Space Traveller - by Nigel A JAMES
Down to Earth and up to the stars
Oskar Magocsi
It seemed that Oskar Magocsi's story would
never take-off. It was stuck fast on the ground with no clearance
to go! No American or Canadian publisher would touch it, and
Oskar had been repeatedly advised not to give up his day job.
But, he just kept on going and going. And when his book finally
flew, it went higher and faster than ever dreamt possible. It was
fantastic, and the fuel it was burning was high grade conviction
and the course it was steering was straight for the stars and
beyond!
But the course of this Sci-fi best seller had
not always been easy!
After almost 2 years of trying and knocking on
publisher's doors, Oskar had become used to rejection.
But,nothing could make him give up! And he knew that one day success
would appear. He was sure that his book would never be
sucked into in
a printer's black hole. He was convinced in himself!
And it worked! His story took off. But not in
the way he expected!
He
was at the post office and queuing up to send off a parcel. And
there, with nothing better to do, he made waiting more fun
with something to read. It was a magazine about history and perfect
for waiting in line. But then something caught his eye! In the
small-ads section was an advert for gardening books. And then a
light came on in his head.
If
gardening books were advertised and sold in history magazines, then
why not Science-fiction books, too?
And,
what happened next was all very spontaneous! After mailing his
parcel, he opened a PO box, and the writing and sending off of an
add for his book was over and done with in less than 5 minutes flat.
He was now writer, publisher and printer in one. His book would soon
be available for all.
And
Oskar couldn't believe his success! The orders and money kept coming
and coming! And, his time at the copy shop grew longer and longer.
Photo copies were no problem at all for his ever growing band of
gravity defying space minded followers.
And,
they didn't only follow him in print. Oskar, because of his
science-fiction expertise had become a regular guest on TV and radio,
too.
And,
all in all, he
wrote 4 incredibly successful books and sold more than 80.000 copies
before giving up. And, this is the point. Oskar stopped writing at
the age of 83; just two very short years before he sadly passed
on! And, even more incredibly so, he never wrote a word before
he was 60! Old age is a lousy excuse for just doing
nothing!
Oskar
just followed himself and did that which was always within him, and,
not only one, but 4 brilliant best sellers took off!
Vocabulary
advised
– (to advise/advised/advised) - beraten
all
in all – im Großen
und Ganzen
conviction
– Überzeugung
defying
– (to defy/defied/defied) - herausfordern
copies
(copy) – Exemplare
excuse
– Ausrede
gravity
– Schwerkraft
rejection
- Ablehnung
casually
– gleichgültig
incredibly
– unheimlich/unglaublich/erstaunlich
killing
time – Zeitvertreiben
lousy–
miserable
no
clearance to go – kein Start Erlaubnis
not
about to – noch nicht
nothing
better to do – nichts besseres zu tun
passed
on – (to pass on/passed on/passed on) – starb
publisher
– Verlag
sucked
into – hineingesaugt
thumbing
– durchblättern
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