Blah

The Blah Story, written by Nigel Tomm and released in 23 volumes, is the world’s longest novel.  The Blah Story weighs in at 11,338,105 words and 17,868 pages.

The writing is, shall we say, experimental.

The idea of the writing is to allow the reader to fill spaces with words and images of their own device.  Following is an example of the writing lifted from Volume 23 of The Blah Story:

“Upon blah up with the blah, blah perceived that it was in the blah of a blah blah of the blah of the blah, but far blah in blah the blah of these blah. Owing to the blah which blah among us at this blah turn of the blah, no blah was ready blah blah with a blah, and the blah had actually blah in getting blah blah vast blah across blah, and blah one of the blah by the small of blah back, before any blah means were blah to blah blah. In this blah nothing but the blah and blah of blah saved blah from blah. The blah soon recovered blah, and a blah being blah, blah secured the blah before blah the blah. Blah then blah in blah to the blah, blah our blah behind blah. This blah, upon blah, blah to be full blah in blah blah. Blah blah was perfectly blah, and very blah, blah tightly.”

I must admit, I struggle with this form of writing.  I am not quite ready for this kind of latitude in my reading.  I am going to require the author to take my hand and lead me a bit more.

I need more “See Spot Run” and less “Blah.”

—Mitchell Hegman

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