THE FULL LINE — Half the way on a long, international flight over the Atlantic, a faulty plane is forced to land off its course, leaving a few passengers from around the world stuck in a far off place. Over a few days in a small hotel, those passengers connect - and then decide - to stay and start a life and surprising business together during what becomes a historic time in that different land.
THE STORIES IN A NAME.
“Bound (for) adventure.”
— The first interpretation of the So Far Bound title is the idea of going somewhere or heading toward something. The inciting action for the entire series is that the characters all decided to catch a flight to someplace new to them, and that action of traveling shapes an overall series theme of expedition. Over time, we’ll see the characters discover, explore, settle and then advance or fall in their new world.
“Bound (to) others.”
— A second interpretation of the title is the idea of being tied to or connected with others in some way. Once the characters find themselves stranded, they’ll each make way to the same hotel, and from there, we add a second shape to the story: the evolution of a found family. Within the walls of their hotel, the strangers will cross paths, attach, and soon, they’ll bind. … Who’s gonna do what with who and why and what next?
“Shit. I’d say there was about 300 hearts beatin’ in the (airport) terminal. Tall, wide windows let in plenty of natural light. Things were dark as hell up there, though.”
The “Bound” book club.
“THE SUN ALSO RISES”
— The book tracks a few people of a certain age, each with their own troubles, as they sojourn in South Europe in the aftermath of a major, global conflict. Each of the main characters are immigrants, brought to the starting point of Paris by differing past lives. They set off to Spain in search of adventure, or escape, depending on who you are. While abroad, the dynamics of friendship and romance, with passions and coded hate mixed in, form the crux of the story.
Similarly, in So Far Bound, we’ll go off with characters to a new land (to them) and watch as they meander with a varied group of peers, before finally taking root.
“THE DAWN OF EVERYTHING”
— The book reconsiders the times before the times that we attribute to the beginnings of modern society. It’s a fascinating - for better and worse - consideration of how and why all the different peoples and ideas of the world have been designed and come to exist as they do today. It’s a reminder that there is grounds for and opportunity to reshape or reconsider any aspect of the world - no matter how big or small, or silly or serious - because, well, just about everything, everywhere is made up.
In So Far Bound, we want to explore cultures and society and be curious about why things are what they are. We’ll do that sometimes earnestly, but mostly through hi-jinks and adventures.
