Tweet, Tweet, Twitterature

Full title: Twitterature. The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less

Authors: Alexander Aciman and Emmett Rensin

Genre: Fiction, adaptation
Attributes: 208 pages, paperback
Publisher: Penguin (2009)
On the scale of Zero to One: Zero (i.e. borrowed from local library)

Hashtags #twitterature on Twitter (quite a few) don’t seem to be about the book Twitterature. I’ll use the name anyway. Might be a first.
— Francisc Nona (@ferinona) August 26, 2014

#twitterature 4 those who C this on other platforms, this is a review. The reviewee: the book 'twitterature.' Venue: http://t.co/5qfCzHLvBC
— Francisc Nona (@ferinona) August 26, 2014

#twitterature Start from title. Volume retelling lit gr8s. Not unlike Reader’s Digest. Only better 'n shorter + with lots of abbreviations.
— Francisc Nona (@ferinona) August 26, 2014

#twitterature Authors: Alexander Aciman&Emmett Rensin. Lit should have seen this coming. There R already novels written in tweets. So WTF.
— Francisc Nona (@ferinona) August 26, 2014

#twitterature What an exercise in re-reading! @acimania, also known for his challenge this year, Recapping Dante, hosted by @parisreview
— Francisc Nona (@ferinona) August 26, 2014

#twitterature @revemmettrensin, contributor to a bunch of on n offline publ. BTW doesn’t he look like Edward Furlong? C American History X
— Francisc Nona (@ferinona) August 26, 2014

#twitterature For a list of all the works/readings included in the book, see http://t.co/KylzrsTkQd. It’s a long list. Impressively so.
— Francisc Nona (@ferinona) August 26, 2014

#twitterature Quote from intro: ‘We prefer to think of ourselves as modern-day Martin Luthers.’ Ambitious? Re-writing, yeah. But shortening?
— Francisc Nona (@ferinona) August 26, 2014

#twitterature Many will frown and spit. Do that to great lit? Verboten. But hey. Don't we have films after books? Books after books?
— Francisc Nona (@ferinona) August 26, 2014

#twitterature U can C where it's been hard to adapt. eg Canterbury Tales. Put that into 20 tweets or less. How? Shorten! How much? A lot.
— Francisc Nona (@ferinona) August 26, 2014

#twitterature What’s good is this: the shorts are not just mini versions. They’re also, I’m tempted to say, different. Almost new. Gr8!
— Francisc Nona (@ferinona) August 26, 2014

#twitterature Gotta love how Tristam Shandy is treated. Experiment on experiment? Bring it on. Digressions, obstructions, procrastinations.
— Francisc Nona (@ferinona) August 26, 2014

#twitterature Example 4 above: ‘Chapter XIX: I don’t feel like tweeting today.’ Remember Sterne? Writing like U don't care. Like lit is play
— Francisc Nona (@ferinona) August 26, 2014

#twitterature Fine use of Twitter tools. eg Young Werther: ‘Have I noted how upset I am? I am very upset. #pain #angst #suffering #sexdep’
— Francisc Nona (@ferinona) August 26, 2014

#twitterature In the previous, with hashtags the hero’s state of mind becomes so universal. Great choice. Suggestive.
— Francisc Nona (@ferinona) August 26, 2014

#twitterature "What a dull day. Taught, walked, mused, contemplated God, composed a sonnet, and pissed on a rock in the park. What a day."
— Francisc Nona (@ferinona) August 26, 2014

#twitterature Previous was from–guessed it?–Ulysses. Which also has:‘Only in Dublin would a maternity hospital have a bar. Oh, those Irish.’
— Francisc Nona (@ferinona) August 26, 2014

#twitterature Here’s how they look on page. Taken with my phone, which must better suited to the idea behind Twitter. pic.twitter.com/ADSd0CjwvN
— Francisc Nona (@ferinona) August 26, 2014

#twitterature And another example. Note: paragraphs are not actual tweets. They’re LIKE tweets. Which is a letdown. pic.twitter.com/QfpWT1pf5M
— Francisc Nona (@ferinona) August 26, 2014

#twitterature The paradox! If it’s Twitter lit, why appear in print? We got the point though. It's LIKE Twitter. Right? Hope so.
— Francisc Nona (@ferinona) August 26, 2014

#twitterature Age of recapping, this age, calls for attentive readings: so attentive, you feel the crunch under your feet. Breaking grounds?
— Francisc Nona (@ferinona) August 26, 2014

#twitterature Twitter has its way with lit. Small bit by small bit. Books crunched down into bite-sized morsels ready to be swallowed hole.
— Francisc Nona (@ferinona) August 26, 2014

#twitterature Interesting book. Worth picking up. Look at those works with different eyes. Squashed into 140 characters they're... dainty.
— Francisc Nona (@ferinona) August 26, 2014

#twitterature BTW, there have been some other attempts. Like: http://t.co/NeznVnRbc0 or http://t.co/goe2qb4HKp or http://t.co/Jc2CWsm0g6
— Francisc Nona (@ferinona) August 26, 2014