Palo Alto daily runs serialized novel

The once sleepy university town of Palo Alto, Calif. now takes center stage as one of the country’s most innovative, competitive and tech savvy cities.
The quick shift from small town to booming Silicon Valley powerhouse sounds like the perfect setting for a novel, right? That’s exactly what Dave Price, editor for the Palo Alto Daily Post, and John Angell Grant, theater critic for the Daily Post thought too.
Inspired by Charles Dickens and the 1978 serialized novel “Tales of the City” published in the San Francisco Chronicle, the Daily Post decided to tell the story of Palo Alto through its own serialized novel, “Palo Alto Odyssey.”
The novel was written in 400 to 500 word chapters and was published six days a week in the Daily Post starting in September. The novel was originally meant to be a 24 part series but due to its popularity among readers, it was extended to 48 chapters.
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