Book Trailer: ‘Dark Eden’ by Patrick Carman, a New Reading Multimedia Experience
By John DeNardo |
Saturday, September 10th, 2011 at
12:15 am
Dark Eden might just be a precursor to the evolution of books. It’s a traditional novel supplemented by a smartphone application that includes maps, videos, audio diaries, and journal entries that tell the entire story.
Here’s the book synopsis:
When Will Besting approaches Fort Eden for the first time along with six other teens, he knows something isn’t right. With more terrifying secrets at every turn he discovers a hidden fear deep inside himself, a dark mystery a thousand years in the making, and the unexpected girl of his dreams. But can he save everyone from a madman before it’s too late?Dark Eden — where fear is the Cure.
Dark Eden is both a traditional book and an immersive multimedia app. It’s for every kind of reader.
And here’s the trailer:
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I am not entirely convinced yet that books as books are going to evolve in this direction. The idea of flat text has been around as a reading medium for a good long time, even if the way we read that text changes over time. (Lev Grossman had a good article in the NY Times recently about this).
I saw this on another site a few days ago and thought the book sounded awesome. Thanks for spreading the word. I’m with Paul though, in that I’m not sure I want ‘outside’ media to go along with my books. If they’re supplementary and designed only to enhance the experience, fine, I can do them if I want depending on how much I liked the book. But if they’re things I HAVE to do in order to understand the book then I’m not as interested.