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'The Not-Particularly-Excellent Adventures of the Keanu-Spawn' had its beginnings almost five yearsago in 2005, as short sketches to end off each chapter of a series called 'Matrix Revolutions: The OtherVersions' that I had been writing. I never really intended them as anything more than joke fillers, butover time those short sketches started to form a proper story of their own, and eventually I decided toturn them into a full-fledged novel. I wrote it as a sequel to 'Real World', my first novel, which involvedfive characters – including Neo and Ted – entering the real world and having to deal with the discoverythat they were fictional.Part of the motivation for this fic was due to me missing the characters and wanting to write more aboutthem; another part was due to my growing appreciation of Keanu Reeves' films and the fascinatingcharacters who inhabited them. His characters have always been the focal point of my fandom.Contrary to popular opinion, I find each of them to be completely different, unique individuals, andthought they warranted further exploration. I also thought that they would make an excellent ensemblecast. The fact that this story actually works already says something about their diversity; a cast ofidentical characters would probably not result in anything very interesting happening, and neither woulda bunch of characters who know no other word than 'whoa'.So this fic was for me as much a character study as a piece of fiction, and when I started out, I wasactually unfamiliar with most of the characters I was writing about, having yet to make much headway inthe Reeves oeuvre. Many initial characterisations were based off nothing more than screen captures,music videos off YouTube and movie trailers; but they were often enough for me to get a sense of whata character was like, which I think says something about Keanu's skill as an actor at least in the realm ofcharacter portrayal. Each of the Keanu-spawn felt like a separate individual, and I liked – and still like –them all in different ways, though my favourites are Neo and Conor.If 'Real World' was for me an integral part of my early teenage years, this novel achieved the samepurpose for my late teenage years, which were largely spent in Keanu fandom – running the articlesarchive at my Keanu fan site http://www.whoaisnotme.net, defending him and his acting on the Internetwith the rest of the Keanu SWAT Team, and forming countless invaluable friendships among fellow fansin the fandom. It was another chapter of my life, one filled with lots of angst and whoa and growing up,and it is one that I'll never regret or forget, the possibility of amnesia aside.As for this novel, the characters still live on in my imagination and in the films that gave me a window totheir world. Their story does not end here; shortly after finishing the first draft of this fic (or perhapssome time before), I continued writing about them in short stories and scripts, the characters broughttogether with the ITDTs. My friend and fellow Keanu fan Caitlin was a large contributor to this; we spentmany days and nights together on MSN Messenger co-writing what is at present close to 100,000 words(more than this novel has) of chat-style scripts about the continued adventures of the Keanu-spawn andother people they met along the way, several of those other people forming the basis for what I plan tobe the next Kenselton novel. Our scripts will eventually be uploaded once I format them properly.But for now, this is the end of this novel, and I hope that you've enjoyed it. As always, feedback isgreatly appreciated; feel free to e-mail me at starwarsisnotdead@gmail.com with any comments youmay have, positive or negative.And now, repeating the last part of my afterword for 'Real World', written more than three years ago inDecember 2006 but which still holds true for me:There are still other stories to be told, there are still other ideas waiting to come. Sohere ends this novel and this part of my life, because it’s time to move on to startanother.The Author13 February 2010
0704270/006/GRA"There are two kinds of peopleOne is all the othersThe other one is me."The others were weak, pathetic, common people. He wanted them to know it. To bend beneath his will,to scream, to struggle, and know where they really stood in relation to him. To know, however it mightlook like, that he was not one of them. He was different. He was better.Because he was special.Presenting Quinto Formaggi, the third novel in the Kenselton Hotel Saga.Out in 2010.
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Next morning62nd Floor. Arrival Lob
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It is in fact at the cafeteria that
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"Okay," Conor continued. "Situation
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Jack lunged at his neck. Both of th
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Then they fell silent again as Neo
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"I did you a favour, Jack," Griffin
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"That's one," Neo said helpfully, p
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New guy gave a start. "Uh," he said
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His mom made better waffles than th
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Tommy reluctantly handed over the b
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It is after a day or two living at
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There had existed for a time an Ame
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he was pretty sure was a broken nos
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Night. A shortage of actual beds me
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Neo yanked his finger away to safet
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Neo sat by himself in the cafeteria
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Splash.The sudden rush of cold shoc
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The stairwell door opened and the b
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"Get everyone in here in fifteen mi
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Human beings have a strange tendenc
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Jack shrugged. "Suit yourself." He
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"-but we won't know for sure either
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**"We were just trying to get home!
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"It's John, assholes."John Constant
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The mob surged through both doors o
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"What?"A sudden telepathic message
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At the rear, not-Tim turned to face
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The lift dinged and opened its door
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Group B: Shane, Perry, Jjaks, Chris
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"Nah," Jesse said. "Might n-... - h
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The teen shrugged. "I don't know."
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"NO!" Shane yelled, running towards
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He smiled and vanished; leaving not
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"That wasn't really nice of y-" Dem
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"What? Hey, I just woke up.""...Dav
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"What-" Conor said, surveying the s
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"D'you have any food to spare? We'r
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