Late last year, abrams found time to publish a novel. Fans of abramss tv series lost will delight in this multilayered and complex novel, coauthored with dorst alive in necropolis, which comes in a highly unusual package. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. The formal conceit of the novel, in which you have the novel unfolding in the margins of another novel, that. S is a fake artefact, much like the monster movie cloverfield, which abrams produced in 2008 and which used found footage. Summit that bad robot productions had made a deal with valve to produce a film based on either the video game title portal or halflife. Dorst, but the books edgeworn spine, labeled with a faded dewey decimal sticker, is scuffed, and its corners dented. Abrams turns his hand to the written word with his novel, s. This experience has been cocreated by doug dorst, a novelist, and j.
It consisted of a frame story about two scholars told in the marginalia of another novel, the author of which they are investigating. Abrams has 56 books on goodreads with 102530 ratings. Give in to the unknown for a while and ponder the mystery. Abrams and written by awardwinning novelist doug dorst, is the chronicle of two readers finding each other in the margins of a book and enmeshing themselves in a deadly struggle between forces they dont understand. Such is the suspicion raised in the reader by the books many tricks that the idea rapidly takes hold that doug dorst is actually abrams, making a novelwriting debut under protective cover. Abrams kicked off the conversation by clarifying that, though his name is on the cover of s. S by jj abrams and doug dorst book unwrapping youtube. The book, originally owned by eric, a university graduate student was temporarily. Ship of theseus, the final novel by a prolific but enigmatic writer named v. The new series is titled overlook, named after the iconic hotel from stephen kings 1977 novel. For mastering this, abrams has earned fame, the gilded keys to both the star wars and star trek franchises, and the clout to produce s.
Conceived by abrams and written by novelist doug dorst, s. From the outside, it looks like an old library book, called ship of theseus and. A spread from the ebook of jj abrams and doug dorsts s. Abrams and doug dorst, may be the best looking book ive ever seen. Abrams and written by awardwinning novelist doug dorst, is the chronicle of two readers finding each other in the margins of a.
In the meantime, im just really enjoying the challenge of discovering a new way to read a book. The novel is unusual in its format, presented as a story within a story. On september 9, 20, it was announced that abrams would release a novel, s. Buy here in this video, i will be unwrapping the brand new book by jj abrams and doug dorst. Straka a fictitious novel, with an equally fictitious writer. Written by doug dorst with input from film producer j. If you were a fan of lost, you should definitely check it out. This book is very meta, by which i mean there are 3 levels of story. After a stint as hollywoods hottest director, the man behind both star wars and star trek franchise reboots is heading back to the medium that made him. With lieutenant dorst alive in necropolis, 2008, etc. It is also abrams and dorst s love letter to the written word. The core story is the book itself, ship of theseus by v. Abrams and doug dorst, may be the bestlooking book ive ever seen.
It is also abrams and dorsts love letter to the written word. The hollywood writer, director and producer, and creator of the novel s. S is not just a book, of course, but a jj abrams production, complete with an enigmatic online. Abrams and bad robot are no strangers to the macabre universe of stephen king. Straka and the margin notes of two students conversing with each other which becomes a whole different story as they try to figure out the authors true identity. This is probably the most unique reading experience ive had in a long time. Abrams, byname of jeffrey jacob abrams, born june 27, 1966, new york city, new york, u. At 15, he wrote the music for don dohlers nightbeast 1982. Under that banner, abrams created and executiveproduced the hit show alias and became the cocreator along with damon lindelof and jeffrey lieber and executive producer of one of televisions most iconic genre shows, lost. Abrams planned on going to dental school, but decided to study film at sarah lawrence college. Ship of theseus presents an often surreal narrative about an amnesiac castaway who goes by the initial s. In his senior year, he and jill mazursky teamed up to write a feature film, which.
Jeffrey jacob abrams born june 27, 1966 is an american filmmaker. Abrams bad robot productions made waves with the release of a mysterious, disturbing teaser trailer known only as stranger. Trekkies and hollywood watchers are all still waiting to find out if producer jj abrams will returning to the directors chair for the 2012 star trek sequel, but today he added a new job title. Ship of theseus, the final novel by a prolific but enigmatic. It includes the novel ship of theseus, attributed to v. It is composed of the novel ship of theseus by a fictional author, and handwritten notes filling the books margins as a dialogue between two college students hoping to uncover the authors mysterious identity and the novels secret plus loose supplementary materials tucked in between pages. The book contains ship of theseus, the final novel of the critically popular but mysterious author v. He is known for his work in the genres of action, drama, and science fiction. The author and novel are the fictional creations of mr. S consists of the novel ship of theseus written by fictional author, v. Such is the suspicion raised in the reader by the books many tricks that the idea rapidly takes hold that doug dorst is actually abrams, making a novel writing debut under protective cover. A delightful, endlessly unfolding fiction that is meta beyond meta, a sort of da vinci code for smart people when lead author abrams isnt busy rebooting the star trek film series, hes cooking up puzzles, mysteries and legerdemain. Abrams, one of the minds behind major film and tv franchises such as lost, cloverfield and the new star trek films. Abrams fans have come to expect the unconventional with the filmmakers projects, so they shouldnt be surprised by the novel s by abrams and.
Image 1 of 2 jj abrams, whose first foray into the literary world is a novel, s. Certainly it is a major call to state that a modern work of this. J abrams, 9780857864772, available at book depository with. Hbo max greenlights overlook, a spinoff of stephen kings the shining, from jj abrams bad robot productions. If the scaffolding that props up s as a novel has passed you by, perhaps an explanation is in order.
Strakas 1949 book, ship of theseus, a title that calls to mind plutarchs famous paradox, which asks whether a ship. Abrams is developing the shining spinoff series for hbo max. Even the monumental work of james joyce in ulysses cannot quite compare to the full flavour and power of the metafiction and postmodern styling of doug dorsts work inspired by the ideas of j. Fxc godel escher bach hermann hesse identity it all goes back to calais jean bernard desjardins jen heyward jennifer heyward jj abrams juan blas covarrubias khatef zelh lost magpie mckays magazine obsidian. The force awakens 2015 abramss father was a producer of madefortelevision.
Straka, published in 1949, which is a story about an amnesiac, known only as s. The fall of lance armstrong with bradley cooper in talks to star as armstrong, and d. The shining tv show overlook is happening at hbo max with. You must make a conscious physical action to enter the book. The shining tv series from jj abrams in development for. This book is ship of theseus, the 19th and final novel of an author called vm straka, which has been translated with copious footnotes by. Abrams in october that turned out to be a novel written with doug dorst. The novel, written in a collaboration between film director j. Abrams wrote or produced such films as regarding henry 1991, forever young 1992, armageddon 1998, cloverfield 2008, star trek 2009, and star wars. Castle rock, which ran for two seasons, was an anthology show set in kings fictional maine town of the same name, that tied. Just showing the clip would be novel on its own, but epic created star wars characters to actually introduce the clip, including the rise of skywalker director j. In 20, paramount pictures and bad robot partners jj abrams and bryan burk were producing a film based on juliet macurs book cycle of lies.