Published: Jan. 09, 2011
Words: 112,328 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781458060433

Short description

A man wraps his car around a lamppost. The next instant he's looking down on his body lying in a ditch. He wonders why he doesn't feel any pain. What follows are "300 spellbinding pages!" "This is a story of how a mind can be set free to roam infinite space where time does not exist..." K. Jones (Amazon) "Now - Being & Becoming is an invaluable piece of literature." C.J. Good (Amazon)

Extended description

If you suspect you are more than flesh and bones, read Stan Law.

[If you want to be sure, read Stanislaw Kapuscinski].

Tags

romance, suspense, adventure, mystery, spirituality, fantasy, paranormal, philosophy, metaphysics, coma

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Review by: Fred Schäfer on Dec. 13, 2012 :
Kate Jones, Pasadena, USA, writes about "Now - Being and Becoming": "As usual, this reader was awed by the author's cosmic range of thought, global vocabulary, the boldness of his ideas, the potpourri of philosophical sources, and his charming self-revelatory candor." Yes, the same happened to me. I was impressed. In one way or another, the book deals with all the big - really big! - actually: the Biggest! - philosophical issues known to mankind. What is reality? What is time? What is infinity? What does it mean to be dead? Who am I? Is there a God? Who is God? Who is God's God? And the book is also a great love story, perhaps even a personal love statement by the author? But not only does the author ask these very big questions within the framework of a novel, he also provides a multitude of possible answers. Actually, more than that: He speculates like there is no tomorrow (and maybe there isn't) and as you read his ideas you feel that he really must have had a ball of a time writing this book.

If I had come across this book ten or twenty years ago I would have read it several times and given it 10 stars. This book could easily have become my "bible" for, say, a couple of years. In the meantime, however, I have stopped searching for answers to all these fascinating questions. As a consequence, to me these questions are no longer what they used to be. They are no longer quite as important as they used to be, they are just questions that may or may not find an answer after my departure from this world.

There will be readers who love this book and read it several time and there will be readers who are wondering what it is all about, but even they, I think, will be able to appreciate the depth of philosophical thinking in this novel. That in itself deserves 5 stars. And then there is the love story! The love story that forms part of this book is timeless, original and absolutely splendid. I do recommend this book without hesitation, but please do not approach this book with any particular expectations. Just read it and follow the flow and you will be rewarded and amazed.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Patrick Johnson on Nov. 04, 2012 :
I read every single book Stan Law ever wrote. I read his fiction and non-fiction. I even love his poems. But this novel surpasses them all. It makes a convincing case for our subconscious being a gateway to our individual immortality. And you know what? He might just be right!
(reviewed within a week of purchase)

Review by: Barbara Woolfe on Nov. 02, 2012 :
It would be difficult to read NOW and not be reassured about one’s own immortality. At the same time, I don’t believe many people would imagine it being quite as Stan Law proposes. A man enters a coma. Within this enigmatic state he gains access to the total history of the world. Not just his own but all of it. And the strange thing is that he experiences all the fragments of history as though they took place just now.

An amazing book!
(reviewed within a week of purchase)

Review by: Sylvester Drake on Nov. 01, 2012 :
There is heaven and there is hell and there is NOW. Stan Law creates a reality, which will surprise not only all the “believers” of various faiths or religions, but it might well reach out to the agnostics and atheists alike. There is nothing there that contradicts modern day science. At the same time, it is the most incredible view of reality I’ve ever read.
(reviewed within a week of purchase)

Review by: Jo Steinman on Oct. 09, 2012 :
Yet another brilliant winner. A man in coma who owns the world. Fantastic!

I’m a great fan of Stan Law’s novels, and I am always looking forward to his new works. What a delightful change from explicit sex, murder and mayhem, not to mention the gratuitous killing and gore with which our TV screens are filled to the brim. Isn’t it time someone had the courage to make a movie from one of Stan Law’s books? I realized it would make people think, but is thinking really such a dirty word these days?

Nevertheless, until they do, I strongly recommend that you let Stan Law take you on a trip you’ll not easily forget. In his book, even the seemingly dead come alive. (PS, I read my friend’s copy before buying my own!)
(reviewed the day of purchase)

Review by: Jo Steinman on Oct. 09, 2012 :
Yet another brilliant winner. A man in coma who owns the world. Fantastic!

I’m a great fan of Stan Law’s novels, and I am always looking forward to his new works. What a delightful change from explicit sex, murder and mayhem, not to mention the gratuitous killing and gore with which our TV screens are filled to the brim. Isn’t it time someone had the courage to make a movie from one of Stan Law’s books? I realized it would make people think, but is thinking really such a dirty word these days?

Nevertheless, until they do, I strongly recommend that you let Stan Law take you on a trip you’ll not easily forget. In his book, even the seemingly dead come alive. (PS, I read my friends copy before buying my own. I want to reread it.)
(reviewed the day of purchase)

Review by: Jo Steinman on Oct. 09, 2012 :
Yet another brilliant winner. A man in coma who owns the world. Fantastic!

I’m a great fan of Stan Law’s novels, and I am always looking forward to his new works. What a delightful change from explicit sex, murder and mayhem, not to mention the gratuitous killing and gore with which our TV screens are filled to the brim. Isn’t it time someone had the courage to make a movie from one of Stan Law’s books? I realized it would make people think, but is thinking really such a dirty word these days?

Nevertheless, until they do, I strongly recommend that you let Stan Law take you on a trip you’ll not easily forget. In his book, even the seemingly dead come alive. (PS, I read my friend's copy before buying my own!)
(reviewed the day of purchase)

Review by: Ron Pike on March 27, 2012 :
First I got lost, then I found myself suspended in the enormity of NOW. Yet, Being and Becoming actually make sense. Sort of. That’s right, even to me. But you’d better suspend all your preconceived notions. Great!
(reviewed long after purchase)

Review by: D Piecuch on March 27, 2012 :
Being and Becoming, eternity, all constrained within the eternal NOW. An extraordinary idea, although, to be frank, I’d rather remain in a reality where the day lasts 24 hours.

Perhaps, one day, but not yet… although it is a fascinating idea.
(reviewed long after purchase)

Review by: Marlon (Marvin) D. Clark on Feb. 10, 2011 :
Stan Law offers the best and probably the most original description of how infinity can unfold, how our life, here, on Earth is a necessary component of our immortal soul. I defy anyone to offer a better explanation. But what I really find amazing is how the author manages to intertwine metaphysics with pure science, and then enhance them both with abundant poetry. Beautiful!
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Anetta Bach on Jan. 25, 2011 :
It seems that only Stan Law manages to introduce romance, indeed, a vibrant love story, into the timeless enormity of the Universe, without leaving a hospital bed. It seems that love conquers all, even within a semi-dead, comatose condition. An extraordinary book! The more I read him, the more exciting his writing becomes. One can but wonder where he’ll take us next.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Hanna K. Loda on Jan. 23, 2011 :
It is wonderful to read how our subconscious maintains our innermost desires, even in a state of helpless coma. It seems that love really does conquer all. The novel reads as if the author, himself, experienced the cosmos as it unfolded, through millennia, indeed eons, in his consciousness. A fascinating look at the concept of Life, with a capital L
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Bohdan Czytelnik on Jan. 22, 2011 :
Mystery, suspense, a timeless love story—outer limits of the Universe—the beauty of a prairie flower. Put them all together and you get a Stan Law novel. I find him amazing. It is like witnessing flowers unfolding with the coming of spring, and then reaching out beyond the known into the realm of gods. Wow!
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Adam Kerry on Jan. 18, 2011 :
I often wondered what happens to our mind in a coma, but I never imagined such untrammeled diversity as presented by Stan Law. The author suffers from an imagination as rich and as all encompassing as the Universe itself. He steers his ship beyond time and space with the ease of a seasoned sailor. Well done, sir. And many we have more? Please?

With admiration, Adam Kerry
(reviewed within a week of purchase)

Review by: BozenaH on Jan. 17, 2011 :
While I always suspected that the life of the mind must be richer than what we are consciously aware of, this stunning novel took me way past the limits of my imagination. The author created a unified universe yet exploded it, simultaneously, in limitless, seemingly divine diversity. It is like the Big Bang taking place in your own mind. Amazing!
(reviewed within a week of purchase)

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