Books

This section brings together Ashraellen’s book cycles, standalone novels, research books, satire and direct physical author editions. Choose a larger project or begin with a specific book.

Book cycles

series and long-term projects

  • MONOLITH — thumbnail
    MONOLITH
    A literary-philosophical dystopian trilogy about control, memory and the breakdown of systems. BETON, SLUDGE and GAS trace the movement of social matter from hardened stability through viscous deformation to the loss of a sealed form.
    trilogy
  • RADIANCE — English series-cover thumbnail
    RADIANCE
    A literary-philosophical cycle of artistic research into northern legends and ancient images as living instructions for the world. Not a retelling of the Kalevala, but a return to the human experience from which such stories could arise.
    cycle
  • ERROR 404: GOD NOT FOUND — thumbnail
    ERROR 404: GOD NOT FOUND
    A philosophical-satirical novel cycle about the Heavenly Chancellery and people who seek God, Truth or justice through their own fear, pain and self-deception. Each book is a separate case.
    novel cycle

Standalone books and research

an independent entry point

  • Demotopia — Democratic Utopia
    Demotopia — Democratic Utopia
    A philosophical novel set in a clean, safe near-future Warsaw, where a democratic system assembles a person from routes, relationships, contracts and data — and may know them more precisely than they know themselves.
    novel
  • THE SACRED BOOK OF SECCUS — thumbnail
    THE SACRED BOOK OF SECCUS
    A research book about human self-deception, resistance to change, money, responsibility and inner freedom. Philosophical observation is joined here by psychological self-analysis and an inquiry into the inner mechanisms of personality.
    research book
  • You Are Already Online — thumbnail
    You Are Already Online
    An immersive audio novel — a psychological thriller and cyberpunk drama about digital reality, algorithms and hyperreality. A person notices a glitch and realizes that the system noticed them first.
    audio novel

Satire

a separate line

  • The Book of Whinesis — thumbnail
    The Book of Whinesis
    A pseudo-biblical satire about a person of the digital age: burnout, the cult of productivity, notifications, convenience, and the habit of turning complaint into the first language used to search for meaning.
    satire

Direct author editions

the book as a transferable object

  • A samizdat 2.0 author edition on a writing desk
    samizdat 2.0
    A system of direct physical author editions: individual copies, permanent public book passports and the transfer of a work to its reader without reducing the book to an anonymous mass-market object.
    edition system
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