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8 July 2008 The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper Books I’ll Wait Until the Trilogy is Done
posted by Paul Constant at 3:45 PM
io9 reports on the new, free downloadable version of the world’s longest novel, Marienbad, My Love, by Mark Leach. It’s 12.6 million words long. The press release has all kinds of interesting information about the book’s record-breakingness, including:
* 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).
The website also has the Top Ten reasons to read Marienbad, My Love:
1. A giant orbiting UFO 2. Nazi/alien collaborations 3. Alien abductions 4. Human/alien hybrids 5. Mind control 6. Religious insects from outer space 7. A mad scientist 8. An evil CEO 9. A time-traveling, green-skinned monster of the unconscious 10. The end of the world
You know, I’ve been trying to find another book to revive Book Club of the Damned here on Slog, but I think I’d rather choose a book that I can successfully read in my lifetime. Still and all, it’s totally free! Go! Download! Enjoy! And don’t say I never gave you anything.
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Comments on I'll Wait Until the Trilogy is Done
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It can't possibly be any good if its main selling points are its length and a long word.
Posted by Jason Josephes | July 8, 2008 3:51 PM
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This is equivalent to the worlds largest hamburger; a feat that means nothing because the substance of it isn't consumable.
Posted by Bellevue Ave | July 8, 2008 3:52 PM
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Hmm. I remember reading a German SF series that had many hundreds of books ... if those were compiled together, it might be longer.
Remember, never fear the Decalogy ...
Posted by Will in Seattle | July 8, 2008 3:56 PM
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Vomit.
Posted by Fnarf | July 8, 2008 4:00 PM
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Someone read too much Faulkner in school...
Posted by Jubilation T. Cornball | July 8, 2008 4:12 PM
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The downloads are .doc files! Absurd!
Posted by Chris | July 8, 2008 4:13 PM
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on the upside, one word is 1/3 of the book.
a mad scientist and an evil CEO?!
that's tempting reading.
Posted by chops | July 8, 2008 4:23 PM
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Isn't this a job for a new public intern?
Posted by vooodooo84 | July 8, 2008 4:31 PM
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A novel whose only claim to fame is some stupid record-breaking is sci-fi/fantasy? I'm shocked.
Posted by Emily | July 8, 2008 4:44 PM
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Wow, they really are distributing .doc files. Any bets at least one of them contains a macro virus?
Posted by lostboy | July 8, 2008 4:51 PM
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No, no, no. This is not a book. This is a stupid gimmick dressed up to look like a book. Inside a .doc file that probably has a few macro viruses.
Posted by Greg | July 9, 2008 9:35 AM
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