Fun fact: he was a three-time Jeopardy! winner and was in the same league as the contestants in the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions. I might not have done research on the American novelist. While I consider myself an avid reader, I have to come forward and divulge that I had no clue who Doug Dorst was. So it shouldn’t come off as a surprise that book binding fanatic Abrams created S. Paired with Doug Dorst who wrote the splendid The Surf Guru: Stories, the team came up with the perfect book for every bibliophile. Once more, you have to watch the TED talk. He further talked about Lost, and how he learned very early in his career that you should never (ever) hurt Tom Cruise’s nose.

In the eighteen minute talk, he mentioned his love for his late granddad, his obsession with odd little crafts like letterpress and magic, and where his fascination with mystery came from. His opening line was genius I’m not going to spoil it, so you really have to watch it. I enjoyed it so much that I ran it on the Blu-Ray player just to show my dad why J.J.

I came across the five year old video sometime around November, so I think seven is a pretty big deal. is their love letter to the written word. Introducing S by Doug Dorst and JJ Abrams (seriously, is there anything he can’t do?), S. Relish the good times! You owe it to yourself. When you’re finished with it, reserve a special spot in your dusty bookshelf, place the book there and brag about it. Be gentle when you’re flipping the pages and perusing through the postcards and letters. The bottom contains the copyright notice for the slipcase and the ISBN barcode.It wouldn’t be the same if you read this book on your eReader you wouldn’t be able to immerse yourself in it. The top of the slipcase has etchings of two birds. In addition to the biographical information available through the hyperlinks, there is brief TED clip of him addressing creativity.ĭoug Dorst is an author and teaches creative writing at Texas State University in San Marcos. Abrams is known for many creative projects including the television series Lost, the film Mission Impossible III, and by the time you are reading this the film Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The label that enclosed the book has the iconic S. At the bottom there is traditional attached library cataloguing labelĪt the very bottom is Winged Shoes Press. The open side of the case reveals the book spine SHIP OF THESEUS and the author V. At the top we find publication date crediting BAD ROBOT and MELCHER MEDIA, at the bottom MULLHOLLAND BOOKS and LITTLE, BROWN. Two birds frame on top and bottom that information. Abrams and Doug Dorst along with the title, the same iconic S.

The cased in side of the carton credits the two authors/creators J.J.

A seal to keep the volume inside itself has three sides. The slipcase also offers a wealth of information on its three sides as well as the top and bottom.

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