Frek and the Elixir Notes, Rudy Rucker, 1/22/04 Notes for Frek and the Elixir by Rudy Rucker Copyright (C) Rudy Rucker, 2004. Started preliminary notes on December 15, 2000. Made this formal notes document on May 1, 2001. Started the novel on June 12, 2001. Finish dates as follows. First draft on March 2, 2003. Second draft on April 29, 2003. Third draft on August 10, 2003. Copy edits on November 1, 2003. Page proofs on December 15, 2003. Closed out notes on January 22, 2004. Notes word count 75,500 Notes last revised for posting on January 22, 2004. Word Count.......................................................................................................................7 Progress Table...............................................................................................................7 Estimates and Calculations of Length and Chapter Count............................................8 Lengths of recent novels...........................................................................................8 July 5, 2001. Chap 1 nearly Done. ..........................................................................8 September 7, 2001. Rolling on Chap 3....................................................................8 May 13, 2002. Longer Chapters. .............................................................................8 June 19, 2002. 15, not 17 chapters. .........................................................................8 July 6, 2002. Maybe 16 Chaps. ...............................................................................8 July 20, 2002. Chapters are averaging 10,000 words long......................................8 October 23, 2002. Chapters are averaging 11,000 words long................................9 December 7, 2002. Chapters at 11,240 words. ........................................................9 January 8, 2003. Maybe 15 Chapters.......................................................................9 March 2, 2003. First Draft Length...........................................................................9 April 29, 2003. Second Draft Length ......................................................................9 August 10, 2003. Third Draft Length ......................................................................9 Discarded Frags and Unused Twists .................................................................................9 The Sick Hindu Raid ................................................................................................9 Urlbuds ...................................................................................................................10 Organic Metal Ring ................................................................................................10 Biome Collapse.......................................................................................................11 Lora and Carb .........................................................................................................11 Carb’s Background .................................................................................................12 Frek’s Dreams of Glory..........................................................................................12 Please-Plant Seeds ..................................................................................................12 Toon Leaves ...........................................................................................................12 Frek’s Walls............................................................................................................13 Solar Trader ............................................................................................................13 Sao’s Shopping.......................................................................................................13 Glyphers..................................................................................................................13 Mavvy Paul.............................................................................................................13 Sextoons..................................................................................................................13 p. 1 Frek and the Elixir Notes, Rudy Rucker, 1/22/04 House Tree Details .................................................................................................13 Turmites..................................................................................................................14 Uvvy .......................................................................................................................14 Angelwing ..............................................................................................................14 Frek’s Unusual Conception ....................................................................................15 Quarantine for Earth Arrivals .................................................................................15 Wordplay ................................................................................................................15 Fear of Biome Destabilization ................................................................................15 Uses for Grulloos....................................................................................................15 Frek’s Fat Lips........................................................................................................15 Gibby Fretting.........................................................................................................15 Gov .........................................................................................................................15 Another Squid.........................................................................................................16 Bumby Shooting At the Sky Jellies........................................................................16 Bumby Commenting on Earth ................................................................................16 Bumby Talking Too Much .....................................................................................16 Renata’s Irony.........................................................................................................16 Early Warning about Orpoly Being a Star..............................................................17 Dad Describing the Magic Pig................................................................................17 Killing Hawb and Cawmb ......................................................................................17 Lisping Whaler .......................................................................................................17 Alternate Vaaring Technique..................................................................................17 Freedom From Espers.............................................................................................17 NuFrek (Notes) .......................................................................................................18 Dad’s Atonement with Frek....................................................................................18 Renata Flirting With Frek.......................................................................................18 Right and Left Helix Races Among the Orpolese ..................................................18 “The Brussels Illuminations”..................................................................................19 Magic Pig................................................................................................................20 Woozy.....................................................................................................................20 Pig Chapter Titles ...................................................................................................20 Rundy’s Coarse Distraction Method ......................................................................20 Original Part III Outline..........................................................................................20 Turning off the Knockout Virus .............................................................................21 Death of the Kritters ...............................................................................................21 Jumping the Shark ..................................................................................................21 Saving Dad .............................................................................................................21 Classic Toons Attack the Branecasters...................................................................23 The Toons’ Marching Orders .................................................................................23 The Magic Pig’s Museum.......................................................................................24 Summaries and Outlines..................................................................................................25 Purpose of the Book....................................................................................................25 Title.............................................................................................................................25 Summary .....................................................................................................................26 Three-Part Outline.......................................................................................................27 Part I: Departure .....................................................................................................27