Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Daily Diversion Ode to Infinity: The Longest Story Ever Told In Nine Words
Posted by Tracy Moore on Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 3:52 PM
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You know how Ernest Hemingway supposedly wrote the shortest story ever in six words? ("For sale: baby shoes, never used.") Well, I guess this intriguing ode to infinity Opium Magazine has issued might be in the same kind of vein. They're running a nine-word story (conceived by conceptual artist Jonathon Keats) on their cover this month. Only it will take a thousand years to read. The words are printed on the cover in black ink, with a black background, and thanks to some kind of fancy overlay ink screening process, the full monty will be revealed one word at a time over the next millenium as each word is exposed to sunlight.
It's a neat idea and all, but only offers the kind of delayed gratification nary a one of us will see the payoff for. (A story that takes 1,000 years to read? Even Infinite Jest fans would balk.) Leave your guesses for the nine-word story in the comments.
[Via Gawker.]
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"Totally not worth the wait. You got served, nerds."
And everyone knows paper exposed to 1000 years of sunlight will be in nothing but the best condtion. I say someone needs to experiment with a series of acids.
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Posted by
Ashley
on 06/30/2009 at 4:36 PM
Well, fine, but he stole the idea from John Cage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_Slow_As_Possible
Posted by
jamiealex
on 06/30/2009 at 4:52 PM
