Some readers have chosen to read Ship of Theseus along with the marginalia, inserts, and footnotes as they come to them. The placement of the inserts is likely important to some degree. If you don’t, though, there is a handy web page that will help you remember where they all go. I suggest you be careful to flip through the book and note the placement of the inserts first. Straka, and various other information about the book and the translator’s influence.

The foreword introduces the translator’s self, the author V.M. It also includes something called an EOTVOS wheel which you will find in the very back. The inserts consist of handwritten notes, photographs, maps, postcards, newspaper clippings, etc., left by the same two people who are writing in the margins in order to communicate. It could help you determine if one set of colors was written at a different time than a second set of colors. As you read the marginalia, pay attention to the colors of the ink/pencil used to write, underline, draw, etc. The book is filled with the margin notes of two people, a male and female, who first meet not personally, but by exchanging notes over a period of time. The other 18 books (fictional and non-existent as far as we know) are listed inside the book to the left of the title page in apparent chronological order. Straka, along with its marginalia, inserts, and translator foreword and footnotes. “S” consists of the fictitious book, Ship of Theseus by the fictitious author V.M. Seasoned readers – you probably already know everything here – so if you want to go deeper, proceed directly to the Intermediate Guide to Reading “S.”

This post is intended as a short, spoiler-free introduction to new readers of “S”, a book authored by Doug Dorst and conceived by J.J.

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