The Lantern

[@illustriouschin]

"I won't board that ship." "Yes you will." Hard to argue with that logic.

[@_Stray]

Truly a great wisdom the lanterns posses

[@anattempttomakecontent776]

@James Ness "trying to change her fate would only seal it" do you not understand the paradox my guy

[@anattempttomakecontent776]

@James Ness also if you tried to shrug that think off it would somehow still get u because it is you

[@anattempttomakecontent776]

@James Ness oh wait i just got wooshed diddnt i-

[@thescrimble]

Everybody gangsta till the lantern shows up with 7th dimensional jewelry

[@Silverxlx]

XD

[@jodyparrish637]

Big facts

[@jackdark1377]

Bling. You see.

[@senter5228]

@@jackdark1377 celestial bling

[@iantophernicus6042]

You know how expensive that is.

[@free_h2o142]

" You're a lantern Harry " " _w o t_ "

[@kapoink835]

Alrighty, everyone go home. This is it, the best comment.

[@merlijn1722]

underrated comment

[@moffel96]

" and you are a hairy lantern"

[@blitzwinger999wright6]

“A lantern, and a blummin’ bright one too!”

[@justtryingtomakeachange2246]

You can tell someone’s a good writer when they can create a world many centuries in the future with technology unimaginable by today’s standards and yet still have you understand everything perfectly

[@dogcreator7439]

Nice.

[@AndreasSchlitzkus]

Well said.

[@BeeAre]

Mmm, I know what you're saying, but I think that the set dressing is always going to surround an emotional core we understand. The technology might as well be magic. It's therefore not that big a deal to wrap your head around it in human terms. Sci-Fi nerds like consistency, though, and the intricacies being played out at extreme depth. The whole "intricacies" thing is the crucial part. Great writers take basic ideas and stretch the metaphors they represent into really well-contrived central themes that would be hard to see - if they didn't take those metaphors and run with them. I'm not saying exurbia doesn't do this, mind you. He evokes pretty strong emotional themes out of metatextual space, and it is enviable that he is organized enough to x-tuple check his work; thereby he polishes it to a mirror sheen. The technologies employed are generally not the most important part. Ultimately, the human emotions that follow the logic explaining the technology are. The good writer shows us why we should care about this magical technology or setting because it makes this character do this for that purpose. When we write good emotions, we have the foundation of good writing in general. :0)

[@maskedinhabitant]

​@@BeeAre🤓

[@StrazdasLT]

Except you cant understand it. Theres simply not enough information.

[@timmd8766]

At 1:19 I'm thinking "yeah, of course I know what a lantern is" and then he describes it... Apparently I don't know what a lantern is.

[@gobblinal]

Lantern Fish perhaps?

[@icemonke1519]

RELATBLE!

Fiery the Angels Fell. Cold thunder roiled around their shoulders. Burning with the Fires of Orc. The loneliness of the Long-Distance Android is unbroken. Unchallenged. Un-meet-able.What it takes to be an Angel. Try it. Go ON! Be an Angel!

[@cabiste]

congrats 1k likes

[@timmd8766]

@@cabiste Whaaat? When did that happen? :P

[@ahomestucker]

wait a second this turtle is blue

[@otter1428]

It's Exurb2a, not Exurb1a. :)

[@TheWatcher-j5o]

@@otter1428 Good job, you clever little sausage :3

[@winterbugplays]

@@TheWatcher-j5o xP Hello there stranger, how is your day or night? if thou art not conscious then have a nice rest my probable fellow homo sapien that may or may not live on earth. OH! and ps.... Happy randomness day that I just made up

[@ShovelLettuce]

@@winterbugplays uh

[@winterbugplays]

@@TheWatcher-j5o lol okay, when? Where? And how hard

[@looolFaker]

Wot - greatest quote ever

[@janfungusamon4926]

Ikr

[@theDDude]

It reminds of Seth Meyers show 'Amber Says What' where she did Aussie or British "Wot"

[@surajdave]

8:39

[@aghitsaplane4262]

*"wot"*

[@enriqueg.zbinden6767]

Wow !! Bravo 👏👏👏

[@dheeladheel]

That ending was so great it almost got me hooked.

[@tropicalboy9803]

Dheel Adheel ALMOST!?!

[@irradiatedslagheap7933]

Well it had ended, so there wasn't anything left to stay hooked on.

[@TheH0U53]

I highly recommend that you check out the book, every story has a build up to a grand overall story.

[@Darel13712]

Imo you could see that at the very moment he said about traveling beyond time and stuff.

[@matthewpershing5128]

@@Darel13712 r/iamverysmart

[@windowpanememberrrr]

That was one of the very few “seeing-your-past-self” moments I haven’t predicted; it was very well written!

[@spary192]

Doesn’t that make the whole story a paradox

[@r2d2fromstartrek16]

Spary _192 why?

[@spary192]

R2D2 from Star Trek - If you invite you self to be a lamp then how did you become a lamp to begin with

[@r2d2fromstartrek16]

Spary _192 You invited yourself. I could very possibly just not be thinking straight or be incorrect about what a paradox is, but I’m pretty sure that just creates a type of loop. I become a lamp, do my job, recruit my past self, continue working, then eventually die. Past me goes and also does that before dying and on and on.

[@spary192]

R2D2 from Star Trek - you can’t invite yourself if you aren’t already the lantern the first time if you recruited yourself

[@dryued6874]

I'm watching this with the automatic subtitles, just in case. The bartender's true name was "Shat in the Senate".

[@tobydude7462]

Dryued 😂

[@marioscuderi7359]

I am the senate!

[@kepler4739]

Pfthahaha XD

[@xXC00KI3M0NST3R12Xx]

@@marioscuderi7359 A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one

[@pigeon_the_brit565]

sheeve is pleased

[@shin1300]

Guy: Wait Its all me? Lantern: Always have been.

[@justinpowell3174]

I'm listening to this while I'm having a poop at work. The person in the next stall is done with their poo, but they won't leave, because they want to know how the story ends. Super-awkward

[@blindedbliss]

Silly person, playing it loud enough for them to hear. How did it go though?!

[@padgettmillhouse4710]

This is hilarious, if you didn't ask them if they enjoyed the story after I'll be disappointed

[@justinpowell3174]

@@blindedbliss When it was over, they said, "wowwwww." I asked if they liked it, and they said they did. So I told them about his channel. Just a couple humans, having a human moment, with our pants down

[@catpyjamas4659]

love this xD

[@Agony..]

@@justinpowell3174 If that's not bromance, then I don't know what is.

[@Phoenix0824]

Do you have this book on audible with your voice if not that would be perfect

[@phargobikcin]

Pretty please with toast on top!

[@kyledoesdev]

Yes i would love that

[@tiagotozo811]

Clash ForLife I really want that

[@UnityGamin]

I would subsribe to Audible just for that

[@juha5377]

It would be AMAZING

[@oatmeeru]

The entire time I was staring blankly at the center of the galaxy, waiting for it to come closer, knowing it never will

[@cymothoa.exigua]

Omecats #deep.

[@brithefree8123]

I was staring at the edge of my screen and watching as the stars disappeared out of view

[@harshrajsinghrathore2812]

samee

[@alecdickens1042]

The galaxy taunts me, just as it taunts you, and others. It calls for us knowing that we wont live long enough to answer. It puts on a show we cant pay for, pulling up a chair we cant reach. The galaxy isnt calling us, it's calling for someone worth its time. Perhaps a race that managed to leave and is just now coming home. Maybe a race that found the path to the multitudes of stars and lived the trip in its entirety, like a child telling a stranger about everything that excited them about their existence alone. Whatever the case, the galaxy is far, far out of our league.

[@falcychead8198]

It is coming closer, at an incomprehensible speed, straight at you. But you'd have to wait a long time before you'd be able to see any change.

[@reidwallace4258]

I would pay good money for an audio book version of your book. I'd pay ANYTHING if you narrated the entire thing.

[@Gummypuss]

Daaaaamnnn I need like 50 more minutes of that! That was really awesome!

[@Quarkee]

Only 50? I would listen to it if it was for 3 days straight.

[@celivalg]

@@Quarkee only 3 days? I could listen to that for my whole life

[@alanturring7391]

@@celivalg only your whole life? I could listen to that for.. huh, well... *existential crisis intensifies

[@badasunicorn6870]

He is reading from. Whole book you know... Just buy it!

[@luckylu7373]

@@alanturring7391 Only your whole life? pfft.. I could listen to it in this life and the next one!

[@Ludifant]

As an aspiring writer myself, I am humbled. This is good. To sketch a world through a conversation like that is cool. It is so hard in a short story to get a good momentum and you got there in the second paragraph. But to build in so many twists is amazing and to read it so well is brilliant. I hope you do very well and I am seriously considering purchasing your book to be happily humbled further. Also that is a handsome kakapo.

[@avgvstvs96]

Did you ever read the book in full? I suspect you'd thoroughly enjoy it

[@Ralphpp]

Let me tell you, The book does not disappoint! I would extremely recommend it

[@mxnus_cxnvergxnce]

for 2 years I've had this video downloaded as an mp3. I always listened to it from time to time whenever I need to relax or blow off steam, I always used it as a coping mechanism to my stress. only today I was curious enough to check on this video online and then I realised this video was posted on my birthday

Fiery the Angels Fell. Cold thunder roiled around their shoulders. Burning with the Fires of Orc. The loneliness of the Long-Distance Android is unbroken. Unchallenged. Un-meet-able.What it takes to be an Angel. Try it. Go ON! Be an Angel!

[@FlightlessAviator]

Wow

[@dannylozano6650]

You ARE the lantern

[@whimsicalweirdo7249]

Same I can say out the dialogue verbatim at this point

[@athenamarina]

wow

[@BlueSnowOfficial]

This is probably going to get lost in the comments but if not hear me out. I'm diagnosed with dyslexia, and I am a colossal science fiction reader, well listener hence my dyslexia. I don't know how difficult it is to make an audiobook but it would be amazing if you could make audiobook versions of all of your books! I would pay for it, and it would mean a lot. Thanks!

[@trentenroberts2748]

I'm not dyslexic, but I would also like this

[@EvilSmonker]

^^^

[@MeatStrangler]

Much agree

[@alexanderpalm5262]

Yes it would be really cool if you could could make adiobooks. Your voice would be great for that!

[@helst0rm]

Audiobook, please!

[@alexmoscatelli149]

"I lied. I came to you because you'll think the matter over night, and seek me out tomorrow, and we'll travel, together. I wouldn't waste my time on you otherwise." In put a tenticle on my shoulder. "This is one of the few rituals among lanterns. We may come to our past selves, and make the offer. Ten o'clock tomorrow.. see you then." Literally gave me chills. All of this is so good because it lets your imagination run forever.. Just think about it.. this is so fucking awesome!

[@alexmoscatelli149]

What if there is a parallel universe where this story is true!?

[@mikedugdale281]

@@alexmoscatelli149 there is

[@nrbeaniebyxnrsalins9760]

Ngl I read that as "in put a testicle on my shoulder"

[@angwydud]

@@mikedugdale281 and that universe is your mind

[@amadoucisse9143]

I think it means that the creature is him from the future.

[@robertoa7357]

Im a broke ass engineering student, but after a month or two of saving, i am buying this book; i loved the last part of this preview.

[@eilensing9488]

How was it?

[@avgvstvs96]

@@eilensing9488 The book is unbelievable I've read through it completely at least 3 times reading several stories dozens of times. If you're considering it you're so lucky to have come across it, go for it!

[@eilensing9488]

@@avgvstvs96 thanks, I ended up getting it! It's really good, I've been reading it all day

[@nenadrajic9740]

The shipping is like 38 dollars for my country so I ain't getting it any time soon cause college is expensive

[@fibjyyd8f5jftfhij5]

@@nenadrajic9740 same :(

[@ThatAnArchyDude]

Wow...so THIS is what Exurb1a sounds like at .5x speed. Still deep & powerful words. I definitely want an audio book version of this book, but only if it's Exurb1a's voice. No one else would do a suitable value of justice to these words.

[@slackersama9684]

What about Morgan Freeman? 🤔😏

[@David-ur7og]

slacker sama not even Morgan Freeman

[@jaystiller5644]

Well technically its Exurb2a's voice not Exurb1a's

[@HN-kr1nf]

@@jaystiller5644 bruh

[@smokenotfire]

@@jaystiller5644 lol

[@faber7507]

Will u make an audiobook of the entire book we can buy?, I want to throw money at u

[@sonoflethal]

He has a patron?

[@More_Row]

SonOfLethal Yes but then he doesn’t get an Audiobook.

[@yttrium_32]

Same

[@dagl8]

This is something I would buy, for sure!

[@aa4a-a4]

Agreed

[@Merkules_the_great]

Two friends of mine and me created a book club to discuss your books and yesterday we talked about this story. It gave us much to discuss and to think about, especially for me as a physicist. Love your book and your stuff in general man. Thank you very much for sharing your ideas with us. Wish you the best.

[@markvel8605]

You have online meetings?)

[@steliostoulis1875]

A surprise to be sure but a welcome one

[@gorge2786]

Hello there

[@steliostoulis1875]

@@gorge2786 General Kenobi

[@seansaurus9301]

You are a bold one!

[@iancalandro8180]

@@seansaurus9301 This is where the fun begins.

[@sinoper5168]

r/prequelmemes is leaking again

[@oalfodr]

Rule 34 still does not apply for the lanterns

[@meo4255]

Damn that sucks

[@zeroone171]

I bet someone is going to read this and make a picture.

[@thedirtygrandpa.]

Bet

[@CastleBravo023]

You can't tell me what to do!

[@jetflaque8187]

orig11.deviantart.net/3b72/f/2012/243/c/d/gtlas__aya_by_kastia-d5d3h2k.png no exceptions.

[@altan5159]

ı truly love everything that man makes.

[@treebeaver]

69th like

[@pitedapollo6175]

Nice

[@Cologne_Trooper]

I hate reading and I hate listening to people reading but this changed my mind. I don’t know if only like *your* story or its your voice but I like it. Thanks.

[@mundylunes7755]

"hate reading and listening to people" That's pretty sad

Change Your Perspective.Fiery the Angels Fell. Cold thunder roiled around their shoulders. Burning with the Fires of Orc. The loneliness of the Long-Distance Android is unbroken. Unchallenged. Un-meet-able.What it takes to be an Angel. Try it. Go ON! Be an Angel!

[@sDuAvTaTjAe]

I should have seen that ending coming from light-years away, but somehow I didn't Consider me a buyer of your book you crazy brilliant man

[@YoursTruly78887]

I would literally pay thousands of dollars for an audiobook narrated by you. The delivery sets the scene so beautifully.

[@janvanwilligen9758]

Slowly applausing in my chair, in an apartment filled with solitude, thank you for this story.

[@Alan-Just-Alan]

Just bought the book. gonna be honest this segment sold it for me.

[@AlexanderWust]

man this was beautiful especially the twist at the end which was so suprising it made me shed a tear

[@aarontaylor6040]

The upload rate is perfect. The minute I start to want a new video and binge through all the old ones (again). He uploads again! I swear it happens every time too.

[@iztrix]

its strange innit

[@puremadmentalmackay]

Me you and you both buddy

[@Alexander-gy8jd]

Yeah because he knows when you want a new video. He was and will be a lantern after all.

[@janfungusamon4926]

This is main channel material man!

[@jgjgj7119]

every video i watch is like experiencing the last moments of death over and over and over again. I have never felt so alive just watching youtube videos. Thank you my friend.

[@theodoric7335]

exurb1a is actually a kakapo confirmed

[@jojones4685]

that would be wonderful

[@stevenshannon4109]

I am..... very confused

[@theodoric7335]

@@stevenshannon4109 read disc

[@stevenshannon4109]

@Theodoric oof I'm stupid lmao

[@Spearmight]

Exurb2a

[@onemlidegil5433]

Love you and thanks for all the fish

[@More_Row]

Sean Kethcart I feel sorry for people who can’t say they understand that reference.

[@explodingpineapple6459]

Best comment. Right here

[@steambladegames1741]

Fam you just won the literature side of the internet congratulations

[@clarahowson2911]

People who haven't read that, it is probably the best book ever written ( er... except this one of course, ha ha… ha)

[@jumefoc]

So random

[@billhart9832]

I'm hooked. impossible for me to stop listening after my initial skepticism due to the awkwardly worded preface. Excellent narrative voice and amongst my favorite jumping-off points for an adventure; Draco's Tavern from Larry Niven's Known Space Universe. More, please!

[@Niom_Music]

*W O H ?*

[@etherealstars5766]

T H A S RIGHT, the STEOH IS HEAVIER THAN THE FEATHES

[@StormSilvawalker]

shoot I thought I was being original... I'm leaving my comment up anyway lol

[@mundanest]

"- ,I said"

[@bennielopez4981]

Pfp checks out

[@Bonabell411]

If I wasn't broke, I would buy this book in a heartbeat

[@shahidben]

sane

[@ahaquer153]

It's free at the moment, dig through exurbia's community posts

[@StevieJosephMusic]

Dude this is amazing! Truly caught ny attention. My mind over the years has felt less and less any true excitement for a story. This grasped that feeling once again. Thank you!

[@TheAstrospace2]

When you realize this whole video is just a 13:43 ad for his book

[@maxhax367]

and god damn its a good ad

[@abjklmrsakagamiali1651]

Bloody brilliant ad

[@larrywprice2]

....& you realize it doesn't matter.

[@Jianju69]

How DARE someone try to pique my curiosity!

[@Dr.W1zard]

It's a great fucking book too this is far from the best story in it

[@nomadbynature8811]

I just discovered your station yesterday. I love it! Great voice and super since of humor. Edit: I wanna be a lantern.

[@mortenandre8288]

im already lantern

[@martinryan4488]

@@mortenandre8288 what about voidskipper

[@mortenandre8288]

@@martinryan4488 nerf voidskipper!

[@proxagonal5954]

@@mortenandre8288 what about ether space?

[@mortenandre8288]

@@proxagonal5954 i already chose ether space

[@alifasy6786]

Imagine you were about to sleep and then you found this video, heard it for a minute. You reached out for your projector and cast this video to the shilling and enjoying your sleeping “lullaby”.

[@randomroughneck1030]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHH THE TWIST IS TOO PERFECT !!!!

[@andyphu5038]

Random Roughneck SHUT

[@Sednas]

@@andyphu5038 SHU

[@nymanec]

Listening to this while reading it was one of the best choices I've made. Great stuff. As always.

[@4ci1ab]

I come back to listen to this periodically. I think about it a lot.

[@willburden1597]

and on the seventh day god said "let there be the fifth science"

[@nuclearhominoidea]

and there is the fifth science

[@jordanlaliotis9648]

and on the seventh day god said "Wot"

[@uncertaindaisy]

your stories are great to brighten up my day, or make me question my life decisions and have an existential crisis

[@ITSFLESHY]

so fun

[@animationlabz463]

This is one of the best short stories I've heard! I have a couple of thoughts on it, and even though no one will read it, I just want to blow them out. I think the main underlying theme of the story is to take risks and be bold, as shown with Paula Hammond's future's description, and the aline's description where the narrator dies in a starship to a particular place (unable to spell it), and that he will think back and realize how truly boring and dull his life was, andthat he would realize his passions at the last moment. I also think the ending hints at, perhaps, the lantern was coming back because the narrator was actually a past self of the Lantern, and it wanted to do that occasional ritual where they would visit their past selves. I really like this sort of ambiguous endings and details that allow the reader to interpret and come up with what the story means!

[@cosmicknight2171]

Well that was a plot twist I didn’t expect.

[@amziedragon6619]

Oh gosh that is captivating and creepy at the same time haha, is this your own book? If so then wow! I want to know what this is all about and who this character is. I also love that your humour is mingled in with the narrative :)

[@explodingpineapple6459]

Yeah its his own book you can see the detaila on his main channel

[@andreigirjoaba360]

These are short stories. It's not a novel about this character.

[@king.jarjerk4201]

It's been years since I've first heard this story from you. While I know it's not from the Prince of Milk, I decided I'd order it, as I want to seem more literate than I really am. Long time fan, glad to finally be able to contribute to you.

[@BigBForBoss]

*spoiler for the video* So he was the lantern's past self? I'm not a native english speaker, so i didn't understand fully. Nevertheless, it was a great story, made me curious for the next part.

[@dryued6874]

Yep, he was.

[@BigBForBoss]

@@dryued6874 ohh, that is actually a pretty cool story concept.

[@alephbunchofnumbers]

If you like this you'll like the film Predestination :)

[@Datan0de]

Yes. It was nice twist. Made an already enjoyable story even better.

[@AtomicBoom227]

Please add this to Amazon UK you beautiful man

[@gorge2786]

Yes, I’ll buy the shit out of this book

[@arkef1e877]

It is on there, I bought it. Just search for his name in the website and go to his page. Its £2.88 on Kindle.

[@AtomicBoom227]

@@arkef1e877 It wasn't on there when I had a look after posting this, but we live now :)

[@yzept]

I’ve listened to this story twice a few months apart, it is excellent and enjoyable. Especially the thought provoking dialog around the ‘baked loaf’ of time and the illusion of choice.

[@sarasmr4278]

Really well done. Also. YOU HAVE ANOTHER CHANNEL?!?!?

[@randommm-light]

yes! And it’s awesome! Wait for it.. exurb1a Another step closer to middle of universe.

[@upscaledesigns1075]

I actually bought the book a while ago, just got to this chapter and was about to read it when I remembered that he posted an audio version on KZbin, glad I listened instead of reading, that voice makes this 10x better

[@user-yq3ez3rk8y]

I need more stories from this man this, the Rememberer and then we’ll be okay are so so good and his voice makes it even better if there was an audio book I’d buy it straight away

[@nathantrieu4957]

yep. totally unnecessary but charming photo of a kakapo. accurate.

[@nyon3851]

"I like the bit when it was over" -Anonymous Amazon Reviewer

[@DavBotsArcade]

This short story is amazing. The pacing and mood is spot on and how you paint the scene is extremely satisfying.

[@spine2788]

would you be willing to do a full audiobook of this? I think it's great and would love to hear more but i don't always have the time/inclination to read

[@NawidN]

Please for the love of god, let this happen!

[@lazerbolt5277]

Let this happen

[@thebirchwoodtree]

L A M P

[@insertyourchannelnamehere8018]

*M Ö T H*

[@Fedico7000]

LÄMP

[@philosopherofinfinite4558]

M Ö T H

[@sofiakrossteig8894]

Amazing! I just had a strong spiritual experience listening to this and especially after that ending. Thank you for your ideas and wonderful writing!

[@agapitosdovles9803]

When I grow up I am going to show this video to my grandchildren, who will probably be leaving on the space era of our species.

[@chadjeremiah2568]

Probably the best 13 minutes and 43 seconds I've ever spent on KZbin. No wait... THE best 13 minutes and 43 seconds I've ever spent on KZbin The ending was epic. You need to write Chapter two man!!

[@brennahehman5579]

It's eh a whole book

[@baokhong6036]

Gives you that - the universe is so wide open feel, physical immensity, dimensional depth, intertwined with paradoxes.

[@youtube-nutzer2895]

Wow that plottwist. I had goosebumps. I wanna buy the book but I believe I can't on Amazon Austria. Edit: nevermind, I was just too retarded to find it.

[@jagajagababa]

KZbin-Nutzer I’m in the caribbean but can’t seem to buy it, all I get it a message saying that “this title is not currently available for purchase”. Kind sir, how did you solve this?

[@ErrikosAlexiou]

download as kindle book

[@shirori2004]

I decided to order this book and I planned on writing a comment here when I was done. But after finishing the book I didn't know what to say really. I was full of...thoughts and ideas but well too many to make sense of in a single comment. And so...rather than saying how good of a writer you or how intresting your thoughts are I decided to write a story of my own. And so...that's what I am doing. Writing a book of thoughts, of ideas. For my eyes, for my mind only. Why? Well. I know not the answer to such a thing. I am curious about what will become of my story. I decided not to write it in a standard way. After seeing your idea of having multiple stories in the same setting I decided to do something very similar. A story, not entirely my own built by many ideas cramped together and a story entirely my own. Hard to explain. But well. I hate happy endings. And so, nobody in my story is perpetually happy. Nothing is perpetually right. And in the end, they all die in tragedy. And in the end, everything dies in tragedy. What am I even saying? Is this your books fault? Lol. However, I can say with absolute certainty that I do not regret buying your book.

[@janvimangar247]

Idk how many times i listened to this. It helps me fall asleep.

[@janvimangar247]

im back again

[@whatareraisins]

Woah! An Exur2a upload! Hooray!

[@yngvebjrnsethrevheim6344]

It's Exurb2a you uncultured swine! *Jk*

[@sobersky3716]

I'd like someone to make a short animated movie based on this story. And the ending... just wow!

[@maya_void3923]

I need audiobook of this so much, i dont read books because as i found out i have adhd, or i think this is the reason anyway because focusing on the letters and words get so exhausting so quickly and my imagination is not working as i focus on the reading so much, this was a fucking magical moment for me when i clicked on this video and i learned that this is kist a part of the book i think? I wont leave withoit the audiobook and ill even pay for it despite pirating any media since i was a kid all my life, despite being actually homeless and broke as fuck, and addicted, and possibly in jail in the future for bullshit reasons, because i felt my imagination working like a old rusty machine starting to move in a long time, i felt alive and conscious and human and all these emotions and feelings i missed because of stress anxiety having to survive and the ever numbing presence of opiates, numbing the body as well the mind, i felt inspired and will to create something i didnt felt for so long, i really need the full book in that format, i realised just how much accessibility is important and how much i missed out, same feeling when i started to go outside, to the park, nature, just open world because lifelong pains due to my hyperalgesia, got nulled by the morphine and i was free, its an amazing feeling and i would really like to continue of that and read? Hear? Some great books, and most of the times im not intrested in but this piece feels like its gonna be this one perfect thing you stumbled upon in your life, just for you.

[@j-lly_4117]

First thing I see: “I just done a book.” *this is the premium content I subscribed for*

[@kerwenleonhardt2328]

I want nothing more than to skip back 15minutes and listen to this again It was Beautiful

[@parkercrossland410]

I downloaded it to spotify and listen to it on a weekly basis while going to bed

[@connor4868]

Thank you for these videos. You have no idea how much they mean to me. Listening to you coming up with these amazing stories has inspired me to continue to write my own. There have been times when I have been ready to give up and tie the noise, but I listen to your videos and think "but life's not all that bad, is it?" Just, thank you

[@KelsiieBoyd]

The true name concept reminds me so much of The Earthsea Cycle by Ursula K. LeGuin. I wonder, have you read them? She has a very lyrical writing style as well; I just watched your other video “The Rememberer” and was even more reminded of her. If you haven’t read her work, you should. Her works are a short, but a very powerful read. They’re philosophy wrapped up in fantasy. As always, thanks for sharing your amazing content!

[@VulcanOnWheels]

This reminds me of a point made in an episode of Earth: Final Conflict. Where Da'an and Major Kincaid said that, "the future can be changed, but only if fate will allow it."

[@janman1110333]

That is written brilliantly! The atmosphere works well with the setting, a secret gets you hooked and whilst your brain is occupied with this mysterious character you're getting hit by an unsuspected plot twist. Gave me chills man, awesome.

[@cthegreat]

I finally got around to reading Dune because of your video summary. Before reading Dune I read the Fifth Science and really enjoyed this story. Just now do I see the similarities between your Lantern and Guild Navigators. Anyway, thanks for writing your books.

[@TheSolidlad]

I was searching for a comment like this. I haven't read Dune yet, but based on the first 3 minutes of this video: /R0krUthYxF4 It feels like exurb1a (whom I love) has just pulled a Hideo Kojima. As in: almost completely copied a main character of their story from another piece of media.

[@stefanschleps8758]

I appreciate how inspired the Dune books affect your work. And your own twist on them. And what we believe is your own subtle admission of vices. Colored honesty. Is both colored, and honest. Thank you. From Wien. Peace.

[@pammathers2134]

Second listen. I’m not usually one to read or listen to a story twice. Really like the story a lot but love having you read it to us!

[@ryandonnelly6730]

i remember seeing this video about this time last year, and was kinda blown away by it, so i bought the book and wow, absolutely incredible, i’ve never re-read a book so many times in my life, also bought the Prince of milk shortly afterwards too, also an amazing book, definitely one of my favourite authors now

[@CristianViorelPasat]

Okay sooo patreon: what was the price for having you read me stories until I come and fall asleep? Oh, nvm, now i'm left just with the "asleep" part...

[@exhoost_fume4646]

This is the best sales pitch I've ever seen.

[@MrBlack.]

Ok... that last bit gave me goosebumps. "We may come to our past selves and make the offer". (*Shivers*)

[@Chunkhead]

This started out kinda dumb, but you really pulled it out at the end. This was fantastic! If you read this on an audiobook, I will definitely buy it. Ah, hell. If you read the phone book, I'd probably buy it.

[@Assisi9]

I'd seen this years ago and largely forgotten about it though i remember its emotional impact on me. Glad to have found it again. Wishing the author best of luck on his writing journey.

[@philipmartin9652]

let there be light

[@sonoflethal]

Let there be my dick Hell yeah boy it was fukkkinnnggg goooood

[@RobinNashVideos]

@@philipmartin9652 o that was for his time travel video wasn't it?

[@Webbrful]

When I saw the travesty of that first sentence "I just done a book", I thought, if this guy can't even compose his initial sentence correctly, the book is going to be a train wreak. But I listened to the story regardless, because I love Sci Fi. Well gosh damn, I was wrong. I was amazed at how good this story was. It was unique and original and a story that only deep thinking or a flash of pure brilliance can spawn. I've read sci fi for four decades to compare it to, and this story is up there with some of the greats that I have read. Well done!!

[@rfuller02]

I too have been reading sci-fi for over 40 years. I found this enjoyable and on a par with some of the best.

[@Akimoto4u]

A masterpiece as always. Got it as soon as the Lantern talked about time travel. This took me to my childhood when I used to read a lot of science fiction books.

[@karlamay_]

Goosebumps... Every. Single. Time.

[@thetruelordtachanka7526]

You probably won’t see this but I just want to say, I love you books, I have read this one and am working on The Prince of Milk. You are a amazing writer and I love what you write. Thank you for making them.

[@le563]

Currently reading your book, i had to put this on and read along with your audio, absolutely fantastic book, the lanturn is probably my favorite story so far

[@LeoStaley]

ok, look, I NEED to pay for the full version of your books in audio form. I will pay $25 per book, and Other people must feel the same. This was one of the most purely pleasurable narrative experiences of my life, and I crave more.

[@airtime89410]

Smiling, laughing, breathing deeply satisfied. Thank you.

[@pchabanowich]

This has made it to the screens of many loved ones. It is breathtaking. Clever by far, but how well you embrace how we all must face transformation. Bravo!

[@AkashMishra23]

Sup Dude, That Book is up my alley, Send it over