S. is by far the most intricate novel I have read in the past few years. Even the monumental work of James Joyce in Ulysses cannot quite compare to the full flavour and power of the metafiction and post-modern styling of Doug Dorst's work (inspired by the ideas of J.J. Abrams). Certainly it is a maj...
I won’t give an overview of the plot, because I really think that the contents of this book should be experienced firsthand. I will only try to describe what I personally liked about this book (which is hard enough since this is not an ordinary novel).So, be warned: rambling ahead! ;)What I like bes...
Whatever the reception of this book ultimately was, it can't be denied that S is a masterpiece. A story about a story within a story about another story, with footnotes from another story, being written about by another story. It's meta, it's beautifully written, and it's compelling as hell. Even wh...
Title: S. Who wrote it? S. was conceived by filmmaker J.J. Abrams, creator of television properties such as Alias, Lost, and Fringe, and director of feature films such as Super 8, Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, and the forthcoming Star Wars Episode VII; and written by author Doug Dorst, w...
Package inserts, a second story in the margins, this was a definite Not-Kindle. Disliking the footnotes from the translator, but otherwise enjoying the main Story of Theseus.Already 1/4 of way thru....going into abandoned pile, with a possible revisit, therefore 2 stars.
This review and others are posted at Inspiring Insomnia.S. provided me with a reading experience unlike any other. As soon as I heard that J.J. Abrams was involved with a book, I knew I had to read it. The central concept of S. – two strangers get to know each other by exchanging their thoughts in...
Fair warning: this is probably the dumbest thing I've ever done on this channel. And I've done a lot of dumb stuff. But you've been warned. Therefore, I'm free to dumb it up all the way to eleven. I posted an initial thoughts video of S. a couple weeks ago. Now I'm back with my full review. But th...
How do I even begin to review this book? It's not so much a book, as an experience, I think.Firstly, just as a physical object, it is A Beautiful Thing. Every book lover should own a physical copy of this book, and although an e-book format (for tablets) exists, it would lose something important t...
PrologueThis book is not library-friendly. It was a bitch to catalog because...what is it? And which information is the proper information? And how much goes in the catalog record? And where? Then there are all the little pieces. What to do with those? My library attached them into the book so that ...
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