Gimmicks

Descrição
Books which challenge formal conventions of the reading experience (i.e., the layout of the book, reading order, the relationship between main text and secondary matter such as notes, titles, etc.). For this list I'm not interested in postmodern and metafictional experiments with style/genre or narrative point of view.
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3,911 membros
258 resenhas
3.9
6 Members
guyalice, sturlington, souloftherose, spiphany, cej1027, ahef1963
Explicações
sturlington: Gradual erasure of letters of the alphabet from the narrative.
spiphany: Story is told using ever fewer letters of the alphabet.
2
2,875 membros
68 resenhas
4.2
3
8,691 membros
96 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
sturlington, spiphany, ahef1963
Explicações
spiphany: Pages and chapters are numbered backwards
4
525 membros
20 resenhas
3.8
3 Members
guyalice, spiphany, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicações
spiphany: Can be read straight through or in an order chosen by the reader according to instructions at the beginning of the book.
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15,549 membros
374 resenhas
4.1
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3,795 membros
233 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
KimarieBee, sturlington, ahef1963,spiphany
Explicações
sturlington: The narrator reads another book, which is contained inside the first book, but the last chapters are missing.
7
3,246 membros
86 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
guyalice, spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Published as a vintage-looking library book with marginal notations and loose documents (letters, postcards, notes, etc.) tucked between the pages
8
2,079 membros
34 resenhas
3.1
2 Members
guyalice, spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Two stories printed 180° from each other, requiring the reader to rotate the book while reading
9
1,567 membros
51 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
charl08, spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Consists of two stories; half the printings of the book start with one story, half with the other
10
582 membros
13 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
charl08, spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: The "front" and "back" of the book are each the starting place for two stories that meet in the middle.
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332 membros
54 resenhas
½ 3.6
2 Members
guyalice, spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Bound like an accordian with two parallel stories, one on each side of the page.
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306 membros
12 resenhas
½ 3.3
2 Members
guyalice, spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Consists only of footnotes
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211 membros
23 resenhas
3.8
14
2 Members
guyalice, spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Two separate version of the book were written ("female" perspective and "male" perspective); the printed editions are the same except for a key chapter.
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5,090 membros
99 resenhas
4.2
Member
spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Suggested reading order requires the reader to skip forwards and backwards through the book rather than reading the chapters in order.
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1,545 membros
43 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Written without the use of the letter "e"
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944 membros
40 resenhas
½ 4.4
Member
spiphany
18
884 membros
32 resenhas
3.9
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spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Consists entirely of footnotes
19
710 membros
136 resenhas
½ 3.4
20
632 membros
22 resenhas
3.9
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spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Published in two editions ("dark" and "light") which have the same main text but contain different extra material (advertisements, recommendations, etc) between the chapters.
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575 membros
19 resenhas
4
Member
spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Each chapter uses only a single vowel.
22
454 membros
17 resenhas
3.8
Member
spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Consists of die-cut pages of Bruno Schulz's "Street of Crocodiles"; the story is formed using the non-cut-out words and letters.
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409 membros
15 resenhas
½ 3.3
Member
spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Every sentence is a question.
24
405 membros
9 resenhas
4.1
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spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: The individual sections of the book are sold in a box rather than being bound together in a fixed reading order.
25
399 membros
7 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
Explicações
sturlington: The book is about the breakdown of language, as experienced by the narrator.
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347 membros
67 resenhas
½ 3.4
Member
sturlington
Explicações
sturlington: Told as if from the point of view of multiple security monitors, often with text in corresponding columns.
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297 membros
3 resenhas
½ 3.3
Member
spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Epistolary novel; the reader is presented with three suggested reading orders: the Conformist, the Cynic, and the Quixotic
28
239 membros
6 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
29
220 membros
8 resenhas
½ 3.7
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spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Consists of a set of letters which, the reader is informed, can be read in any order.
30
184 membros
2 resenhas
3.9
Member
spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: The "front" and "back" of the book are each the starting place for two stories that meet in the middle.
31
142 membros
1 resenha
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Chapters can be read in any order. The book is laid out like a Tarot deck.
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110 membros
2 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
Moomin_Mama
Explicações
Moomin_Mama: A grown up choose-your-own-adventure that can also be read cover to cover.
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96 membros
3 resenhas
4.1
Member
spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: The "front" and "back" of the book are each the starting place for two stories that meet in the middle.
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81 membros
2 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
spiphany
35
74 membros
5 resenhas
3.2
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spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Sold as loose, unbound pages in a box.
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74 membros
3.2
Member
spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Mixture of prose and other documents; the paragraphs are randomly shuffled so that each printed edition is different.
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50 membros
1 resenha
3
Member
spiphany
38
15 membros
1 resenha
½ 4.5
Member
spiphany
39
10 membros
5
Member
spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Sold as a collection of color-coded booklets in a slipcase; the author provides 16 suggested reading orders
40
7 membros
1 resenha
3
Member
spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Each page has two columns, one with the main story and a second in smaller print with thoughts or comments on the characters and sometimes completely unrelated material.
41
7 membros
1
Member
spiphany
42
6 membros
1 resenha
3
Member
spiphany
43
4 membros
Member
spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: Text consists of the last sentences of 375 other novels.
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4 membros
Member
spiphany
Explicações
spiphany: The "front" and "back" of the book are each the starting place for two stories that meet in the middle.
45
1 membro
Member
spiphany
46
2,125 membros
22 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
aulsmith, souloftherose,sturlington ,spiphany
Explicações
aulsmith: A set of ethnographic notes about a future Pacific Northwest with a novella twined into the notes.
spiphany : experiments with narrative conventions, not the physical characteristics of the book
47
668 membros
15 resenhas
3.8
Member
aulsmith,spiphany
Explicações
aulsmith: Two main narrators, one the author of a book, the other either a character in that book or the author's grandson.
spiphany : experiments with narrative conventions, not the physical characteristics of the book
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378 membros
20 resenhas
3.9
49
157 membros
5 resenhas
3
50
62 membros
1 resenha
½ 3.6
51
49 membros
1 resenha
½ 3.7
52
32 membros
4 resenhas
3.2
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30 membros
2 resenhas
½ 3.6