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In my opinion, a waste of paper Feb 13, 2008
By Daniel Gunter
I will concede at the beginning that "Shakespeare's Hamlet Remixed" is a book: it consists of a number of printed pages bound into one volume. It presumably is a prose work because it is not a poem: the word blocks are justified both right and left, and I have not found any discernible poetic "effects" in it. It is not a drama in any sense, either traditional or untraditional--unless one drains away all present meaning of the term "drama." Even though it is divided into "acts" and "scenes," it could not be acted; it could presumably be read aloud by a group of readers, but there is no apparent stage action. And the experiment of reading this drama aloud would, I think, serve only to bore the audience to tears and beyond.
So what is this book, other than a number of pages bound together in one volume? That description may sum it up. There are blocks of type, but the words in those blocks fail to cohere into meaning. Here is an example (p. 19): "empty bottles pack a boxed garbage outside the light so green is color with time exits the seconds into screens they put and watch your stepping sometimes then you need a help to help they swear to you too friendly lips are eaten with fingers which can help a help".
There are 129 pages (actually, somewhat fewer) of this word salad. I will assume that Nigel Tomm deliberately chose all of these words. The logic behind these choices is and must remain absolutely obscure. The reader could attain much the same result by creating an algorithm to generate random sentences, mixing in the names of characters in "Hamlet."
I cannot understand why any author would choose to publish such an impenetrable, incomprehensible, unrewarding work. I refuse to impute base motives to Mr. Tomm, who--I am sure--intended only to gift the world with the fruit of his invention.
In short, I found this book to be--for me--a waste of paper, ink, and postage. If I could give it less than one star, I would. In fact, if I could give it a negative number of stars, I would--but Amazon insists on giving at least one star.
I am now going to recycle the copy that I purchased (a used copy, by the way). I do not want to have anyone else part with his or her money to purchase this thing.
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