Everything that concerns the easy town book series by Charlie Alice Raya: information, extracts, previews, background info, behind the scenes, about the characters, about the main teams, trivia and more.
book 3, the Compound in London The Compound is the fictional new base for the town project, and it’s the main location for book 3 (work in progress). I use these drafts so I don’t get lost /-) Seth closed the presentation with a glimpse into some of the project’s…
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pepper books A rough draft for a publishing house rethinking business practices Pages: Format: ePubPrice: € (incl. VAT) pepper books Introduction How we do business is one of the central questions in the town experiment of the easy town book series. Publishing doesn’t feature much in the series, but since…
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folding numbers Folding numbers is a little game, I invented while writing the Otaon chapter. This is how it works. You have a number with more than one digit, say 12. You can fold 12 by adding up the single numbers. In this case 1+2. So 12 folds to three.…
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last updated: 16 December 2021 Animals in the easy town book series Book 1apes, ducks, cows, eagle, lion, worm, blue whale, butterflies, deer, hens, horses, fish, whale, shrimp book 2/1, travelling, San Francisco, USa jaguar book 2/1, travelling, Rio de Janeiro, Brazilmice no rats, stuffed jaguars book 2/1, travelling, Buenos…
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last updated: 21 January 2022 Locations of the easy town book series work in progress Book 1New YorkTom’s estate (some two hours from New York)a secret location mentioned: Berlin, London and more Book two connects to over forty countries on nearly all continents. In the following lists you will find…
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This page is work in progress, and it will be further updated. key quotes about the town projectbook 1, beginning About this collection The key quotes are from the book 1, beginning, and cover some of the basic questions about the town project. In some cases, the quotes are stripped…
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We need to talk about sex Dive straight into the sex talk with an extended extract from book 2/1, travelling What you need to know beforehand Alice Adler convinced the US billionaire Tom Holbon to join her in developing a town experiment.While the main project team relocate from Tom’s estate…
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Overview sex-related content in the easy town books sex-related content in book 1, beginning The vilification of the body Porn Happy parents Having children? Unwanted pregnancy Gendered outfits Singledom Losing it Sexual orientation One night stands, affairs, relationships and marriage Who rescues who? Jerks of my mother’s making Role models…
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We (still) need to talk about sex INTRO Originally, I only wanted a fun opening for book 2 and eventually settled on: ‘We need to talk about sex.’ I couldn’t make the opening work. But by then, I had a lot more on sex in the story than expected, and…
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book 2/2, travelling chapter 10, Berlin book 2/2, travelling chapter 10, Berlin Pages: 143 pages, 36k wordsFormat: ePubPrice: €3.14 (incl. VAT) TRAVELLING Berlin I called Devery earlier. Great listener, a huge bag of experience, and a sober mind (contrary to my present me mind). He managed to get me out…
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book 2/2, travelling chapter 9, Russia book 2/2, travelling chapter 9, Russia Pages: 176 pages, 47k wordsFormat: ePubPrice: €3.94 (incl. VAT) TRAVELLING Russia Miron laughed. ‘Yes. Mention Russia and the alarm bells ring. Everyone thinks you are a villain or a spy. I’m really glad you came here despite the…
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book 2/2, travelling chapter 8, Romania book 2/2, travelling chapter 8, Romania Pages: 93 pages, 25k wordsFormat: ePubPrice: €2.30 (incl. VAT) TRAVELLING Romania ‘He was kinda good looking for a white guy and someone your age.’Alice smiled a little and shook her head. ‘It wasn’t attractiveness. More like, here is…
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book 2/2, travelling chapter 7, Otaon book 2/2, travelling chapter 7, Otaon Pages: 162 pages, 44.044 wordsFormat: ePubPrice: €3.67 (incl. VAT) TRAVELLING Otaon The watcher is a reminder that humans will only progress if and when they strive to understand what it is they are doing, and when they ask…
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book 2/2, travelling chapter 6, China book 2/2, travelling chapter 6, China Pages: 151 pages, 42k wordsFormat: ePubPrice: €3.56 (incl. VAT) TRAVELLING China ‘I can’t tell you. I swore I wouldn’t get you into trouble again.’‘Oh, I’m perfectly capable of getting myself into trouble.’ book 2/2, travelling, China About For…
Continue ReadingPreview book 2/2, travelling and we still need to talk about sex What you need to know beforehand Some details Refreshed from the holidays on the East Coast of Australia, the travelling team begin the second part of their journey around the world. They travel in Tom’s private double-deck airliner…
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book 2/1, travelling chapter 5, Australia book 2/1, travelling chapter 5, Australia Pages: 99 pages, 24k wordsFormat: ePubPrice: €2.25 (incl. VAT) TRAVELLING Australia ‘So we only succeed on this planet, because there are enough rogues who enjoy exploiting their fellow humans? Is that what you are saying? Cheers to all…
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book 2/1, travelling chapter 4, South Africa book 2/1, travelling chapter 4 South Africa Pages: 150 pages, 41k wordsFormat: ePubPrice: €3.48 (incl. VAT) TRAVELLING South Africa ‘Are you worried about yourself?’ That was a slip-up. There should be an actual checkpoint for any and every thought, before they are allowed…
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book 2/1, travelling chapter 3, Buenos Aires book 2/1, travelling chapter 3, Buenos Aires, Argentina Pages: 62 pages, 16k wordsFormat: ePubPrice: €1.62 (incl. VAT) TRAVELLING Buenos Aires Argentina ‘Pulse looks good. Nothing to suggest he lied,’ Any said. ‘What do you think?’‘I think there’s going to be trouble. But he…
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book 2/1, travelling chapter 2, Rio de Janeiro book 2/1, travelling chapter 2, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Pages: 68 pages, 19k wordsFormat: ePubPrice: €1.86 (incl. VAT) TRAVELLING Rio de Janeiro Brazil And while we are all for freedom, no one will have the freedom to be an exploitative jerk or…
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book 2/1, travelling chapter 1, San Francisco book 2/1, travelling chapter 1, San Francisco Pages: 92 pages, 24k wordsFormat: ePubPrice: €2.25 (incl. VAT) TRAVELLING San Francisco United States The world doesn’t want to be saved. It loves fantasies about superheroes and alien invasions, but it refuses to accept its own…
Continue ReadingPreview book 2/1, travelling and we need to talk about sex What you need to know beforehand About this extract Alice Adler and her travelling team are in Brazil, the second stop on their journey around the world. The aim of this journey is to build an international network for…
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Inside the airliner A confessionOriginally, Tom’s plane was comparatively ordinary for a private plane. But then I saw Marvel’s Agents of Shield, and I kind of thought: Hm, who says I can’t have a double-deck airliner? The airliner – draft This is the interior of the airliner. The main objective…
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The Gods Garden Each religion – or let’s say, as many as we can fit in – each of them will get an equally sized space in the garden. A religious group can use its slot to build whatever they like as long as the building doesn’t exceed the allowed…
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The beauty of modern slavery rethinking business practices Pages: 140 pages, 26k wordsFormat: ePubPrice: €3.59 (incl. VAT) Introduction One of the things that shocked me most during the Coronavirus pandemic was the realisation of how many people from East Europe labour on western European fields and in western food processing…
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dot.international a business model for a fashion company rethinking business practices coming soon Pages: Format: ePubPrice: € (incl. VAT) Introduction How fashion came into the story There were many Easy Town stories before the story you’ll find in the book series. And in every story, Alice had a personal fashion…
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The Hub Let’s build the Hub and be done with the tech giants extracts collection with extracts from book 1, beginning & book 2, travelling plus additional material rethinking business practices extracts collectioncoming soon Pages: approx. 212Format: ePubPrice: € (incl. VAT) With the support we propose for the Hub Stations,…
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key quotes about the town project What you need to know beforehand About this collection The following key quotes are from the book 1, beginning, and cover some of the basic questions about the town project. In some cases, the quotes are stripped down to their core statement. You can…
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extract, book 1, beginning: Do you think your kind of fortune would be sufficient to build an experiment? Building, being one of the clues. Exploring, another.
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last updated: 30 December 2021 The main characters in order of appearance in book 1 Alice Adler, born in Berlin, October 1972. Before the project, she worked as a freelancer in photography and web design. She studied business with a focus on finance and investment, and some economics. First impression:…
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last updated: 17 January 2022 The main teams Extract from book 1, beginning, at the first Easy Town meeting I cannot think of a single aspect of the town, its economy, its design or its people that might not be of interest to us. In fact, part of our initial…
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Opening chapter of book 1: beginning, the letter
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The original story In 2012 my friend Easy was put into a coma and eventually into a nursing home. In the debris of this event, I found the idea for Easy Town, which started as a small village centre where Easy and his fellow patients could find stimuli for their…
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The call came on a Sunday in April 2012. My friend Easy was in a critical condition after an aneurysm had ruptured in his brain.
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