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07-08-2008, 03:42 PM #1
Kitty Pryde
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So this Mark Leach guy has written a book which he is claiming is the longest novel ever published, Marienbad My Love. 12.6 million words. I think it's ebook published only. I hope so for the trees' sake. He's also claiming
-the world's longest word. Also called "the holy Jah," the 4.4-million-letter noun is a coinage of words from the world's faiths. It means "god within."
-the world's longest sentence (3 million words).
-the world's longest book title (6,700 words).
Books homepage: http://marienbadmylove.com/default.aspx
Press release: http://www.prlog.org/10086581-worlds...ng-longer.html
I'll quote you the opening paragraph for funsies:
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Again I advance across the tragic beaches of this deserted island, footsteps upon sand so profound, so deep, that one perceives no step. Mute beaches, where footsteps are lost. Mute, deserted – footsteps upon sand over which I advance once again. To find you.
What's your take? Brilliant outsider art? Throwing common sense to the wind? Spectacle to break a world record? Mental health concerns?
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07-08-2008, 04:09 PM #2
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I'll quote you the opening paragraph for funsies:
What's your take? Brilliant outsider art? Throwing common sense to the wind? Spectacle to break a world record? Mental health concerns?
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Again I advance across the tragic beaches of this deserted island, footsteps upon sand so profound, so deep, that one perceives no step. Mute beaches, where footsteps are lost. Mute, deserted – footsteps upon sand over which I advance once again. To find you.
Dude opens with "I" then in the same sentence has "that one perceives no step."
Lit fic wannabe with a tin ear.
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07-08-2008, 04:18 PM #3
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07-09-2008, 09:27 AM #4
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What's your take? Brilliant outsider art? Throwing common sense to the wind? Spectacle to break a world record? Mental health concerns?
Hypomania, lots of time on hands, doesn't get out very much, needs more lithium and less bandwidth. /online quack diagnosis
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07-09-2008, 09:47 AM #5
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Just a novelty. Not even as satisfying as my novel tea, which I shall take with a crumpet this very afternoon.
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07-09-2008, 10:37 AM #6
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What's your take? Brilliant outsider art? Throwing common sense to the wind? Spectacle to break a world record? Mental health concerns?
A lame attempt to attract attention and nothing more.
That opening paragraph. Holy... and just think, there's only 12,599,957 more words to go.
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07-09-2008, 10:51 AM #7
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The real question: Is it good enough for trunknovels.com?
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07-09-2008, 11:26 AM #8
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For stuff like this, we need a thread called something like Literary Onanism: Spilling Our Synonyms on the Ground.
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What's the plot??
It'd wanna be bloody brilliant..
And please dont tell me it's all like that^^
Poor bloke.. although he could also claim world's most unreadable novel? Maybe that'd be a comfort
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