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phosfate ([personal profile] phosfate) wrote2009-05-14 08:17 am
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keitai shosetsu

Japan has a genre that's actually lower on the lit hierarchy than fanfic! Let's watch...

http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/05/14/cellphone_fiction/

[identity profile] violetisblue.livejournal.com 2009-05-14 01:25 pm (UTC)(link)
The New Yorker recently discovered it too. I sort of want to try writing one.
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[identity profile] annlarimer.livejournal.com 2009-05-14 01:31 pm (UTC)(link)
All I can think is, "Dear God, my thumbs!"

[identity profile] nitasee.livejournal.com 2009-05-14 01:41 pm (UTC)(link)
On the other hand...if only the "Twilight" novels had been written in this style. Whole forests could have been saved. Plus, it's about the right readin' level.
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[identity profile] random-nexus.livejournal.com 2009-05-14 04:03 pm (UTC)(link)
*snort chortle* Okay, for just a few moments I felt superior there. Really, no idea any of that stuff was going on. Wow. Even for the few moments I considered 'ooh, could I do that?', I had to laugh - I can't cram my stuff down into regular size well, I'd be utterly atomically screwed trying to make it micro-mini for cellphone usage. Ha.

Still, Thanks for the linky goodness. My horizon has been broadened.