Gimmicks
- Description
- 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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- 6 Members
- guyalice, sturlington, souloftherose, spiphany, cej1027, ahef1963
- Explications
- sturlington: Gradual erasure of letters of the alphabet from the narrative.spiphany: Story is told using ever fewer letters of the alphabet.
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- 4 Members
- charl08, guyalice, sturlington, ahef1963
3
- 3 Members
- sturlington, spiphany, ahef1963
- Explications
- spiphany: Pages and chapters are numbered backwards
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- 3 Members
- guyalice, spiphany, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explications
- spiphany: Can be read straight through or in an order chosen by the reader according to instructions at the beginning of the book.
5
15,662 membres
377 critiques
4.1
Score 2
Ajouté 2014-11-15, 08:23 PM
- 3 Members
- Moomin_Mama, guyalice, ManWithAnAgenda,ahef1963
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- 3 Members
- KimarieBee, sturlington, ahef1963,spiphany
- Explications
- sturlington: The narrator reads another book, which is contained inside the first book,
but the last chapters are missing.
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10
582 membres
13 critiques
½ 3.7
Score 2
Ajouté 2017-09-17, 06:52 AM
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334 membres
54 critiques
½ 3.6
Score 2
Ajouté 2017-10-13, 03:24 PM
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13
- 2 Members
- sturlington, spiphany
14
80 membres
4.2
Score 2
Ajouté 2014-11-01, 06:10 AM
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17
- Member
- spiphany
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19
- Member
- sturlington
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23
409 membres
15 critiques
½ 3.3
Score 1
Ajouté 2014-11-01, 06:27 AM
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25
- Member
- sturlington
- Explications
- sturlington: The book is about the breakdown of language, as experienced by the narrator.
26
- Member
- sturlington
- Explications
- sturlington: Told as if from the point of view of multiple security monitors, often with text in corresponding columns.
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de Ana Castillo
298 membres
3 critiques
½ 3.3
Score 1
Ajouté 2017-09-17, 06:45 AM
28
- Member
- spiphany
29
de Miaojin Qiu
221 membres
8 critiques
½ 3.7
Score 1
Ajouté 2021-05-25, 11:21 AM
30
184 membres
2 critiques
3.9
Score 1
Ajouté 2014-11-01, 06:20 AM
31
142 membres
1 critique
½ 3.5
Score 1
Ajouté 2014-11-01, 06:20 AM
32
- Member
- Moomin_Mama
- Explications
- Moomin_Mama: A grown up choose-your-own-adventure that can also be read cover to cover.
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34
- Member
- spiphany
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40
7 membres
1 critique
3
Score 1
Ajouté 2021-03-07, 05:20 AM
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- Member
- spiphany
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45
- Member
- spiphany
46
2,135 membres
22 critiques
3.9
Score 0
Ajouté 2014-11-01, 08:58 AM
- 2 Members
- aulsmith, souloftherose,sturlington ,spiphany
- Explications
47
49
159 membres
5 critiques
3
Score 0
Ajouté 2019-04-18, 10:14 AM
50
de Jeff Jackson
62 membres
1 critique
½ 3.6
Score 0
Ajouté 2019-09-01, 03:50 AM