> Well that's not that exciting or even new. I don't know of other countries, but some of brazilian literature classics from the XIX century were originally published in small pieces at daily newspapers. With intense debate around the paths of the story.
Two questions:
1. What specifically are you referring to?
2. Why did you feel the neeed to express it in Roman numeral?
I don’t know what story the poster was referring to, but the use of Roman numerals for centuries is the standard in Spanish and I assume in Portuguese too. If the poster is Brazilian, then his use of Roman numerals is of no surprise.
Exactly, in Brazil is the norm. I didn't think it could not be in english. My only while writing was if it should be "XIX century" or "century XIX". Apparently, neither :)
Re:Homestuck in review
by pasquinelli on Sunday November 20, 2016 @01:46AM
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It was typical for novels I'm the 19th century to be published first in papers, serialized into many installments over a period of time, giving readers an opportunity to talk about it, like episodes of a TV show, and perhaps steer the direction of the story.
Yes.
As everything big in culture at the time, it started in France: http://www.gutenberg.us/articles/roman-feuilleton
But it happened in the USA also, as serial novels: http://www.gutenberg.us/articles/Serial_novel
Re:Homestuck in review
by saalweachter on Sunday November 20, 2016 @08:55AM
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20th century too. The Foundation series was originally a serial.
Well I guess it is simply "Something that reads like a heavily illustrated novel.". Not much more. It is delivered in small pieces and have a community interaction with the story.
Well that's not that exciting or even new. I don't know of other countries, but some of brazilian literature classics from the XIX century were originally published in small pieces at daily newspapers. With intense debate around the paths of the story.
"Manipulating" communities is nothing new either. Art is not that vanguard when it is doing something that companies have even a career path for people who "manage communities".
It is so obviously a fan review. But that's ok, it was an interesting reading.
Where I think it gets right after reading the review and a few searches. It is a piece of art that embody what the internet is, not what was predicted to be. No small feat, as there were a lot of hype about what art in the internet would be and no one seemed to get right until now.
Apart from Homestuck, I found incredible the insight that in the past we had to plant, cultivate and harvest knowledge, usually conforming to not get any. Nowadays we are in abundant forest of knowledge where we can just pick up anything from the trees anywhere.
Not sure of the consequences of this shift, but an awesome insight about the internet era that I never saw before. Really worth reading it all if just for it.