BENJAMIN HC

In a Los Angeles motel room, a cosmic quest is about to begin. Benjamin J. Carp, more than just a writer and science-fiction icon, was a cultural revolutionary. With 44 novels and hundreds of short stories, including the counterculture classic "The Man They Couldn’t Erase," Carp pushed the boundaries of literary respectability and readers’ perception of reality. Despite his mind-bending career, decades of amphetamine abuse and Southern California excess ended his life in 1982. Until 2025, when Carp awakens in a burned-out motel on the fringes of Los Angeles. He remembers dying and knows he shouldn’t exist. Is he a dream, a robot, a ghost, a clone, or a simulation? Carp, who pondered these scenarios in his fiction, now investigates his greatest mystery: himself. From Edgar Award nominee Ben H. Winters and rising star Leomacs comes a fascinating and hilariously deranged excursion into the metatextual nexus of existence and oblivion.

Who might be interested in reading?

• Fans of science fiction and speculative fiction.
• Readers intrigued by existential and philosophical themes.
• Those who enjoy mind-bending narratives and metatextual storytelling.
• Individuals interested in cultural revolutions and counterculture icons.