Willie's Planet

Ellis, MikeProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

2.4

Word count: 36K words
Chapters: 4

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Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Willie's Planet by Mike EllisAuthor: Ellis, Mike,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Mar 31, 2019

Editor's review

Willie's Planet is an English-language work listed under American and Canadian Literature, digitized and released by Project Gutenberg in 2019. Its value lies first in accessibility: as a public-domain ebook, it allows readers to encounter the work freely and conveniently, making it useful as supplementary material for the study of English literature and the history of ebooks. Project Gutenberg, founded by Michael Hart in 1971, was an early provider of free ebooks, a background that lends this book significance as a footnote in the history of digital reading. Note that the available information provides only author, language, category, and release date, with no plot, style, or evaluation; reading should therefore be guided by the text itself, without presupposing its literary standing. Suitable for short casual reading sessions on an electronic device, or as lightweight material for English learners approaching North American literary texts.

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Ellis, Mike Author

Mike Ellis is an author about whom very limited public information is currently available; the library holds only one work by him, Willie's Planet. Reliable records of his nationality, dates of birth and death, education, and writing career are lacking, making it difficult to sketch a complete creative biography. On the basis of the existing information, this work is the main window into his writing. Judging from its title, Willie's Planet has a distinctly imaginative flavor and may tell a story centered on a character named Willie or a planet of that name, suggesting a genre closer to children's literature or fantasy. In the book Ellis appears to move the plot along in a light and entertaining manner, paying attention to character and setting so that the story gains readability and a sense of scene. Because both the number of works and the critical material are quite limited, the full range of his style and his actual influence are hard to assess; readers may begin with this work and judge its narrative appeal and imaginative bent for themselves.