All Work and No Play: Own It Today!
A while ago, I wrote a review of the book Jack Torrance writes during The Shining. (It’s funny because the novel is just the sentence “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy” repeated over and over again.) Now Overthinking It reader Phil Buehler has kicked things up a notch by actually producing the book.
And not only did he write 80 pages of All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Dull Boy, he made sure each page is formatted in a different delightfully insane way. And he’s blurbed OTI on the back cover. I am disproportionally proud of this.
Sadly, it’s too late to get a copy for Christmas, but I guarantee this will start conversations on the subway. Nice work, Phil.
All Work and No Play… [Blurb]
Gab on Thu, 1st Jan 2009 9:11 pmWow, that’s hardcore fan-ness. Props to you, Phil.
max on Tue, 20th Jan 2009 12:08 pmScandal! Phil’s version is a cheap rip-off of Klaus Scheruebel’s “Jack Torrance’s All Work and No Play”, 600 pages volume from 2006/2008!!! Amazing! Scheruebel seems to have produced a previous version of the text in 1993. Check it out.
http://www.ernahecey.com/uk/exhibitions_details_34.php
http://www.artnet.com/artwork/425637690/140136/klaus-scherubel-jack-torrances-all-work-and-no-play.html
GM Willo on Sat, 24th Jan 2009 12:08 pmHi,
I published the same book one month before Phil.
Just to let you know:
http://www.lulu.com/content/4901852
http://willoworld.googlepages.com/allworkandnoplaymakesjackadullboy
looks like a coincidence…
Gab on Sat, 24th Jan 2009 4:28 pmRuh-roh.