The Flip Side Of Reality: The Life & Times Of Flip Bellingus (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

Is it real or is it The Flip Side Of Reality? The Flip Side Of Reality is an eclectic, if not eccentric collection of tales as told by a fictional grandfather to his fictional grandson. Flip Bellingus, an absent minded professor of philosophy at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts decides he wants to record the Bellingus Family history which is comprised mainly of accounts of his own bizarre and serendipitous life. The underlying theme of the book is, Most things in this world and in others are rarely as they appear. These tales include but are not limited to, developing a highly successful action toy with a component that proved to be valuable to NASA; the creation of a multimillion dollar conglomerate built on recycling peanut husks; excursions to parallel universes; antigravity adventures and much more. The stories are told in an engaging style and incorporate humor, insight and a good deal of inspiration. The titles: Peyote Deception & Butterflies – Flip develops a mass market action toy dubbed Flip McGuiness, Mysterious Freedom Fighter. The toy employs his latest invention, a gyroscope/spring mechanism that allows the freedom fighter to appear to be tumbling through the air in slow motion. The invention is stolen, sold to a major toy conglomerate and a bunch of aerospace firms, and then marketed, bringing in millions. And while all seems lost for our hero, Grandpa ends up prevailing in a most unusual way. Senior Smile – Flip and his daughter, Delores Saldana-Para Bellingus develop and market a revolutionary tooth whitening and decay prevention process. They meet resistance from US regulatory agencies but still manage to find success, fame and fortune. They also end up with fascinating smiles. Flip Comes To America – A touching and inspiring tale of success, heartbreak and psychedelic enlightenment at the hands of a peculiar man named Leon Fletcher and Dave the peanut boss. Beginning in the early 1920s and concluding in the mid ‘30s, Flip and confidant, Choney Ballantine make good in the recycling business long before recycling was stylish and amass a billion dollar empire. Though despite their staggering wealth, both of them are happy as middle class college professors. This story gives new meaning to the saying, “working for peanuts.” The Antigravity Caper – Flip and Choney develop an antigravity device and make the six o’clock news. Choney & Flip Visit Parallel Universes ¬– This one speaks for itself, though I find it interesting that Choney has developed a portable device (the ion arch, which is powered by six D-Cell batteries) that allows anyone to visit the parallel universes of their choice. I can’t wait until it’s available for purchase. It’s due out any time. Flip Meets Superfly ¬– In this one Flip discovers Funk, Blues and Jazz and once again notices that things are not really as they seem, especially, when it comes to government spies, aliens and soul food cookbooks. House Of Cards – Throughout the book, the reader is led to believe Flip is a serendipity tripping absent minded professor of philosophy. In this piece he demonstrates that he’s really a loving and very wise grandfather and teacher. Very loosely based on the author’s experiences with his own story telling grandfather, The Flip Side of Reality is the resulting chronology of the Bellingus Family History as related by Flip. Based on the theme that most often things are not as they seem to be, these unusual and entertaining stories will have you laughing and perhaps even questioning many of the things we take for granted. Is it real or is it the Flip Side Of Reality?