Have you heard of bookthesequel.com? No? Well, it’s awesome.
Perseus Books will be creating a book - from beginning to end — at BookExpo America (May 28-31) this year. This book is “Book: The Sequel” and will be designed, edited, published, promoted, and sold live from BEA’s show floor. That’s awesome. And what’s even awesomer (I know “awesomer” isn’t a word) is the plot of Book: The Sequel. The book will be a collection of the first sentences of made-up sequels to famous books. And what’s even awesomer still (again, I know it’s not a word), is that you can submit your own sentences to be considered for the project.
Sentences can be submitted at bookthesequel.com until May 28. My contribution?
“Brains!” - The Great Gatsby II: The Zombie Years.
I love this project! I just hope that our favorites genres are appropirately represented...
For the record, my own contribution:
"When Grete Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, she found herself in the presence of a monstrous vermin which, though repulsive, she could not help but regard with an air of fraternal familiarity."
--Re-Metamorphosis: The Revenge of Gregor Samsa.
I had heard of this project, but only in the sense that they would be producing a book, live, from start to finish during the BEA. Now I don't just want to watch it happen, I kinda want to read it as well.
I think I'll attempt to contribute something as well, perhaps a sequel to Philip K Dick's Through a Scanner Darkly. Or that might not be famous enough...
Here's a question: is BEA open to the public, or a closed event? Just curious.
This sounds so cool!! Thanks for sharing...