My Meteorite

Or, Without the Random There Can Be No New Thing

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
One of LitHub's Most Anticipated Books of 2020
An expansive, radiant, and genre-defying investigation into bonding—and how we are shaped by forces we cannot fully know

Is love a force akin to gravity? A kind of invisible fabric which enables communications through space and time? Artist Harry Dodge finds himself contemplating such questions as his father declines from dementia and he rekindles a bewildering but powerful relationship with his birth mother. A meteorite Dodge orders on eBay becomes a mysterious catalyst for a reckoning with the vital forces of matter, the nature of consciousness, and the bafflements of belonging.

Structured around a series of formative, formidable coincidences in Dodge’s life, My Meteorite journeys with stylistic bravura from Barthes to Blade Runner, from punk to Pale Fire. It is a wild, incandescent book that creates a literary universe of its own. Blending the personal and the philosophical, the raw and the surreal, the transgressive and the heartbreaking, Harry Dodge revitalizes our world, illuminating the magic just under the surface of daily life.

Absolutely ,life ,love ,heartfelt

I listened until the very last word. Recommended to me by my Artist son. I was from the start . The first few chapters I found myself pulled in by the narrators voice and rhythm of speech.
Because of that I stopped to find out his story. Gladly I read about this man but only his life in pictures I found he's who tells his own story. But just a few, enough to drive my attention back to the audio book.
Thank you for this, I told my son who then told me Harry was one of his favorite professors
@Cal. Arts in Valencia

gentle . whirling . and cosmic

this book was a gentle. whirling and cosmic read/listen. it made me feel a range of emotions: happy, sad, confused and certain. the book made me think about them all...the people I love, the plants I eat and the machines I work with.

a thanks to the cosmos for putting my meteorite in my hands and mind.

Incredible

This is the kind of book I dream about coming across. The magic of existence is captured so beautifully by Harry Dodge I didn’t want it to ever end.

Beautiful, gentle, intertwined

Such a beautiful book. So precise yet unconfined. I found the writing and thoughts to be very relatable. Kept me in reverie.

MIND BLOWN, EMOTIONS IN TACT

I loved Harry Dodge's My Meteorite. The author's own presentation of the book--his delivery-- took me on an unexpected love ride. In its gentle conclusion I feel like I'm composing myself, forced to flatten the wrinkles and straighten my tie before returning to the office. What just happened? It's love and sex. Harry's voice. Cadence. Soto voce incantations. sadness. joy. whispers all just for me. in my earbuds. If I don't wash them off will he stay? I finished the book weeks ago and felt incapable of expressing my adoration here. Can he see this? Can he hear me hearing him? This has been the most satisfying book to hear, ever. I'm at the top tier on audible in our gamificationed world. This work struck deep as it reminded me that our own unchartered journeys are worthy of detailed recollection even though celebrations after the fact can never be as real as when anything happens the first time. My roots are shaken. Are shaking. His mind is not untethered but is designed so expertly to invite you to think so. fly. be free. We all need a meteorite or something like it. Harry's not here to hold your hand but he'll be sure to let you if you wish it to be. Thank you Harry. Your human beingness inspires me. Even to this moment. LISTEN TO THIS BOOK. HEAR HARRY.