I’ve read 1 of 26 on a few occasions now, including the first edition that came out in early 2020 & I’ve conducted an interview with ZWT Jameson during which he claimed the book is a hybrid of his own writing and narrative from interviews he claims to have carried out with people who were witnesses to key events that feature in the book.
One thing that cannot be denied is that certain events within the book are hard to prove or disprove without any real supporting evidence. However there is some evidence out there that offers a tantalizing glimpse into what may have really happened in Paris & on the M6.
So for the crash on the M6 we have a video and a handful of reports by Mark Collins and ditto for what happened in Paris.
It would be easy to dismiss the book as something of a mash up based on the reports mingled in with a little imagination to make things appear to be more real than they actually are – I have no doubt about that.
But then you get to this extract and suddenly you see things in a different light given the slew of crises we are facing in the world right now. This is lifted straight out of the book and has everything to do with fuel rationing – sound familiar given what is happening in the world today?
So compare the extract from the book to this article recently published in Bloomberg
And the fuel rationing recently announced in Sri Lanka:
Is 1 of 26 a pure piece of speculative science fiction or is there more to the book?
I can’t answer that, my own investigation into what happened on the M6 & in Paris certainly left many unanswered questions and more than one loose end that I simply couldn’t answer.
One thing is for sure, fuel rationing is possibly set to become a reality for many of us in the near future & the chapter in 1 of 26 that contains this extract seems eerily prescient.
That could be coincidence, good writing from a speculative fiction writer or indeed it could be that an element of truth is contained within the book based on those interviews Jameson claims to have conducted when he was doing his research.
Time travel is an oft-used trope within the science fiction genre and quite often we’ll see someone, usually wearing a mask, appear in the papers pretending to be a time traveler from the future warning us of our impending doom.
These warnings tend to take the form of a poorly made video clip to try and disguise the real identity of the so-called sooth sayer. The mainstream media seems to enjoy posting these comic creations but they do very little to help support any evidence of time travel being possible. In fact they possibly hinder research as these videos tend to open the concept to all manner of ridicule.
With 1 of 26 there’s been very little in the way of such media, and what exists is often difficult to decipher, such as the alleged video of the crash, or other footage that has surfaced with little or no corroborating evidence.
For example, what are we to make of the suspect interview in Paris? Another piece of evidence or part of an elaborate prank?
The video released of the alleged suspect holding something in his hands that appears to be similar to the syringe cited in the book is another interesting piece of potential evidence.
But of course, like so many pieces of evidence posted about this case, there were no further leads or concrete facts to support the video.
Fuel rationing is just one element that provides such proof. The fact the book was initially written prior to the pandemic lends the writer and these supposed witnesses more credibility than most when it comes to the claims made in the text.
The world we live in today seems to provide the most reliable evidence to suggest this book and the writer have some basis in fact when it comes to the subject matter.
Then there is the subject of media control and of course the rise of autocratic leaders across the world. Now these aren’t new subjects and have often been covered, especially in dystopian science fiction. What differs 1 of 26 from its contemporaries is the accuracy of how it depicts what is happening right now – that’s a key differential.
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Another piece of my investigation I was able to verify was about Jameson himself. We’ve never met and have only corresponded with each other in writing. However when you look at ZWT Jameson’s profile page on the publishers site, Global, it reveals more info about the author.
Jameson is involved in a movie called Ares, and further investigation uncovered a link to an IMDB page.
Further investigation uncovered that this movie is set to be directed by Academy award winning director Robert Zemeckis.
Now of course having not met Jameson and knowing Zemeckis’ love of science fiction – let’s not forget he directed the movie Contact starring Jodie Foster & Matthew McConaughey, a story about extra-terrestrial life and time travel, I started to speculate as to whether there’s a link between these two people.
And let’s also it forget the huge hit that was the Back to the Future trilogy. Zemeckis’ trilogy was riddled with the consequences of time travel.
It’s a stretch I know, but, and I hasten to add this is pure speculation, what if they were one and the same? Now that would be a fascinating link should it have any basis in fact. As we know, many creatives have used pseudonyms to put out side projects. Witness JK Rowling’s use of the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, this only came to light when Chris Gossage revealed it via a Twitter exchange with Judith Callegari & the journalist India Knight.
If there was a link between Robert Zemeckis & ZWT Jameson beyond their apparent association with the movie Ares, that could offer an explanation about how some, maybe all, of the video footage came to be in the public domain.
It doesn’t explain the interviews I carried out though. Including one with someone who claimed to work at the morgue in Paris where the bodies were taken. Unless they were actors & we’re all part of an elaborate hoax.
I’ve always maintained that to create such an elaborate hoax would require a motive, and a lot of cash. To perpetrate this level of hoax would also require technical skills behind the camera & writing skills to create all the content. The more I think about the possibility of a link between Jameson & Zemeckis in the light of all we know, the more I want to believe it’s plausibility.
One final footnote and something that is relevant to the world as the G7 nations & NATO debate the war in Ukraine. I think this extract best puts into context the relevance of the book with respect to today’s current political tensions.
Thanks, Colin Z Hall
***Update***
Since sharing this post things have changed dramatically in Sri Lanka as protesters storm the President’s residence. More can be read here.
The cause of the protests has been months of economic uncertainty which has been exacerbated by fuel rationing.
Conspiracy? The Incidents on the M6 & Paris 