This is Fitzgerald, & I'm honored to be the one to write Paper Frontiers' first review! (I won the rock-paper-scissor match, hah.)
The three of us here at PF agreed to ease into the game, & start off with a simple read.
So without further ado, here's our first ever review...
The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories: Volume 1
Publish Date: 12/6/2011, HarperCollins Publishers
Order from: hitRECord or B&N
From hitRECord, the immensely popular open collaborative production company, and its founder, Golden Globe-nominated actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, comes The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories: Volume 1.
The universe is not made of atoms; it's made of tiny stories.
To create The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories: Volume 1, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, known within the hitRECord community as RegularJOE—directed thousands of collaborators to tell tiny stories through words and art. With the help of the entire creative collective, Gordon-Levitt culled, edited and curated over 8,500 contributions into this finely tuned collection of original art from 67 contributors. Reminiscent of the 6-Word Memoir series, The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories: Volume 1 brings together art and voices from around the world to unite and tell stories that defy size.
The talented Mr. Gordon-Levitt (starred in movies such as 50/50, (500) Days of Summer, & yes, he was the adorable little boy in Angels in the Outfield) has put together this tiny book filled with short blurbs & illustrations. From what I know there should be two other volumes after this. And to be honest, I only bought this first volume on impulse because of their genius marketing tactic: make the book so irresistibly cute.
Aside from the aesthetics of TBofTS, the contents were... pretty okay. Almost every two pages tell a mini story, like this one:
A fair amount of over half the stories are worth the time, whereas the others will be seen once, & later flipped past each time you re-visit the book (yes, you will re-visit the book. You'll be sitting there with your homework in front of you, eyes trailing off to that cute red square at the corner & you won't be able to resist taking a "break.") With that being said, I recommend this book for those who are really into illustrative anthologies (or die-hard Gordon-Levitt fans), or maybe those who just like collecting books. Basically, with its half-half number of average stories & good ones, this book is a good way to just relax & kill time. If you work at a doctor's office or somewhere like that, by all means, put one of these in the waiting room.
And I do give props to the many artists who have contributed to the book. It takes talent to come up with a satisfying story in two or three sentences & illustrate the perfect picture that communicates the scene in the strongest way. If you think you have the skill to be one of those talented artists (no need to be modest, haha) I think Gordon-Levitt is looking for illustrative work to include in his next project. I'm not too sure, but check out his twitter to find out. And while you're at it, don't forget to follow us, too (;
So in conclusion, the three of us here at PF have decided to give this book a 3.5 out of 5
The book is charming in the most creative & witty way, & very well put together.
The book is charming in the most creative & witty way, & very well put together.
And a tiny tip to you readers out there:
Take it from my experience - this book actually makes the perfect gift for that one, oh-so-special person in your life, whom you just don't have the interest to find out what they really want.
Yeah, you know who I'm talking about.
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