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Ship of Theseus

J. J. Abrams, Doug Dorst · 2 HN comments
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The chronicle of two readers finding each other, and their deadly struggle with forces beyond their understanding -- all within the margins of a book conceived by Star Wars: The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams and written by award-winning novelist Doug Dorst. The book: Ship of Theseus, the final novel by a prolific but enigmatic writer named V.M. Straka, in which a man with no past is shanghaied onto a strange ship with a monstrous crew and launched onto a disorienting and perilous journey. The writer: Straka, the incendiary and secretive subject of one of the world's greatest mysteries, a revolutionary about whom the world knows nothing apart from the words he wrote and the rumors that swirl around him. The readers: Jennifer and Eric, a college senior and a disgraced grad student, both facing crucial decisions about who they are, who they might become, and how much they're willing to trust another person with their passions, hurts, and fears. S. contains 22 inserts and will be delivered in a sealed slipcase.
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How far are you? Are you reading all of the footnotes? I am so confused about it all but I love it. It has really sparked a curiosity I haven't had in awhile.

Btw, have you heard of the book Ship of Theseus? I bought it for my wife and we haven't jumped into it yet but seems similar in that it's a big puzzle: https://www.amazon.com/Ship-Theseus-J-Abrams/dp/0316201642 (and JJ Abrams if you're a fan)

eyeundersand
I'm not OP, but I finished House of Leaves a year back and you definitely want to read the footnotes and everything else that Danielewski (or Zampano, if you like) has put on there.

It really is a terrific book.

cityzen
I am definitely reading them but some of them are just references to news stories or articles that I just skim. Not sure if I'm meant to be digging deeper with those.

the nonlinear aspect of it all is wonderful.

It amazes me that they could make it in bulk for $20 (https://www.amazon.com/Ship-Theseus-J-Abrams/dp/0316201642).

Among the pages are cards and other items that the two fictional readers shared or saved.

aidenn0
The Cover price is $40; typically publishers charge half of the cover to retailers; amazon either cut a deal or is taking razor thin margins on that.
morsch
How well does the Kindle adaptation work, I wonder.

(Also, thinking this would make a nice parent for my father, but the German edition was a limited run; $130 used, $180 new, jeez.)

tim333
There doesn't seem to be a Kindle version.
braindouche
There isn't a kindle version. There is an iPad App version that I can recommend highly.
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