S.

Overview:

  • Title: S.
  • Author: Doug Dorst, J. J. Abrams
  • Year: 2015
  • ISBN-10: 9783462047264
  • Publisher: Kiepenheuer & Witsch
  • Price: €45.00
  • Pages: 522
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: S.
  • Notes:
    • Translated by Tobias Schnettler and Bert Schröder.
    • Hardcover edition in a slipcase.
    • First printing ("1. Auflage 2015").
    • Limited edition (not stated in book but on publisher's website).
    • Print run of 100000 copies. Printed in Poland. No more print runs are planned (as of September 2015). These information are not stated in the book or on the publisher's website but were provided by the publisher at a presentation of the book in the publisher's office and then blogged online by some of the presentation's participants.
    • German title of the fictitious book: "Das Schiff des Theseus".
    • Title "S." only printed on slipcase.
    • The 23 supplements which are part of the story have all been adapted for the German edition.
    • The title page and copyright page on the front pages of the book and the book's title "Das Schiff des Theseus" are fictitious and part of the story. The real copyright information which are not part of the story are printed on inside back cover in very small font size.
    • Page numbers where the supplements belong to and have to be located:
      • Letter from Straka to Grahn, Straka Archive (Swedish and German) / Brief von Straka an Grahn, Straka-Archiv (auf Deutsch und Schwedisch): vi-vii
      • Allegations against VMS / Anschuldigungen gegen VMS: 10-11
      • Copy of Toronto Review / Kopie aus Toronto Review: 22-23
      • The Daily Pronghorn: 38-39
      • Telegrams / Telegramme: 60-61
      • Newspaper clip from Straka Archive / Zeitungsausschnitt, Straka-Archiv: 76-77
      • Letter from Desjardins / Brief von Desjardins: 96-97
      • Letter from Jen to Eric (Story from her childhood) / Brief von Jen an Eric (Geschichte aus ihrer Kindheit): 112-113
      • Postcard (landscape) from Brazil from April 12th / Postkarte aus Brasilien mit Landschaft vom 12. April 2012: 126-127
      • Photo of a stone wall with an archway / Bild Mauer mit Torbogen: 146-147
      • Postcard (bird) from Brazil from April 15th / Postkarte aus Brasilien mit Vogel vom 15. April 2012: 202-203
      • Napkin / Serviette: 216-217
      • Postcard (palm trees) from Brazil from April 18th / Postkarte aus Braslien mit Palmen vom 18.4.2012: 216-217
      • Postcard (beach) from Brazil from April 19th / Postkarte aus Braslien mit Strand vom 19.4.2012: 218-219
      • Postcard "Pictorial Brazil" from April 20th / Postkarte "Pictorial Brazil" vom 20.4.2012: 228-229
      • Letter from Eric to Jen (Story about uncle) / Brief von Eric an Jen (Geschichte über Onkel): 228-229
      • Black and white photo of a women / Schwarzweißfoto einer Frau: 274-275
      • Card with monkey / Karte mit Affe "Gastrimargus olivaceus": 292-293
      • Article about F.X. Caldeira / Artikel über F.X. Caldeira: 292-293 (inside the monkey card)
      • Letter from Pega / Brief von Pega: 408-409
      • Small card of a person with a falcon / Kleine Karte "Jean-Bernard Desjardins" mit Bild einer Person mit Falke: 414-415
      • Letter from Jen to Eric, written on letter paper of the university / Brief von Jen and Eric, geschrieben auf Briefpapier der Uni: 430-431
      • Decoding disc / Dechiffrierscheibe: inside back cover