and Rachael’s story is touching and heart-breaking” The Literary Bunny

HARD TIMES is one of the most profound and engaging novels of all time. Presented in a beautiful edition specially designed for kindle, this is one of Dickens’ masterpieces which will stay with you forever.

CARMILLA by Joseph Sheridan LeFanu

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CARMILLA the world’s first female vampire
“Carmilla is a must read for any true fan of vampire fiction, not just because it is a good read, but because of how it has influenced so many other stories in this genre, most notably Bram Stoker’s classic novel Dracula.” Lovevampires.com

“Carmilla became one of my favourite book of all time, it spoke to my soul through words of darkness, each sentence was like sweet melancholic music echoing and engraving in me.” Skeletonorchid

“Atmospheric and chilling, Carmilla has everything we could want - gothic ruins, beautiful victim, even more beautiful and extremely sexy vampire, midnight terrors and a climactic graveyard scene. Throw in some very Victorian-style lesbian eroticism and Le Fanu's fine writing and it's no surprise that Carmilla continues to be influential on writers and filmmakers even today.” Leah

Read one of the classic gothic vampire tales in a beautifully presented edition specially designed for kindle. This is LeFanu’s masterpiece which will haunt you forever. 

LEE OLDS IS BACK

The writer Lee Olds sold 250,000 books in the 1960s and achieved great critical success. After a period in the publishing wilderness his books are now finally being released by Not So Noble Books for a new audience. His first novel ‘Too Much Sun’ came out in June and two of his other novels will be published this summer. 

TOO MUCH SUN is available on Amazon now:

http://www.amazon.com/Much-Classic-Literary-Fiction-ebook/dp/B00DPLTO1C/

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Praise for TOO MUCH SUN:

“The astonishing first novel about a runaway kid in Alaska”

“By Kerouac out of Salinger . . . The pioneer of a new post-Beatnik generation.” New York Herald Tribune

“Rowdy, wild and bawdy. Barry is as engaging as Holden Caulfield and as believable.” Book of the Month Club

LEE OLDS describes himself thus:

“Grew up in mansion of rich parents, made honor roll plus athletic plaudits in prep school I detested and was asked to leave at year's end. Went to work, traveled to Alaska, Got B.A. from Cal Berkeley, M.A. in philosophy from SF State. My thesis was on 'time, space, and infinity' and though my adviser said his committee had decided to award me the degree he also claimed if he read it over for six months he doubted he'd understand it. Worked on waterfront in Manhattan as well as San Francisco. Was disinherited along the way. Wintered for many years in Puerto Vallarta. Wrote (and still do) constantly though I have been accused of being too original to be published, too harsh, too fatalistic, etc. well, I’m still here writing and perhaps now getting published.

     

As Condorcet once said, 'the time will come when the sun will shine only upon a world of free men who recognize no master except their own reason, when tyrants, slaves, priests and their stupid or hypocritical tools will no longer exist except in history or on the stage'. One, of course, wonders if that time will ever come. must strive for it...”

An Interview with LEE OLDS

Q: You sold 1/4 million copies of Too Much Sun in the 60s What was it like being a best-selling author? What happened after that?

LO. What was it like being a 'best-selling' author? Nothing really. I’d just gotten something out there. it enabled me to engage some interesting people in Manhattan on a different level, but the publicity wasn't that great since Vanguard Press, the hardcover publisher promoted it little, and despite rave reviews bookstores didn't sell (or stock) many. The mass sales took place in worldwide supermarkets or chain stores of the paperback Bantam edition where people could pick the book up, read a few pages and either buy it or not.

After that no general trade house would publish my many submissions. Their invariable answer was 'though I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book I’d never publish it'.

Q: Too Much Sun is a coming of age story, does it mirror your own life?

LO: All first novels are pretty much bound to mirror one's life. It certainly helped develop my philosophy of it.

Q: What prompted you to work with Not So Noble, the upstart digital publishers who are releasing three of your novels?  

LO: ‘Not So Noble' caters to the arcane which my novels are, though how other trade house publishers have not picked up on this I can't say. Americans, of course, don't write philosophical novels. Might that be the reason they don't publish them? They’re too interested in perpetrating the great American myth, i.e. a country beyond analysis or quantification.

Q: You live in California, I imagine you as a 'Henry Miller in Big Sur' type figure, how far off am I?

LO:  Of course, have been exposed to all the scenes, jazz,  peace movement, rock movement, so-called spiritual quest in Big Sur and the Haight Ashbury, sometimes as an integral part of  but mostly behind them as my curiosity works in philosophical, strange, almost voyeuristic ways. They’re certainly a valid part of me, as valid as any other. I want to see whether they have any long lasting edifying effects for what one might call a better society. Or were they merely a gratuitous, hedonistic fad for capitalism to feed on and make the claim it has artists, more PR B.S.

Q: How has your writing style changed over the years?

LO: My writing style has changed over the years by becoming more didactically focused, more cooperation, less competition more socialism and atheism, less capitalism and religion two latter ideals which I believe as did the late Hitchens and Dawkins are bringing the world to an unpleasant close. Man has to confront man. Sublimations won't do it.

Q: Do you read much fiction, if so what, who are your favourite authors and why, and how has your reading changed since when you wrote Too Much Sun?

Who do I read? Tolstoy, Hamsun, Gide, Celine, Traven, Lowry, Conrad, Pushkin, Dostoevsky, etc. etc. VS Naipaul, Neruda, Borges, Marquez, Rulfo, Lillo, Hesse, Mann, Broch, Musil, Mishima, Ooka, Forester, Mistry, and many others with whom I can identify with and/or learn from. I don't read American writers much. James, Crane, Wharton and of course Lovecraft and Poe are among my favorites. The big four, Hemingway, Steinbeck, Faulkner and Fitzgerald I can do without though some of Faulkner and Fitzgerald provides interesting psychological insights. As to Pynchon, De Lillo, Franzen, Bellow, Vollman et al, forget it. As de Beauvoir said, but what about people. Where, I wonder, is the 'big picture' in America? It’s an interesting country. It must be somewhere. I’m still looking. I must say I don't consider myself well read. Foreign films are the same. You go to them to find life; not to Hollywood the bed of sensationalism and cheap entertainment.

Q: What next for Lee Olds?

LO:  Right now I’m reworking various versions of my past novels that I still hope to have published. I feel they'll better express my philosophy, i.e., no god, no free will, no nothingness. Happenstance and disposition as in evolution rule. In my foreshortening, the style itself suggests the perhaps uncomfortable, claustrophobic philosophy as well as a closer look, I believe, as to how things in actuality causally transpire. If we adapt to what I consider to be that more scientifically valid dictum and everything else goes well for us it just might lead to a more peaceful coexistence of species.

NOT SO NOBLE BOOKS, founded by Jasper Joffe and Erik Empson, is always on the look-out for outstanding authors of any genre.

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