The_Zergling
01-29-2007, 04:52 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/01/25/sms.novel.ap/index.html
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) -- A novel whose narrative consists entirely of mobile phone text messages has been published in Finland.
"The Last Messages" tells the story of a fictitious information-technology executive in Finland who resigns from his job and travels throughout Europe and India, keeping in touch with his friends and relatives only through text messages.
His messages, and the replies -- roughly 1,000 altogether -- are listed in chronological order in the 332-page novel written by Finnish author Hannu Luntiala.
The texts are rife with grammatical errors and abbreviations commonly used in regular SMS traffic.
"I believe that, at the end of the day, a text message may reveal much more about a person than you would initially think," said Luntiala, who also is head of a company that keeps databases on people living in Finland.
I think this is actually very cool. I've always had a soft spots for fictitious journals especially if they're believable - and with the rise of this sort of communication, it's all the more plausible. (The probability of a slice of someone's life being told through text messages, that is)
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) -- A novel whose narrative consists entirely of mobile phone text messages has been published in Finland.
"The Last Messages" tells the story of a fictitious information-technology executive in Finland who resigns from his job and travels throughout Europe and India, keeping in touch with his friends and relatives only through text messages.
His messages, and the replies -- roughly 1,000 altogether -- are listed in chronological order in the 332-page novel written by Finnish author Hannu Luntiala.
The texts are rife with grammatical errors and abbreviations commonly used in regular SMS traffic.
"I believe that, at the end of the day, a text message may reveal much more about a person than you would initially think," said Luntiala, who also is head of a company that keeps databases on people living in Finland.
I think this is actually very cool. I've always had a soft spots for fictitious journals especially if they're believable - and with the rise of this sort of communication, it's all the more plausible. (The probability of a slice of someone's life being told through text messages, that is)