How was your experience reading the book "S. Ship of Theseus"?

Be captivated by frame designs or beautiful illustrations. However, "S. "Having these two characteristics at the same time, this is undoubtedly an "ambitious" book. The publication of this book has, in a sense, subverted our reading habits and ways of thinking over the years.

《S. "The author of the book is Abrams, a famous American director and producer who is active in the film and television circles. His representative works include the "Lost" series, "Star Trek" series, "Mission: Impossible 3", and "Star Wars: "The Force Awakens" etc. Perhaps it is precisely because he has the natural acumen of sound and picture as a film and television person, and because he is good at creating science fiction and suspense films and televisions, that this book has the reader's psychological participation and interactive experience in a sense. If we don't use our imagination, this book will be like a "book from heaven".

According to common sense, the title of a book is usually at least one word, or a word, or a sentence. Abrams positioned the title as an English capital letter, which is a mystery in itself.

《S. "Different from suspense novels in the general sense, the process of reading this book is more like a game, an adventure... It can be said that from the moment we picked it up, we have already participated in a story directed by Abrams. The first "movie" was released. The mysterious "S." is printed on the front of the letter sleeve. The opening direction of the letter sleeve is to the left. Gently pull it out and you will find the mysterious novel "The Ship of Theseus".

"The Ship of Theseus" is created as an adventure novel. According to the overall layout of the book, this novel is set to be written by the writer Shichaka. Shichaka is actually just a pen name, and his true identity is unknown. There are more than a dozen theories circulating in the world, and some people even think that he is the philosopher Feuerbach.

According to Abrams' judgment, "The Ship of Theseus" was a work published by Shichaka in 1949, and it was also the last novel he published. Shichaka's "Ship of Theseus" tells the story: A man named "S." who lost his memory was abducted onto a strange ship and embarked on an adventurous journey with a group of weird crew members. This book was filled with annotations by two students. The book was filled with various research materials they found, such as newspaper clippings, photos, postcards, posters, etc. There is a monkey attached to the side seal of the book, which also forms a key character in the ship of Theseus.

In "S. "In the construction of this book, "The Ship of Theseus" is only the first structure of the whole book. The second structure is composed of handwritten words left in the margins of the book. Since the colors and fonts of these handwritten words are different, it feels like two readers who do not know each other borrowed "Theseus" by taking turns. "Ship" left reading notes and used this to have conversations, trying to uncover the secrets Shichaka hides in the book. "S. 》The third content structure is the readers themselves. In the book, the reader is equivalent to playing the role of a librarian or another book borrower in the story. He or she can also be a detective who discovers the book by chance and tries to uncover the truth of the entire story. When reading this book, you feel as excited and expectant as opening a mysterious gift. You can read it upright, backwards, over, and back and forth to piece together all the clues in your mind about the mysterious word "S." Enjoy a reading experience that is difficult to express in words.

This is not so much an interesting book as it is a book that subverts traditional reading habits. It makes us involuntarily annotate and excerpt in order to remember the details, and makes us guess. and moving forward in reasoning, let us search for various information through the Internet, just to understand the clues inadvertently laid out in the book.

From the perspective of the craftsmanship of binding design, "S. The main part of "S." is set as a collection of books, so "S. 》The entire book also resembles an old book, with yellowing pages and some coffee stains, mildew spots, oil stains, etc. In order to ensure that "S. 》From the format and background color to the handwriting of each chapter and page, it is consistent with the original version. All the design, paper, binding and craftsmanship of the book are unique, including spot color printing, embossing, debossing, and yellow and white hot stamping. There are more than 20 technological processes such as black printing, die-cutting, rivet binding, and napkin color printing. From the perspective of book production technology, this book demonstrates the spirit of craftsmanship.

Currently, in today's era of digital reading, some people lament that traditional paper publications have faded away and will sooner or later disappear from the horizon of the times. In fact, this issue should be viewed dialectically from two aspects: on the one hand, the convenience and interactivity of digital reading enable the reading content to be widely disseminated, but the disadvantages of digital reading are also obvious, that is, fragmentation. Although digital reading is a trend in reading methods, traditional paper books cannot be replaced.

On the other hand, paper books still have room for innovation in terms of reading methods. For example, introducing the interactive features of digital reading can undoubtedly greatly expand the influence of paper books. When customers stand in front of a wide range of products, they are like the owners of the products and can choose freely.

A series of movies "Infernal Affairs" a few years ago fully mobilized the story interaction between characters and characters, between characters and the audience, and between the audience and the audience in terms of plot setting. The suspenseful narrative aroused the audience's interest in watching the movie. "S. "This book has a certain "Infernal Affairs" color in a certain sense, emphasizing the reader's participation and interactivity in reading. I wonder if it will set off a storm of reading experience.