Comments on: Brooklyn man writes book on cell phone

By: Chris Meadows

Chris Meadows — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:52:06 +0000

It’s not exactly new on this side of the Pacific either. Charlie Stross wrote his novel Halting State entirely on a cellphone.

Of course, it was a smartphone with a bluetooth keyboard…

By: Steve Jordan

Steve Jordan — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:57:50 +0000

Well, it is still qualifies as unique, if not original. Maybe if I’d publicized that I finished the last 2 chapters of my last novel on the on-screen keyboard of my iPaq 110, I’d be in the paper, too! But it’s not as tough as it sounds, especially depending on the phone, or the accessories you use.

Now, if he’d done it on a traditional cellphone’s numbered keyboard, with all of that H-H, E-E, L-L-L, L-L-L, O-O-O nonsense…

By: Marshall T. Vandegrift

Marshall T. Vandegrift — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:50:33 +0000

Ah, fair enough. I just thought the coverage seemed a little breathless for something that isn’t a new phenomena, but that’s Switched’s tone, not TeleRead’s.

By: David Rothman

David Rothman — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:56:54 +0000

Cellphones in Japan? We’ve been on this one for several years. But it’s good to know the latest, including in exotic Brooklyn.

Thanks,
David

By: Marshall T. Vandegrift

Marshall T. Vandegrift — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:38:51 +0000

Pfft. Where were you guys last year when news of "cellphone novels" made the leap from Japan?