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If [[The Chosen One|Neo]] had never found his way out of [[~~The Matrix|~~the Matrix]], his life could have look similar to that of the protagonist of Russell Hoban's novel, which is a mix of [[Post Modernism]], [[Magic Realism]], and [[Classical Mythology|Greek mythology]], with some wordplay and a pinch of [[Science Fiction]]. The result is very metafictional and full of dream logic, resulting in a total [[Mind Screw]].

If [[The Chosen One|Neo]] had never found his way out of [[the Matrix]], his life could have look similar to that of the protagonist of Russell Hoban's novel, which is a mix of [[Post Modernism]], [[Magic Realism]], and [[Classical Mythology|Greek mythology]], with some wordplay and a pinch of [[Science Fiction]]. The result is very metafictional and full of dream logic, resulting in a total [[Mind Screw]].

The main character, Herman Orff, who has a slight obsession over [[Girl ~~With~~ a Pearl Earring|one of Vermeer's paintings]] and in his free time chats with a non-existing entity calling itself Kraken, makes a living by adapting greatest literary works into comic books, but in the meantime unsuccessfully tries to write a novel. Desperately searching for ideas, he finds an ad which claims that the advertised company is able to help the writers suffering from creative drought. It turns out that the ad had been made by the former boyfriend of the former girlfriend of Orff, but it doesn't stop Orff from using the mysterious machine activating neurons in the new regions of the brain. After using the machine, he finds the Orpheus' head in the sewer, picks it up and listens to its story, in which Eurydice seems to strangely overlap with a woman whom he once had loved. The hero tries to work things out. Unsurprisingly, things only go stranger.

The main character, Herman Orff, who has a slight obsession over [[Girl with a Pearl Earring|one of Vermeer's paintings]] and in his free time chats with a non-existing entity calling itself Kraken, makes a living by adapting greatest literary works into comic books, but in the meantime unsuccessfully tries to write a novel. Desperately searching for ideas, he finds an ad which claims that the advertised company is able to help the writers suffering from creative drought. It turns out that the ad had been made by the former boyfriend of the former girlfriend of Orff, but it doesn't stop Orff from using the mysterious machine activating neurons in the new regions of the brain. After using the machine, he finds the Orpheus' head in the sewer, picks it up and listens to its story, in which Eurydice seems to strangely overlap with a woman whom he once had loved. The hero tries to work things out. Unsurprisingly, things only go stranger.

=== Exemplifies the following tropes: ===

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* [[Comic Book Adaptation]]: this is how Orff makes his living.

* [[Creative Sterility]]: the reason why Orff decides to answer the ad about the thought-inducing machine.

* [[Depending On the Writer]]: highlighted. Particular characters change their attitude towards the main character very often, while Medusa, Eurydice, Vermeer's girl and Melanie seem to be more or less different aspects of one personality.

* [[Depending on the Writer]]: highlighted. Particular characters change their attitude towards the main character very often, while Medusa, Eurydice, Vermeer's girl and Melanie seem to be more or less different aspects of one personality.

* [[Driving Question]]: 'What the hell's going on??'

* [[Fourth Wall Psych]]: leads to [[Mind Screw]].

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* [[Meaningful Name]]: the surname of Orff and all the mythological sobriquets.

* [[Medusa]].

* [[The Mind Is a Plaything of ~~The~~ Body]]: one of the possible explanations of the way the action proceeded after Orff's meeting with Istvan Fallok.

* [[The Mind Is a Plaything of the Body]]: one of the possible explanations of the way the action proceeded after Orff's meeting with Istvan Fallok.

* [[Mind Screw]].

* [[Most Writers Are Writers]]: Orff is a wannabe-novelist and a professional comic book writer.