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September 12: Paper Towns, Part 1

2007-09-12 · John · watch on YouTube · Books & writing · comedy performance

John reads the first half of the opening chapter of his in-progress novel Paper Towns, in which ten-year-old Quentin and Margo find a dead man in their Orlando subdivision's park.

What is said

00:00:00 — Greeting; John will read from the first chapter of his new book Paper Towns, still rough; input welcome

  • ★★★ John reads to Hank from the first chapter of his new book Paper Towns, warning that the draft is rough and will sound different when it comes out next year. — 00:00:00 · Paper Towns
  • ★★ The description says Paper Towns will be published by Dutton in September 2008, provided John finishes it on time; John says it comes out next year. — 00:00:00 · Paper Towns
  • ★★ John tells Hank his input on the draft chapter is welcome. — 00:00:00 · Paper Towns

00:00:20 — Reading: Jefferson Park, Dr. Jefferson Jefferson, Margo, the Ringolator, and finding a dead man in the park

  • ★★ In the reading, the narrator and Margo Roth Spiegelman grow up next door from age two in Jefferson Park, an Orlando subdivision on a former Navy base. (fiction) — 00:00:00 · Paper Towns, Margo Roth Spiegelman, Orlando, Florida
  • ★ The reading describes Dr. Jefferson Jefferson, an orange juice salesman who, once rich, had his first name legally changed to "Doctor". (fiction) — 00:00:39
  • ★ At ten, the narrator tells Margo about his invention idea, the Ringolator, a cannon to give Earth rings like Saturn's. (fiction) — 00:01:38
  • ★★★ In the park, Quentin and Margo find a dead man in a gray suit slumped against a live oak, blood coming from his mouth. (fiction) — 00:02:37 · Margo Roth Spiegelman

00:03:15 — Sign-off: John will finish reading the flashback on Friday

  • ★★ John tells Hank he will finish reading this flashback on Friday. — 00:03:09 · Paper Towns

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