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D. E. Munson

Third Book In The Works… Coming Soon!

And So Begins the Journey

“A journey of a thousand miles usually takes a while. You can quote me on that.” Space Larrabee, By the Time I Got There

D. E. Munson

About the Author

Background

D. E. Munson is the author of In Search of Space and Thyme and By the Time I Got There, the first two books of The Chronicles of Space & Thyme, a series of novels detailing the antics of divinity dropout Space Larrabee in his quest for meaning in life. 

Writing Roots

Born and raised in upstate New York, he spent his early years with every intention of becoming a clergyman.
After graduating high school, he headed down south to Lycoming College in PA as a preministerial student. Then the sixties hit, and the world would never be the same.

Style

His genre is magic realism, but he lives in Minnesota. Munson’s novels detail the antics of divinity dropout Space Larrabee on his quest for life’s meaning.

Blurbs/Reviews

Awesome!”
David Young, two-time Grammy Nominee, and writer/producer of the rock opera Woodstock: The Mystery of Destiny.

Allen and Linda Anderson, New York Times Bestselling Authors of A Dog Named Leaf

"In By the Time I Got There, D. E. Munson not only writes a compelling story of a youthful journey from first freedoms to falling in love, but also he captures the tone, the attitudes, and the values of an unforgettable era. Relive the 60s and 70s with this enjoyable tale that includes past lives, out-of-body experiences, young love, far-out dreams, and psychedelic wonders. If you missed the fabled Woodstock Festival, as Space Larrabee did, you'll be able to tune in to its drama, music, and wonder with this debut novel. Cool!"

Mary Carroll Moore, Author, Quality of Light

"I finally had a chance to read your book! Congratulations. I know how much work these books are and you did a great job. It was a good read for a long flight I had to take this month.”

Ninamaste MaTuri, Author, The Gerbera Trilogy

Space and Thyme (aka Persephone Sprague) just met and what a magical moment. He met her and then he met her, the girl of his dreams. I was beginning to think that Junie was Thyme but they weren’t really connecting. I knew it was a wrap once the puke fest commenced—lol.

I cracked myself up because the last page of Chapter 16 is adjacent to Chapter 17, "Finding Thyme." As I read Space trying to make up his mind about going to Syracuse my eyes kept popping over to the next page. I was like “Go, go you are about to find Thyme.” I grew a little impatient with Space. Ha, almost skipped the page to get to the next chapter!

Oh man, this is such a fun read. I hope it ends well. Well, to me, is the fairytale ending And they lived happily ever after. Will it end well? No don’t tell me. I want to know but I don’t want to know. If it doesn’t end well then I want to stay in Chapter 17 where they are in the perpetual bliss of new love.

How deliciously beautiful.

Lux Kronos, Author, The Magic Necklace

OMG, I can’t wait to read the sequel! Space’s teen years remind me sooooo much of mine and I just loved reading your book so much.

R. J. McBride, Author, Temple of the Rainbow

“I just finished reading your book. It’s delightful. Nice job. Lots of good humor. We were watching a movie called Taking Woodstock 1969 and the iconic footage in that was fantastic. And of course, we immediately thought of your book and your experiences. It’s really great.”

Vintage Woodstock Excellent Read, Amazon Review

I read the first paragraph and I was hooked. If a book does not hit me quick I am gone. By The Time I Got To Woodstock was a rare perspective of the Festival by Space Larrabee. The intrigue created by Space, Thyme, and Atlantis was excellent. It had just the right mix of uniqueness, storytelling, and Space’s antics to keep me laughing and excited.

This is the first book I’ve read in a year. It was a spiritual retreat back to my days at Kent State University, reading under my favorite tree. It was a refreshing visit back to a time when you could hear yourself think. It’s a supersonic pace we live in today. I got to go back to a slower world and reflect on my own life during that time.

This is a great story told just like it was lived. Drama, intrigue, tears, and more. I loved it and you will too. Thanks for the ride, Space.

Thank you D.E. Munson for a great read.

Dr. John Kulick

Colorful Trip of a Book, Amazon Review

This book was a trip. Literally and figuratively—a trip from an era which is gone but not forgotten, especially for us who were there. Music, psychedelics, changing your direction or job at the drop of a hat—the journey was everything. I love the names Munson gave his friends and characters—truly inspired. I still think of them now and then. It was a really good read, and I found myself laughing out loud. It’s actually like reading a graphic novel—it was very cinematic and colorful. You can almost see the movie being made. Looking forward to the sequel.

Barbara Buckner, Filmmaker

Upbeat Reminiscences of 60s & 70s, Amazon Review

Space (his nickname) is a fairly normal, decent guy making his way into manhood during the late 60s–early 70s. He bobs along, rooming with buddies, taking college classes, pursuing jobs, attending concerts by big-name music groups, playing guitar, dating a little, trying psychedelia, and later meeting the girl of his dreams—Thyme (her nickname). With Thyme, Space steps up his search for artistic outlets and a spiritual home group.

This is the era of Peaceniks, Hippies, Flower Children, Free Love, communes, meditation, yoga, and gurus—those looking for something more than mainstream American consumerism, war mongering, and material images of success.

This scenes-in-the-life-of account is a medley of biography, history, allegory, romance, philosophy and spiritual seeking. The story contrasts a matched-hearts relationship with an ominous character (Atlantis), who drastically changes the life of Space and Thyme and leads them to new inner and outer vistas.

By the Time I Got to Woodstock is an upbeat read. It brought back many memories of the 60s and 70s music, jargon, political and economic climate, slower pace of life, and search for higher values.

Mary R. Meyers, Musician

Bob Ockenden, Jazz Guitarist

"Dear DE, De man. I met you briefly at the close of your Borders book signing last weekend. You disrupted my sleep for the next 2 days and 3 nights as I stole all available time with your book. It was a very pleasurable read. I had just finished reading " Not Fade Away" another journey through our generation's time and space. I feel that the time for our stories has never been better than right now, and we who lived through the 60's and early 70's participated {some of us}, in a great flowering, the seeds of which can still germinate and bear some much needed fragrance today. Thank you for putting it down so nicely. As I told you, I too almost made it to Woodstock, but never really left it at the same time." 

Reader

“This past weekend I decided to just set all else aside—I knew that I wanted to read it all in one sitting. What a wonderful narrative. I am so impressed by your ability to recapture the feeling and language of that era. It was like stepping back into a time that changed us all. At the moment, I am sitting in Starbucks on M Street as I do every morning at this time, and smiling as I think about the momentous events that took place on this street. Time travel has always been my favorite fantasy. When my kids were little, I used to fantasize that I was from my own future and returning to experience again their childhood. It was a way of seeing deeper what was happening at the time and savoring it. Now of course I am that future me and I think back and feel like that longing to relive those days has already been satisfied. I had the same experience reading your book. Thank you so much for writing it and for sharing it. I will now give it over to Syracuse University Library where it will be available for others to read and enjoy.” 

Paul B, Syracuse, New York

Reader

What a great book! Perfect in every detail. The story, the setting and the characters were right out of the 60s that I remember. I bet a lot of the story was carved right out of your own life. Can’t wait for the sequel. 

RK, New Hampshire

I started your book this morning, and what I really want to say is that you make it look easy. You’re such a good writer, you make anyone think, Oh I could sit down and write a book. It just flows. I’m looking forward to getting home and reading more of it. It’s the type of book you could sit and read from cover to cover. But I think I’ll discipline myself and savor it. 

PM, Minnesota

Reader

I read your fictional memoir/manifesto/page turner, and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was a breeze to read and it made me feel that I knew these people. Of course, I was doubly interested because it was set in a time/place which was meaningful to me. I could have, and should have, attended Woodstock with all of my friends, but didn’t. For some reason, I really liked Thyme’s Dad . . . that was a good scene. Further, I read it immediately after reading Moby Dick (not kidding).  I’ll pay real money for the sequel. 

TC, Utah

Reader

This past weekend I decided to just set all else aside—I knew that I wanted to read it all in one sitting. What a wonderful narrative. I am so impressed by your ability to recapture the feeling and language of that era. It was like stepping back into a time that changed us all. At the moment, I am sitting in Starbucks on M Street as I do every morning at this time, and smiling as I think about the momentous events that took place on this street. Time travel has always been my favorite fantasy. When my kids were little, I used to fantasize that I was from my own future and returning to experience again their childhood. It was a way of seeing deeper what was happening at the time and savoring it. Now of course I am that future me and I think back and feel like that longing to relive those days has already been satisfied. I had the same experience reading your book. Thank you so much for writing it and for sharing it. I will now give it over to Syracuse University Library where it will be available for others to read and enjoy.

PB, New York

Other Writings

Fiction
The Elfin Spires

"The Elfin Spires are real, but unreachable by mere mortals without a rather painful price. Aric, the protagonist, is NOT a mere mortal, but his mixed heritage prevents him from reaching the legendary Spires without a pointy metal invitation . . . For the Elfin queen, Aric becomes a terrible (in the old sense, not in the sense of "really bad at it") warrior. As Buffy (or was it Willow) once said, 'Love makes you do the wacky'. . . "
--Robert Moriyama, Short Stories Editor,

Aphelion Magazine of Science Fiction & Fantasy
Click on image to read story

"Great story. You did a wonderful job developing it for the readership and for easy website reading. Good for you!"  --Linda Anderson, author .Angel Animals

"I found the story very enjoyable and easy to read in spite of its high language. I guess one of the themes that runs through the tale is, as Robert suggests, how some would be willing to do anything for love, and here we have a character willing to go far in search of such. Thanks for another well-done story."  --AFE1975 Commenter

“Just finished reading your delightful story, "The Elfin Spires."  You "paint" the scenes with words, giving concrete images and take the reader on an exciting journey while providing timeless values.”   --MM, MN

"I LOVE it. I read through it tonight like a book I can't put down & for the time I read it I really felt like I was there living this because the descriptions were so vivid + there are so many images of Light in the story.  I want to read the next part."    --HM, TX

“I wasn't prepared for such a beautiful experience.  You've made Chandra bewitchingly lovely, the elves' abode mystical, and your teenage protagonist simple and smitten.  I especially appreciated your tantalizing ending with the pretty peasant girl . . . A very nice piece of creative and imaginative writing.  Thanks for the journey.”   --KL, MN

“What at wonderful, enchanting tale.  I could feel the sensations so explicitly, from the cold, hard floor to the flying.  The descriptions are so vivid, but you leave just enough for the imagination of the reader to fill in.  It did make me want to read more...if only to escape just a little longer.  I am impressed!”   --DV, KS

Nonfiction Clips Click on any image to read story

Tom Rush
Interview

When singer/songwriter/businessman Tom Rush lived in New Hampshire, he granted this interview for the premiere issue of Contel's Family Gazette.  This guy can even make telephony sound fascinating!

 
Building Blocks of
the Future

A Vermont business proves you don't have to be or high tech to enjoy communications.  "Ring. Ring. Hello Graham, this is Jeanice.  How are you today?"

Many people would find it difficult to do what businesswoman Jeanice Garfield does everyday: oversee the child care of 125 youngsters and cope with the rigors of running a business.  Garfield manages both, thanks in part to an efficient communications system.

 
Eric von
Daniken

A modern-day pioneer in lifting the veil on what we've always viewed as conventional reality, particularly when it comes to the world of space travel.  This Beacon Magazine article covers his appearance at the University of New Hampshire in 1977.  
Do you really think the first men in space were Yuri Gagarin and Alan Shepard in 1961?

Encore Magazine article on Arthur Lee (Land)'s Lessons of the Heart CD

 "Three girls ranging in age from six to thirteen, dance from row to row as they work in their 39-year old friend’s backyard garden in upstate New York.  They sing at the top of their lungs.  A speaker in the back window of the house fills the air with 'miracles . . ."

 
Chester finds gold in
Treasure Island

The mighty Hispanola sails again, but never like she'd sailed before, on a dark January eve in Chester, Vermont in a classic production co-sponsored by GTE and performed by the National Theater of the Deaf..

 
The Green Acre School

Nestled in the woods of Eliot, Maine is the Green Acre School. In 1882 a Transcendentalist and electrical pioneer named Moses Farmer moved with his family from Newport, RI to Eliot, ME.  This man had developed a set of electrical lamps to light his home when Edison was yet twelve years old . . .