talking about 17776

Heya! For this... Well, I suppose last months book club, since we moved back the deadline a bit, I wanted to talk about 17776. So, first of all, 17776 is by far one of my favorite books ever. And part of that is because of how much advantage it takes of the medium that it's being told in. 17776 is told through a website. And it's the only webnovel I'm aware of, that actually takes advantage of that. What's especially fascinating about the story is that, at least initially, the reader isn't actually meant to know that it is one. It was published one the very real and quite respected sports reporting outlet sbnation, as just another article. Initially that's what it disguises itself as as well, before transporting you into the midst of the story after a bit of scrolling through a mock-article about the future of football. This just isn't really possible in any other medium. You can't do this via traditional publishing. You can't trick people into thinking that they're not actually…