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Dissociative fugue (/ f juː ɡ / FYOOG), previously referred to as a fugue state or psychogenic fugue, [1] is a rare psychiatric condition characterized by reversible amnesia regarding one’s identity, often accompanied by unexpected travel or wandering.
Stet is a novel by the American author James Chapman, published by Fugue State Press in 2006. [1] Plot summary ... In the context of the novel, the character's name ...
Dominick suffers from somnambulism, Ginger has unexplained lapses into a fugue state, Father Brendan loses his faith and later gains a miraculous "gift", and Ernie suffers from nyctophobia. Dominick receives Polaroids that lead him to the Tranquility Motel, situated in the middle of the Nevada "high-desert", thirty miles west of Elko .
Chapman also operates Fugue State Press, a publisher of "advanced and experimental fiction" which has published a peculiar assortment of work by Noah Cicero, Ben Brooks, Joshua Cohen, André Malraux, Prakash Kona, and others. Chapman has referred to the press as "an orphanage for the unpublishable," indicating that the work is not commercially ...
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The story is bookended by the story of Brackett Omensetter who arrives with his family to settle down. The middle (and the bulk) of the novel is devoted to the spiritual and mental degradation of the town's priest, Jethro Furber, who is jealous of Omensetter's magnetic personality and the luck that seems to underpin Omensetter's existence.
The novel takes place in a distant future in which diverse human societies have developed on some 6,000 planets. Many of these worlds are shared with intelligent nonhumans, although only one alien species (the mysterious Xlv) also possesses faster-than-light travel. In an attempt to find a stable defense against the phenomenon known as Cultural ...
Eddie is suspected of bludgeoning to death Donatella Alvarez, the wife of a prominent Mexican artist, during an MDT induced fugue state. He further learns the full scope of the side-effects from his ex-wife Melissa, who had dabbled in the substance and suffered permanent neurocognitive damage, prompting him to gradually discontinue use of the drug.