![]() ![]() Thanks to this format, it’s impossible to sell it as an e-book.Īll of this makes for slow, often difficult reading, divided between what’s going on in the novel itself, and the conversation/relationship unfolding on the margins. There are no references to either Doug Dorst, who wrote it, or J.J. The book is made to appear like an old library copy (from 1949, in fact). Interspersed throughout the book are additional documents (postcards, copies of letters, photographs, newspaper excerpts) physically tucked into the pages. ![]() Straka in the 1940’s, the other consists of hand-written notes on the book’s margins which form a dialogue between two present-time college students working on discovering the real identity of Straka. ![]() One is the novel Ship of Theseus, written by the fictional author V.M. The format of the “novel” is that of a story within a story. As someone who cringes at the thought of e-books, I loved this idea. It’s also a bibliophile’s love letter to books as slowly dying artefacts, and a resounding no to e-books. It’s a nerdy book, conceived by nerds, for nerds. Abrams’ mind, you might be even more intrigued. And when you find out that the concept for it came from the creative lab that is J.J. is likely to be one of the most unusual books you’ll ever read. ![]()
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