15 Comments:

• At 10:46 AM ,  sarah said...

  Hi Peter,
  
  You'll be pleased to know that two pages have already been added!
  
  It's a great story and really original!
  
  Where on earth did you get the idea from??
  
  Thanks for joining in.
  
  Sarah (TheNeverEndingStory)

   

• At 11:25 AM ,  Peter James said...

  Hi Sarah
  
  Thanks! I'm really pleased you like it!
  
  I got the idea when I was researching for my novel Host some years ago, looking to see if it would one day be possible to download the entire content of your brain into a computer so you would have a backup! It was then pointed out that if you did this, you would constantly have to update it, because everything you experienced after the download woudl be different to the copy. So I then wondered, OK, if you duplicated yourself, your copy and you would only be exactly the same until one of you started doing something different to the other. I found it an intriguing concept. I just checked out the two additions and they are great - really adding to the conundrum!!!
  
  I thought it would be fun to write something totally different to my normal work for this story - I think the whole concept of the neverending story is wonderful and I hugely look forward to following both my own and other stories.
  
  Best
  
  Peter

   

• At 2:14 PM ,  Sarah said...

  Hi Peter,
  
  Your comment about downloading your memories/knowledge sounds like it could be a topic for one of members stories, Larry Westcotts 'Caffeine Fuelled Ramblings of a Gemini Mind'. Have you checked it out?
  
  And do you mind if I mentioned how you thought of the idea in the forums?
  
  Thanks,
  
  Sarah

   

• At 2:57 PM ,  Peter James said...

  Hi Sarah
  
  Thanks I will check out Larry's story!
  
  And very happy for you to mention how I thought of the idea in the forums.
  
  All best
  
  Peter

   

• At 3:58 PM ,  sarah said...

  Thanks Peter.
  
  Sarah

   

• At 7:53 PM ,  Larry Westcott said...

  Hi Peter,
  
  Great start to a story. It is an area that I am interested in the whole concept of consciousness, memory and can it be downloaded or replicated. I just mentioned on our forum about an interview I had heard with a futurist and author by the name of Dr. Cliff Pickover who had just written a novel called The Heaven Virus. It is a story about being able to upload our minds into a computer and continue living Virtually. Of course in the story at that point in time the area you were limited into was that of a virtual mall. But you could do anything within the mall. Of course there is a problem in this world that comes about but I found it to be an interesting idea.
  
  Do you plan and adding any pages to the story in the near future?

   

• At 8:38 PM ,  Peter James said...

  Hi Larry
  
  I think the rules are that I have to leave it to others to add for the moment.
  
  You might find one of my earlier novels, Host, of interest - it is about a computer scientist who believes he could live forever if he could download his brain into a computer and have his body cryonically frozen. it deals exactly with the them you have mentioned - and has the darkest ending I have ever written!
  
  Best
  
  Peter

   

• At 10:00 AM ,  sarah said...

  Hi Peter,
  
  You can jump back in to the story (or any other one)at any time!
  
  There's no rules (well maybe a few, but that's what I'm there for :-))So anytime you get the urge to add another page please feel free.
  
  All the best,
  
  Sarah (TheNeverEndingStory)

   

• At 11:41 PM ,  Larry Westcott said...

  Peter,
  
  Thank you for the response it is refreshing to be able to interact with such a wonderful author as yourself. I will have to get the book Host that you mentioned.
  
  Thank you Sarah for clarifying the rule. I would look forward to Peter jumping in any time on the story.
  
  Larry

   

• At 6:42 PM ,  Peter James said...

  Hi Larry
  
  I will jump in again for sure. At the moment I'm head down desperately trying to finish my new novel against a deadline, but when that is out of the way I will apply my mind back to it!
  
  And thank you very much for your kind words!
  
  And thanks, Sarah, for the clarification
  
  All best
  
  Peter
  
  Best

   

• At 12:58 AM ,  Anonymous said...

  I am going to give it a go, what fun.
  
  Linda
  x

   

• At 3:50 PM ,  Diana E.Backhouse said...

  Hi Peter,
  I'm your page 2,4,7 and 10 girl. It's a good job Larry wrote page 3 as I have my good reputation to consider! Your story was the first one that I added to when I joined TNES and it is due to this that I am now totally hooked. I hope you approve of the way your story is going.
  
  All the best with your latest book but do spare a little time for us.
  
  Cheers
  Diana

   

• At 9:03 PM ,  Peter James said...

  Hi Diana
  
  
  Gosh, thanks so much for being such a brilliant contributor! I've been off line in Sweden for the past week but will try to contribute something soon - at the moment I am totally snowed under trying to finish my new book and can't get my head around anything else, but I promise I will contribute more to this story when I have finished.
  
  All very best
  
  Peter

   

• At 4:55 PM ,  Diana E.Backhouse said...

  Hi Peter,
  Can I ask a favour? When you do get chance to look in on TNES, please look at "House of Horrors" to see if you could add a page. It has been there for a while now and no-one has come up with a second page. I think it could do with a bit of expert help to get us all motivated.
  
  All the best
  Diana

   

• At 7:30 PM ,  Peter James said...

  OK, I will do!

   

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