Grasping for the Wind

The Six Word Story

A long time back, before this blog had any readers whatsoever, I posted a little link to a story in Wired, that had a bunch of science fiction and fantasy authors (including Charles Stross, Robert Jordan, Cory Doctorow, David Brin, Gregory Maguire and Frank Miller), as well as others copying Hemingway's famous short story of only six words. They also added a slide show where the stories are put into pictures which is a must view.

Well, I had thought that such a thing didn't really constitute a story, more of an advertisement or promo and it seems Nicholas Lezard at the Guardian agrees with me.

It's worth a look at both articles, the first for the fun, the second for the critical opinion.

Posted by John on February 8, 2008 09:39 AM | Posted to Literature and Language
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