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S. [With Postcard] Hardback - 2013

by Created by J. J. Abrams; Doug Dorst

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This seller has earned a 3.98 of 5 Stars rating from internet customers.
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Readers were sharply split. Many praised the book-as-object—its faux-library design, inserts, and color-coded marginalia—and found the layered mysteries engrossing, if demanding, with rereads rewarding. Others cited incoherence, too many characters, slow pacing, and thin payoffs, with the Jen/Eric notes and romance often grating. Most agree it needs to be experienced in print; the concept wins admiration even when the execution doesn’t.

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This one-of-a-kind bestseller from J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst captures the excitement of solving a mystery like no other book: "Both as literature and as a physical object, S. is a profound and tremendous work of art" (Miami Herald).

One book. Two readers. A world of mystery, menace, and desire.

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 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.

"The best-looking book I've ever seen." --The New Yorker

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  • Title S. [With Postcard]
  • Author Created by J. J. Abrams; Doug Dorst
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition/Fi
  • Pages 472
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Little Brown and Company, New York
  • Publication date 2013-10-29
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Maps
  • ISBN 9780316201643 / 0316201642
  • Weight 2.34 lbs (1.06 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.74 x 6.42 x 1.64 in (24.74 x 16.31 x 4.17 cm)
  • Category Fiction - Espionage / Thriller
  • Library of Congress subjects Psychological fiction, Books and reading
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2013942888
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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  • Entertainment Weekly, 11/08/2013, Page 70
  • Kirkus Reviews, 01/01/0001, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 05/15/2013, Page 0
  • Library Journal Prepub Alert, 05/15/2013, Page 51
  • New Yorker (The), 12/16/2013, Page 87
  • Publishers Weekly, 11/04/2013, Page 0

About the author

Emmy-Award-winning filmmaker J.J. Abrams has produced, directed, or written films and television shows including Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Fringe, Lost, Alias, Felicity, Star Trek, Cloverfield, Mission: Impossible, and more.

Doug Dorst teaches writing at Texas State University. He is the author of the PEN/Hemingway-nominated novel Alive in Necropolis and the collection The Surf Guru. His work has appeared in McSweeney's, Ploughshares, Epoch, and elsewhere. Dorst is also a three-time Jeopardy! champion.

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