Introduction

Introduction

 

The flower thus far of Carl Halling's writings was first collected in early 2012 as the works Where the Halling Valley River Lies and Far Beyond the Borderlands of Scotia. And then with the cream of a later work, The Boy from the Tail End of the Goldhawk Road being added, this same flower became What Though Are the Wonders of this Brief Life, When Compared to the Fathomless Joy Awaiting, As a Perfectly Foolish Young Man I Wanted, Everything to Prove to the World Something, Paid for my Past in a Worldly Sense, Compared to the Fathomless Joy Awaiting and A Perfectly Foolish Young Man I Wanted. And so consisting to the best of my knowledge of Halling Valley and Scotia in their entirety with modifications...and extracts from the previously published eBook, At the Tail End of the Goldhawk Road, again with modifications...as well as selected extracts from The Boy from the Tail End of the Goldhawk Road. With still more widespread minor edits taking place in 2013 and 2014. It's a truly panoramic work, much of it of overt or subtle autobiographical origin, an incredibly informative compendium of essays, verses, memoirs &c., created in a spirit of Christian truth and integrity...a thrilling voyage...featuring culture, history, art, literature, verse...addiction, humour, redemption, faith, love and so much more besides. While in the cases of all the autobiographical writings except Where the Halling Valley River Lies, names of people have been changed, or modified, to the best of my ability in the name of privacy. Unless, that is, their privacy is unaffected. Or respecting those I consider to be public figures (one of which has been afforded two names, his own and a pseudonym). The same applies to certain places or institutions if I believe naming them might infringe on their right to privacy; thence a certain place of learning has been tendered two names, as in the case of the previously mentioned celebrity. Edited 6/12/17.

Reviews

[tremainiator]

A good job of obfuscating the lineage of your magnum opus, this fictionalized memoir. No one will have any idea what your talking about - except those who've read what I read of your oeuvre earlier today, also fictionalized but thinly so and unmistakably all about you.

[Carl Halling]

Yes, all about me, in general, I write about me, and for me, or rather wrote, I've barely written anything new for a long time now. But if anyone likes my writings, or takes an interest in them as you have done, that's an added bonus. But I've long accepted they are not going to be universally read, or liked. But I get a real buzz out of them existing! And just keep reproducing them. Writers Cafe has become my new "Home Page"; I love the way they are formatted here.

[Laminators Dubai]

oooh...so
thats why i read you sir..
history+life+fun+knowledge
sorta perfect for a student like me...

[Carl Halling]

Absolutely, these are among my greatest passions, history, life, knowledge, if it's perfect for you, and you share these passions of mine, and you like reading my writings, I am very happy. Thank you again.