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The Big Bang
Notes from Looking Within
Jason Matthews
Summary of the Book
The Big Bang is a novel that subtly
eludes to the nature of God at multiple levels. Primarily it's
about creating a universe as a science project and all the wonderful
things you can find by searching within it for planets with life. The
project universe is the brain-child of two scientists, a wife and
husband team. Rose Adams is a spiritual person who believes that life is
magical and so far beyond random chance that God must exist within
everything. Webster Adams is atheist or agnostic because he simply won't
believe anything without solid evidence. The pair of scientists begin
this project while also making a bet. Rose bets Webster that somehow,
someway she will convince him that life is so far beyond random chance
that
God must exist.
Once the project is up and running, the crew has a contained,
functioning universe that they can explore with powerful cameras.
Imagine what they can find with trillions of planets to explore. At
first they find lots of planets with primordial soup and strange life
developing. Eventually, they find planets with advanced alien societies.
To Webster's amazement, the little universe turns into a discovery
machine - an overnight goldmine. He and his crew observe societies so
advanced on levels of technology and spirituality, that the world will
be forever changed. A host of characters enter the picture, hoping to
exploit all the products and ways of life of these alien civilizations.
In the meantime, Rose finds the project useful for trying to prove her
bet to Webster.
Does she win in the end? You decide.
Author Bio
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Jason Matthews studied television and film
at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He now lives in
Truckee California while he writes stories and works on getting the
movies made.
Story about the story
Like many of us, I often had wonderings
of the meaning of life and our place in the universe. I struggled with
concepts of both religion and science, trying to figure out what I
believed and where the two fields might share a common ground.
Eventually I got stuck on this idea of a science experiment, where the
creative process produces a universe that is separate to our own. Then
the questions began - What if you could study a universe and search
throughout it for planets with life? What might you find with a universe
at your fingertips? The more I thought of it... the more ideas came to
me. In little time the idea was conceived and The Big Bang (originally
titled The Universe Generator) was born. I'm now considering a title
change to The Little Universe, so I'll be anxious to hear what readers
think or suggest.
Why you choose to go “indie”
It seemed nearly impossible to get
anyone in the publishing industry to read my book. Publishers,
don't even think about getting a publisher to read your book. Even
agents were
extremely unlikely to read a tiny portion of it. After many months went
by with almost no progress, I knew there had to be a better way.
Fortunately with print on demand publishers out there, I decided that it
was better to get copies made so people could read it, then to try in
vain for years to get a publisher interested. And so I did, and now it's
been read by about a thousand people and growing all the time.
Biggest mistake(s) you made along the way
Anytime I rushed any part of the
process, it was a mistake. The print on demand publisher wasn't the one
I'd choose now if I had to do it again. The marketing money I spent on
ideas that were expensive and didn't work. The belief that I had to do
anything and everything I
could think of in a hurry, just plain didn't work. It takes time for
people to read. When they like a book, they pass it along. You don't
need to complicate the process by rushing through it.
Best thing that happened
The best thing that's happened and
continues to happen, is when someone reads the book and lets me know how
much it meant to them. Sometimes these are people I know, but
often it's from complete strangers. To me, that's the best feeling
in the world, when a tranger reaches out to let me know how touched they
were, or how it really helped them think differently. It means the story
affected them like it affects me, and I know I did my job as a writer to
get that message across.
Word of encouragement to other upcoming “indie’s”
Just like when people say, "I climbed
the mountain because it was there," writers must write stories because
they need to be told. Of course it's not easy, but most things with
great reward aren't easy. And even if your story doesn't make the best
seller list or get picked up by Oprah or get made into a movie, it's
still a valuable thing to do. It will help you as a writer and
communicator to express your creativity. It will also benefit others who
love to read and experience ideas and events from others. As a writer,
just take it one day at a time without needing to race to the top. The
tallest of mountains get climbed by simply placing one foot in front of
the other.
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