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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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472 páginas
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Mulholland Books
Fecha de publicación

29 octubre 2013
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16.51 x 4.45 x 24.77 cm
ISBN-10

0316201642
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978-0275921781
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"S. is gorgeous, a masterpiece of verisimilitude. . . . The book's spiritual cousin is A.S. Byatt's Possession. . . . The brilliance of S. is less in its showy exterior than the intimate and ingeniously visual way it shows how others' words become pathways to our lives and relationships." --Washington Post---

"Both as literature and as a physical object, S. is a profound and tremendous work of art."--The Miami Herald

"Both as literature and as a physical object, S. is a profound and tremendous work of art. . . . Brilliantly conceived and perfectly executed, the book harkens back to a golden age of storytelling. . . . An audacious literary achievement that calls to mind Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire, Chris Ware's Building Stories and even Charles Portis' Masters of Atlantis." --Miami Herald---

"Impressively smart, engaging . . . Filled with secrets and stories that are endlessly beguiling and inviting . . . Reading S., and trying to decode everything [was] an incredibly enjoyable, fun experience, as well as a particularly immersive one. . . . For all its mysteries and intrigues, this is a book about the value of books, and what they can offer us that other storytelling mediums cannot." --Wired---

"Reading S. is fun, and the book feels alive . . . Gloriously embroidered with marginalia and jammed with artifacts inserted between its pages . . . A celebration of the book as a physical thing." --Chicago Tribune---

"The best-looking book I've ever seen. . . . The book is so perfectly realized that it's easy to fall under its spell. . . . If you want to write a romantic mystery meta-novel in which two bibliophiles investigate the conspiracy around an enigmatic Eastern European author, you couldn't choose a better team." --Joshua Rothan, New Yorker---

Biografía del autor

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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Editorial ‏ : ‎ Mulholland Books (29 octubre 2013)
Idioma ‏ : ‎ Inglés
Tapa dura ‏ : ‎ 472 páginas
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0316201642
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0275921781
Peso del producto ‏ : ‎ 1,07 kg
Dimensiones ‏ : ‎ 16.51 x 4.45 x 24.77 cm

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Impresionante edición, 2a maño no tan buena

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El acabado del libro es como una pequeña obra de arte, aunque cuesta organizar su lectura para sacarle el máximo provecho (un proyecto que me apetece mucho!).
Con respecto a la calidad del ejemplar que compré de 2a mano “como nuevo” (solo cambio de envoltura), sólo lo calificaría de “buena”. El sello estaba roto, el contenido cambiado de orden (trae documentos y fotos extraíbles) y la funda en la que se introduce el libro despegada. Siendo un libro tan especial, si tuviera que volver a comprarlo habría optado por la versión nueva en lugar de segunda mano, pero hasta ahora la calidad de los productos “como nuevos” de Amazon había sido muy alta.

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The book, I mean the book physically, is the most beautiful book I've ever had. I had no time to read it yet, so I cannot comment on the plot.

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No lo pude abrir con mi Kindle.

Revisado en España el 2 de abril de 2015

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Me ha sido imposible abrir el libro con mi Kindle. a pesar que el libro se anuncia como un producto compatible para kindle

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M.D. Kuehn

A Unique Experience

Revisado en los Estados Unidos el 11 de agosto de 2016

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S. is not just a novel. It's a total immersive experience, a puzzle, a bundle of ciphers, a maze, an entire universe of interconnected events and facts. Actually, it's very much a LOST-type experience in book form. After reading a few similarly immersive books in the recent past, I judged that I was ready to tackle another. I enjoy them. I enjoy the unique experience not available in a conventional novel. Well, nothing could have prepared me for this J.J. Abrams creation (with the help of writer Doug Dorst). Although I've read the novel now from cover to cover, and then some, I'm in no way finished. I'll explain.

The concept of S. is largely dependent on the physical book. While the slipcase reveals the title "S." with author and publisher information, once the book is removed from the case, it appears to be an old library book, complete with library sticker on spline, stamp of Laguna Verde H.S. Library on the title sheet, and a number of "RETURN ON OR BEFORE" stamps on the inside back cover, the way library books were traditionally checked out. Physically, the book is of a high quality library binding, the cover embossed with the title "SHIP OF THESEUS by V.M. STRAKA." The pages of the book are yellowed with age, some with stains indicating use. Copyright is listed as 1949, with a translator's forward by F.X. Caldeira.

THE STORY of S.
Straka's story is ostensibly about a man who has lost his identity, known now only as S.__. He has no idea who he is, nothing about his past, or how he came to be where he is. He is abruptly shanghaied aboard a strange ship where most of the crew have their mouths sewn shut. Emotionless, they go about their tasks on the ship. It seems that he has been sent on a mission, though he doesn't know what it is. He is eventually put ashore and caught up in a city with a group of revolutionaries attempting to stop an evil industrialist who is manufacturing massive weapons which he sells on the open market to thugs and dictators, enslaving entire countries, decimating the earth. Due to his association with these rebels, S. becomes a hunted man, though he remains unaware of his identity. This is only the most rudimentary description of the plot. The story is like a season of LOST, full of inexplicable connections, time distortions, mythologies, painted caves, disappearances, secret societies, mysterious symbols, and much more. It's as if all of human history were somehow wrapped up in this metaphysical tale. An afficianado of the novel runs a complex website full of S. intrigue, whoisstraka.wordpress.com, and has this concise description which I love:

We witness the birth pangs of World War I in Europe and the chilling screams of the victims in labor riots in America. And yet we hear the whispers of T.S. Eliot’s poetry and the beginnings of love in the margins. We see monkeys and magpies, holystones and haymarket affairs, obsidian and obsession, caves and codes, symbols and substance. The number of subjects and themes before us is staggering. It can seem like gazing into chaos.
So how do we fit such seemingly disparate pieces all together into one “thing” that somehow makes sense? And just what is the “thing” anyway?

But that's only the beginning. For in the margins throughout the book, Eric and Jen have carried on their own running commentary of how they believe the story of S. is actually a code that Straka was using to tell his own story. Is the character S._ really Straka in disguise? And if some of the things in the story of S. are true, are they putting themselves in danger by poking into them? After all, there is the pull of good vs. evil in S._ and there are casualties. Along the way, as time progresses, Eric and Jen also share personal information in their dialogue-in-the-margins as they get to know each other, and we the readers get a glimpse of a possible romance starting.

SHIP OF THESEUS
The title gives some clue to the overall theme of the book - that of identity. The Ship of Theseus is a paradox, a thought experiment, first noted by Plutarch, which asks the question, Is an object which has had all or most of its components replaced remain fundamentally the same object. In Plutarch's example it was the ship of the Greek hero Theseus which had its planks replaced over the years as the original ones deteriorated. At some point, no original planks remained, so the question is, is it still the Ship of Theseus? Identity is a theme that runs throughout the novel S. People, places, events, all seem to be subject to constant change, in flux. Is S. the same person by the end of the novel after he's made the choices he has? Are Eric and Jen the same? Another theme is trust, faith. Most of the characters in S, including S. himself, knowing little about their situation, must make leaps of faith in order to continue. There are people and causes they must trust or be forever paralyzed. The reader also encounters a few recurring lines: "What begins at the water shall end there, and what ends there shall once more begin." Endings and beginnings. What does it mean?

THE CHALLENGE OF READING S.
The forward informs us that the author, Straka, was an enigmatic character whose real identity has never been known. His nineteen novels, of which SHIP OF THESEUS was his last, all seem to have political overtones often advocating revolutionary, anti-capitalist, causes. Myths surround him: was he an assassin, a bomber, a betrayer of military secrets? Was he part of a secret organization with a goal of changing the world? Enter Literature Graduate student Eric who has spent a decade studying Straka's work and trying to ascertain his real identity. Over the years he has made notations in the margins of this copy of SHIP OF THESEUS, a book that is found in the library stacks by undergraduate Jennifer, who, intrigued by the book and Eric's comments, begins to add her own notations, oftentimes answering Eric's. And so the book from the stacks goes back and forth; Eric responds, Jen answers, beginning this dialogue in the margins. All these notations, in various ink colors - Eric always in block print, Jen always in script - appear in the volume "S." Compounding the mystery are dozens of letters, postcards, photographs, excerpts of different kinds, and maps, inserted into the book at various places (the points of insertion being important to the chronology of the story).

What we have, then, are several stories moving through the novel, but not in a linear fashion. We have the basic novel written by Straka. We have copious footnotes by translator Caldeira which soon appear to be more than simple footnotes. There are the pencil notations by Eric which were done at the earliest time he began his study of Straka. Then there are at least three more sets of notations by Eric and Jen -- sets which are differentiated by the use of different colored pens, indicating progression in time.

So, how is one to read S.? This is a looming question for the first-time reader, and much discussed in the online forums for the novel. Some choose to read Straka's novel first, ignoring everything else, then going back and reading the notations and inserts in chronological order. This means reading all the pencil notes first, front to back. Then, going back to the beginning and reading all the blue and red ink notations next, front to back. And so on, until you've been through the novel a minimum of 4 or 5 times. This, because often notes from various periods appear on the same page.

I chose to read everything at once, as if I were the next person to find this book, being completely ignorant of anything about it. This means that I was reading exchanges between Eric and Jen that made little sense at the time because they were made in the future, at a point in their conversation I had yet to reach. If all that makes any sense....? All part of the mystery and enjoyment in reading S.

My thoughts on the book? I loved reading it, thoroughly enjoyed the interactive, immersive quality of the experience. And it's not over. I will ponder this book for some time, skim back through it, reread portions, all in an attempt to see the larger picture. Abrams must have had that one great idea which launched this project -- something that will make sense of all the minutiae. The book is also full of puzzles and ciphers -- I'm not one really to waste time on such stuff, so that part is wasted on me. I'd give it 4 out of 5 stars, and it's one of the most beautiful books I own.

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Collin J. Lee

What begins at the water shall end there, and what ends there shall once more begin...

Revisado en los Estados Unidos el 9 de septiembre de 2016

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There is no easy way to describe S., the multilayered composite novel experience created by J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst, but it is undeniably brilliant and an absolute joy to explore. Like Mark Z. Danielewski’s brilliant House of Leaves, it is a book that refuses to be contained within the boundaries of its pages, with multiple levels of narrative that bleed into one another. Even more than House of Leaves, however, S. is a love letter to the physicality of real books as tangible objects, to be held and collected and admired and treasured- there is no way this book could work as an e-book, and that is not just snobbery.

The reason for this is that S. is not just a book, but a multimedia artistic experience, a puzzle, and a layered narrative that the physical book itself is just one portion of. In fact, the book included in S. is not itself called S.; it is a book called Ship of Theseus by a man (or perhaps not a man) named V.M. Straka (except that may not be his real name). The book itself is weathered, and appears to have come from a public library, complete with a filing sticker on the spine and a stamped check out/return page in the back cover. From the “Translator’s Note and Forward” at beginning of the book we learn that Ship of Theseus was the final novel written by an enigmatic but prolific writer named V.M. Straka, whose true identity remained a mystery to all but a very few people- in this it seems Straka was at least partially based on B. Travens, author of Treasure of the Sierra Madre, whose true identity has never been uncovered. Straka was a literary genius, and his novels are full of symbolism and allusion that imbues his works with layers of meaning and opinion depending on the interpretation of the reader, much like Moby Dick. Luckily for us, the book is footnoted and annotated by the translator, F.X. Caldeira, which adds the second level to this metanarrative, as there is quite a bit of thoughtful interpretation and discourse by Caldeira, who appears to be nearly as enigmatic as Straka.

Ship of Theseus, amazing enough, can stand on its own two feet even if it was the true story being told here. Someday I plan to read the novel by itself and ignore all of the other extraneous material and see what sort of literary takeaway I get. I will avoid spoilers, but at its barest essence, Ship of Theseus is about a man who is suffering from amnesia, who goes by the name of “S,” because when he woke up his only possession was a slip of paper with an ornate letter “S” written on it. He ends up shanghaied on the eponymous ship, whose terrifying and almost bestial crew seem to know something about him, and who often disappear below the decks to take part in some sort of secretive ritual. I won’t reveal any more of the plot, but it is very engaging and well written. In any event, this is the book you are reading, not S.

This is because the physical book itself is only one part of the narrative. As previously mentioned, the annotations and footnotes by FXC make up another layer of the story, imposing a fictional literary universe that places the book in its conceptual parameters. The third layer is provided by handwritten notes in the margin in (at least) two different hands and five different colors of ink, in which two readers of the book are keeping up an ongoing correspondence. Eric is a disgraced university student who is obsessed with V.M. Straka and believes that clues to the author’s identity is hidden within Ship of Theseus- his original notes are written in pencil in the margins, and he has underlined certain passages. Since he is no longer a student at the college where the book was housed, he could not check it out anymore, but continues to study the book’s mysteries. Jen is a current student at the college who is also studying Ship of Theseus, and discovers Eric’s obsessive but brilliant notes. Realizing that they are ongoing, she “replies” to Eric’s notes, sparking an ongoing conversation between the two. Besides their different handwriting, Jen’s initial notes are in blue ink, Eric’s in black. Together they begin to try to tease out the book’s secrets. They make multiple passes through the book over the course of years, and the changing colors of ink mark the passage of time. In their second pass through the book, Jen writes in orange ink, Eric in green. Their third pass is marked by Jen writing in purple, Eric in red. Their final pass is the books “epilogue,” discussing strange events that have transpired for both of them, and both are written in black ink. And at certain times, notes are left by an unidentified third party who seems to be closely watching the pair and following their research.

In addition to their notes, Jen and Eric are continuing their research in the “real world,” as represented by a number of very cool physical artifacts that are included in the book. These include computer printouts, personal letters written on university letterhead, postcards, newspaper clippings, notes written on napkins, handwritten letters, and even decryption wheel, to name but a few. These are part of the third level of the narrative between Jen and Eric, but add a level of physical reality and verisimilitude to the story. What it reminds me most of is the Griffin and Sabine “correspondences,” by Nick Bantock, a love story told entirely through handmade postcards, notes, and other creative physical notes and artifacts. But in S. these are more than just a nifty layer to the metanarrative. In many cases they are clues necessary to unravel the book’s many secrets. Because beyond the mystery of Straka’s identity and the relationship growing between Eric and Jen, there also seems to be a shadowy force that is watching the pair, and actively trying to keep them from unravelling the mystery, somehow tied to Straka, F.X. Caldiera, and the greater mystery of the enigma surrounding the author.

The fourth and final layer of the narrative is the actual real world, for which you, the reader, are the cipher. You are not only reading Straka’s novel, FXC’s annotations and clues, and Jen and Eric’s attempts to unlock the puzzle posed by both, but are also being provided with clues that spill out into the real world, in particular the internet. There are names, companies, phone numbers, the names of cafés and other establishments mentioned by Jen and Eric, and so on that if searched for on the internet bring you to websites that provide you with further clues and take you deeper into the conspiracy. I must admit that while I find this both interesting and charming, I have not spent much time on this level of the narrative. While it is neat, and very much indicative of J.J. Abram’s influence on this level of the narrative, I just don’t have this kind of time to spend on a single novel, no matter how interesting it is.

The nice thing is that even though this is a metanarrative on a number of levels, the whole thing is strong enough to stand on its own. Ship of Theseus stands on its own, but S. as a multimedia experience is the sum total of every level of the narrative. As of yet, I have only really experienced S. as contained within the physical boundaries of the book (which, by the way, comes within a slipcover that is sealed with a strip of paper, so that none of the materials inside can fall out, which is marked with J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst’s names, along with the picture of a capuchin monkey. Once you break that seal, the S. experience begins). Even without the viral marketing internet mystery level of the narrative, the first three layers of the metanarrative work perfectly well on their own- the fourth layer just makes the work open ended and tantalizingly ambiguous. I don’t think the ultimate “answer” to the enigma of S. is really out there on the internet, meaning it is a mystery without a solution and without an end. But that is okay, because in this case, the fun of the whole experience is in the journey, not the destination.

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Alexandria Guster

A Fun, Fantastic Read

Revisado en los Estados Unidos el 26 de agosto de 2023

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I will do my best to keep out spoilers but this is one of the best books I've read in awhile. It is an ergodic book, making you read out of order to get the full story. It is guised as a library book called Ship of Theseus by fictional author, V M Straka. The first story is the typed library book itself with very wide margins for taking notes. Those margins have been filled by the second story, which I will call the marginal story.

These margins are written by the same two people over the course of about a year and they are meant to be read in a certain order. The first section is written in pencil by the original owner, Eric Husch. After that is the writing in blue ball point pen (Jen) and black pen all caps (Eric). The third section is the orange writing and the green all caps. The fourth section is purple writing and red all caps. Finally, the last section is when both writings are in black.

Now there are several ways to read this book. You can read all the typed story, then read the marginal story. Or you could read each page typed then marginal. I personally read each chapter of the typed story, then went back and read the marginal story. And now that I've finished it I decided to read the margins over again to see what I missed.

I know that's a lot of work. Honestly, if you ever only read the typed story you will get a great read. But the marginal story is also pretty interesting and I would recommend going through the effort to find out what happens.

Finally there is the Eotvos Wheel which I haven't figured out yet. But it's supposed to provide codes via the footnotes. Each chapter has a different code. If you can figure that out that's a whole other aspect of the story.

I really hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

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Styx Lahy

Que edição incrível!

Revisado en Brasil el 24 de octubre de 2023

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Ship of Theseus é verdadeiramente impecável. Desde a capa até a qualidade do papel e impressão, cada detalhe foi cuidadosamente pensado. Espero gostar tanto desse mistério quanto gostei da edição, livros interativos são fascinantes! Altamente recomendo!

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So So 😊

Revisado en los Estados Unidos el 20 de septiembre de 2023

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I cannot say how much I ❤️ is- well just did, anyway-it is a puzzle, it is a mystery, and it’s 2 (count um) books in one…the book book and notes n the margins ( even adding a few of my own ).

Seriously I have not been able to put it down. Bedroom, bathroom, living room, car 🚗 it is a well traveled book. I have now read chapters 1-4 and I am starting all over again. I was talking separate notes but it’s and more fun to add my own in the book.
Please!!!! If if retired and have time on your hands, on vacation, or just have/have not spare time …. Get this book. You will not regret the purchase.

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