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S&P 500
FoundationMarch 4, 1957; 62 years ago[1]
OperatorS&P Dow Jones Indices[2]
ExchangesNYSE, NASDAQ, Cboe BZX Exchange
Constituents505[3]
TypeLarge-cap[2]
Market capUS$23.7 trillion
(as of April 30, 2018)[4]
Weighting methodFree-float capitalization-weighted[5]
Related indices
  • S&P 1500
    S&P Global 1200
    S&P 100
Websiteus.spindices.com/indices/equity/sp-500

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A linear chart of the S&P 500 using closing values from January 3, 1950 to February 19, 2016
A logarithmic chart of the S&P 500 using daily closing values from January 3, 1950 to February 19, 2016.
A daily volume chart of the S&P 500 from January 3, 1950 to February 19, 2016
Logarithmic graphs of S&P 500 index with and without inflation and with best fit lines

The S&P 500,[6] or just the S&P,[7][8] is an American stock market index based on the market capitalizations of 500 large companies having common stock listed on the NYSE, NASDAQ, or the Cboe BZX Exchange.

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The S&P 500 was developed and continues to be maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices, a joint venture majority-owned by S&P Global. S&P Dow Jones Indices publishes many stock market indices such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P MidCap 400, the S&P SmallCap 600, and the S&P Composite 1500. David M. Blitzer leads the committee that has overall responsibility for index security selection.[9] The S&P 500 is a capitalization-weighted index,[5] and is associated with many ticker symbols, such as: ^GSPC,[10] INX,[11], SPY[12] and $SPX, depending on market or website.[13] The S&P 500 differs from the Dow Jones Industrial Average (although it includes all 30 companies of the DJIA) and the NASDAQ Composite index, because of its diverse constituency and weighting methodology. It is one of the most commonly followed equity indices, and many consider it one of the best representations of the U.S. stock market.[14]

  • 11Market statistics

History[edit]

Standard & Poor's, a company that provides financial information and analysis, was founded in 1860 by Henry Varnum Poor. The 'Composite Index',[15] as the S&P 500 was first called when it introduced its first stock index in 1923, began tracking a small number of stocks. Three years later in 1926, the Composite Index expanded to 90 stocks and then in 1957 it expanded to its current 500.[15] In 1941, Poor's Publishing (Henry Varnum Poor's original company) merged with Standard Statistics (founded in 1906 as the Standard Statistics Bureau) and therein assumed the name Standard and Poor's Corporation.[16] Its primary daily stock market index was the 'S&P 90', a value-weighted index based on 90 stocks. Standard & Poor's also published a weekly index of the stocks of 425 industrial companies.[17] The S&P 500 index in its present form began on March 4, 1957. Technology has allowed the index to be calculated and disseminated in real time. The S&P 500 is widely used as a measure of the general level of stock prices, as it includes both growth stocks and value stocks.

In September 1962, Ultronic Systems Corp. entered into an agreement with Standard and Poor's. Under the terms of this agreement, Ultronics computed the S&P 500 Stock Composite Index, the 425 Stock Industrial Index, the 50 Stock Utility Index, and the 25 Stock Rail Index. Throughout the market day these statistics were furnished to Standard & Poor's. In addition, Ultronics also computed and reported the 94 S&P sub-indexes.[18]

Price history[edit]

On August 12, 1982, the index closed at 102.42.[19] The following describes the ups and downs of the period year 2000 to date.

On March 24, 2000, the index reached an intraday high of 1,552.87, at the peak of the dot-com bubble; a high not to be exceeded for the following seven years. By October 10, 2002, the index had fallen to 768.83, a decline of approximately 50%, during the stock market downturn of 2002[20] ; before subsequently turning back up.

On May 30, 2007, the S&P 500 closed at 1,530.23, to set its first all-time closing high in more than seven years. Although the index achieved a new all-time intraday high on October 11, 2007, at 1,576.09, following a record close of 1,565.15 on October 9, the index finished 2007 at 1,468.36 points—just below its 1999 annual close. Less than a month later, it dropped to 1,400, and would not see similar levels again for five years.

In mid-2007, the subprime mortgage crisis spread to the wider U.S. financial sector. The resulting situation became acute in September 2008, ushering in a period of unusual market volatility, encompassing record 100-point swings in both directions and reaching the highest levels since 1929.[21] On November 20, 2008, the index closed at 752.44, its lowest since early 1997.[22] A modest recovery the following day still left the index down 45.5% for the year. This year-to-date loss was the greatest since 1931, when the broad market declined more than 50%.[23] The index closed the year at 903.25, for a loss of 38.5%.[24] The market continued to decline in early 2009, surrounding the financial crisis of 2008. The index reached a nearly 13-year low, closing at 676.53, on March 9, 2009. The entire drop from high in Oct 2007 to low in Mar 2009 was 57.7%, the largest since WWII.

On March 23, 2009, the S&P 500 marked a 20% gain when it hit 822.92.[25] The Dow Jones Industrial Average soon followed.[26] The close for 2009 was 1,115.10, making it the second-best year of the decade.[27] On April 14, 2010 the index broke 1,200 closing at 1,210.65, but by July 2, 2010 it had closed at 1022.58. On April 29, 2011, the index closed at 1,363.61, but it had a sharp drop in August and briefly broke 1,100 in October (with the VIX hitting 40). Gains continued despite significant volatility amid electoral and fiscal uncertainty, and the 2012 close of the S&P 500 following QE3 was its third-highest ever, at 1,426.22 points. On March 28, 2013, it closed above the closing high from 2007.[28] On April 10, 2013, it also closed above the intraday high from 2007.[29]

A period of over a year with no new record highs ended on July 11, 2016 (closing at 2,137.16).[30] In June 2017, the index saw the largest weekly rise since the past presidential election in November 2016.[31] Rapid growth in the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones as well in late 2017 translated to nasty declines in early 2018. A few months later, the S&P 500 fell borderline between correction territory (closing-basis) and bear market territory (intraday-basis). Nonetheless, the index rallied significantly to exit either of the two, but some argued a new high had to be made before that can happen.[32]

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Selection criteria[edit]

The components of the S&P 500 are selected by a committee. This is similar to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, but different from others such as the Russell 1000, which are strictly rule-based. When considering the eligibility of a new addition, the committee assesses the company's merit using eight primary criteria: market capitalization, liquidity, domicile, public float, sector classification, financial viability, and length of time publicly traded and stock exchange.[5] Each of these primary criteria have specific requirements that must be met. For example, in order to be added to the index, a company must satisfy the following liquidity-based size requirements:[5]

  1. Market capitalization must be greater than or equal to $8.2 billion USD
  2. Annual dollar value traded to float-adjusted market capitalization is greater than 1.0
  3. Minimum monthly trading volume of 250,000 shares in each of the six months leading up to the evaluation date

The committee selects the companies in the S&P 500 so they are representative of the industries in the United States economy. The securities must be publicly listed on either the NYSE (including NYSE Arca or NYSE MKT) or NASDAQ (NASDAQ Global Select Market, NASDAQ Select Market or the NASDAQ Capital Market). Securities that are ineligible for inclusion in the index are limited partnerships, master limited partnerships, OTC bulletin board issues, closed-end funds, ETFs, ETNs, royalty trusts, tracking stocks, preferred stock, unit trusts, equity warrants, convertible bonds, investment trusts, ADRs, ADSs and MLP IT units.[5]

The index includes non-U.S. companies, both formerly U.S.-incorporated companies that have re-incorporated outside the United States, as well as firms that have never been incorporated in the United States.

Components[edit]

Versions[edit]

The 'S&P 500' generally quoted is a price return index; there are also 'total return' and 'net total return' versions of the index. These versions differ in how dividends are accounted for. The price return version does not account for dividends; it only captures the changes in the prices of the index components. The total return version reflects the effects of dividend reinvestment. Finally, the net total return version reflects the effects of dividend reinvestment after the deduction of withholding tax.[33][34]

Weighting[edit]

Standard & Poor's now calculates the market capitalization of each company relevant to the index using only the number of shares available for public trading (called the 'float').The index has traditionally been capitalization-weighted; that is, movements in the prices of stocks with higher market capitalizations (the share price times the number of shares outstanding) had a greater impact on the value of the index than do companies with smaller market caps. The transition to float-adjusted capitalization-weighting was made in two steps, the first on March 18, 2005 and the second on September 16, 2005.[35]

Index maintenance[edit]

In order to keep the S&P 500 Index consistent over time, it is adjusted to capture corporate actions which affect market capitalization, such as additional share issuance, dividends and restructuring events such as mergers or spin-offs. Additionally, to remain indicative of the U.S. stock market, the constituent stocks are changed from time to time.[5]

To prevent the value of the Index from changing merely as a result of corporate financial actions, all such actions affecting the market value of the Index require a divisor adjustment. Also, when a company is dropped and replaced by another with a different market capitalization, the divisor needs to be adjusted in such a way that the value of the S&P 500 Index remains constant. All divisor adjustments are made after the close of trading and after the calculation of the closing value of the S&P 500 Index. There is a large range of different corporate actions that can require the divisor to be adjusted. These are listed in the table below:[36]

Type of ActionDivisor Adjustment
Stock split (e.g., 2×1)No
Share issuanceYes
Share repurchaseYes
Special cash dividendYes
Company changeYes
Rights offeringYes
SpinoffsYes
MergersYes

Calculation[edit]

To calculate the value of the S&P 500 Index, the sum of the adjusted market capitalization of all 500 stocks is divided by a factor, usually referred to as the Divisor.[36][37] For example, if the total adjusted market cap of the 500 component stocks is US$13 trillion and the Divisor is set at 8.933 billion, then the S&P 500 Index value would be 1,455.28. Although the adjusted market capitalization of the entire index can be accessed from Standard & Poor's website,[38] the Divisor is considered to be proprietary to the firm. However, the Divisor's value is approximately 8.9 billion.[39]

The formula to calculate the S&P 500 Index value is:

Index Level=(PiQi)Divisor{displaystyle {text{Index Level}}={sum left({P_{i}}cdot {Q_{i}}right) over Divisor}}

where P is the price of each stock in the index and Q is the number of shares publicly available for each stock.

Descargar juegos gratis solitario cartas. The divisor is adjusted in the case of stock issuance, spin-offs or similar structural changes, to ensure that such events do not in themselves alter the numerical value of the Index.[36]

Update frequency[edit]

The index value is updated every 15 seconds during trading sessions and is disseminated by Reuters America, Inc., a subsidiary of Thomson Reuters Corporation.[40]

Investing[edit]

Many index funds and exchange-traded funds attempt to replicate (before fees and expenses) the performance of the S&P 500 by holding the same stocks as the index, in the same proportions. Many other mutual funds are benchmarked to the S&P 500. Consequently, a company whose stock is added to the list of S&P 500 stocks may see its stock price rise, as index funds must purchase that company's stock in order to continue tracking the S&P 500 index. Mutual fund managers provide index funds that track the S&P 500, the first of which was The Vanguard Group's Vanguard 500 in 1976.[41]SPY, a unit investment trust, is the oldest and largest ETF as of 2018, while other notable funds include IVV and VOO.[42]

In addition to investing in a mutual fund indexed to the S&P 500, investors may also purchase shares of an exchange-traded fund (ETF) which represents ownership in a portfolio of the equity securities that comprise the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. These exchange-traded funds track the S&P 500 index and may be used to trade the index.

Investors may also invest in all the stocks of the S&P 500 directly, which is usually called index replication.

In the derivatives market, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) offers futures contracts (ticker symbols /SP for the full-sized contract and /ES for the E-mini contract that is one-fifth the size of /SP) that track the index and trade on the exchange floor in an open outcry auction, or on CME's Globex platform, and are the exchange's most popular product. Additionally, the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) offers options on the S&P 500 as well as S&P 500 ETFs, inverse ETFs and leveraged ETFs.

Market statistics[edit]

Milestones[edit]

On October 11, 2007, S&P index set a milestone with its all-time intraday high of 1,576.09.[43] On March 28, 2013, the S&P finally surpassed its closing high level of 1,565.15, recovering all its losses from the financial crisis.[43] On March 2, 2015, the S&P finally closed at a new all-time inflation-adjusted closing high, though it has yet to achieve a new all-time inflation-adjusted intraday high, both of which were set back in 2000.[44][45]

Annual returns[edit]

(total return) The CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate, Annualized Return) is the best average rate to summarize investment returns over several years. In contrast with the median return or the mean return, the CAGR is the measurement of the actual return achieved over the number of years being studied.

Calculation used for CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate, Annualized Return):

CAGR=(ending valuestarting value)1numofyears1{displaystyle {text{CAGR}}={left({frac {text{ending value}}{text{starting value}}}right)^{frac {1}{num,of,years}}-1}}

The current total rate of return (including dividends) CAGR through 2018 is 10.21%. The rate of return (without dividends, or just on the index price itself) through 2018 is 6.98%.

YearChange in IndexTotal Annual Return Including DividendsValue of $1.00 Invested on 1970‑01‑015 Year Annualized Return10 Year Annualized Return15 Year Annualized Return20 Year Annualized Return25 Year Annualized Return
19700.10%4.01%$1.04-----
197110.79%14.31%$1.19-----
197215.62%18.98%$1.41-----
1973−17.37%−14.66%$1.21-----
1974−29.72%−26.47%$0.89−2.35%----
197531.55%37.20%$1.223.21%----
197619.15%23.84%$1.514.87%----
1977−11.50%−7.18%$1.40−0.21%----
19781.06%6.56%$1.494.32%----
197912.31%18.44%$1.7714.76%5.86%---
198025.77%32.50%$2.3413.96%8.45%---
1981−9.73%−4.92%$2.238.10%6.47%---
198214.76%21.55%$2.7114.09%6.70%---
198317.27%22.56%$3.3217.32%10.63%---
19841.40%6.27%$3.5214.81%14.78%8.76%--
198526.33%31.73%$4.6414.67%14.32%10.49%--
198614.62%18.67%$5.5119.87%13.83%10.76%--
19872.03%5.25%$5.8016.47%15.27%9.86%--
198812.40%16.61%$6.7615.31%16.31%12.17%--
198927.25%31.69%$8.9020.37%17.55%16.61%11.55%-
1990−6.56%−3.10%$8.6313.20%13.93%13.94%11.16%-
199126.31%30.47%$11.2615.36%17.59%14.34%11.90%-
19924.46%7.62%$12.1115.88%16.17%15.47%11.34%-
19937.06%10.08%$13.3314.55%14.93%15.72%12.76%-
1994−1.54%1.32%$13.518.70%14.38%14.52%14.58%10.98%
199534.11%37.58%$18.5916.59%14.88%14.81%14.60%12.22%
199620.26%22.96%$22.8615.22%15.29%16.80%14.56%12.55%
199731.01%33.36%$30.4820.27%18.05%17.52%16.65%13.07%
199826.67%28.58%$39.1924.06%19.21%17.90%17.75%14.94%
199919.53%21.04%$47.4428.56%18.21%18.93%17.88%17.25%
2000−10.14%−9.10%$43.1218.33%17.46%16.02%15.68%15.34%
2001−13.04%−11.89%$37.9910.70%12.94%13.74%15.24%13.78%
2002−23.37%−22.10%$29.60−0.59%9.34%11.48%12.71%12.98%
200326.38%28.68%$38.09−0.57%11.07%12.22%12.98%13.84%
20048.99%10.88%$42.23−2.30%12.07%10.94%13.22%13.54%
20053.00%4.91%$44.300.54%9.07%11.52%11.94%12.48%
200613.62%15.79%$51.306.19%8.42%10.64%11.80%13.37%
20073.53%5.49%$54.1212.83%5.91%10.49%11.82%12.73%
2008−38.49%−37.00%$34.09−2.19%−1.38%6.46%8.43%9.77%
200923.45%26.46%$43.110.42%−0.95%8.04%8.21%10.54%
201012.78%15.06%$49.612.29%1.41%6.76%9.14%9.94%
2011-0.00%2.11%$50.65−0.25%2.92%5.45%7.81%9.28%
201213.41%16.00%$58.761.66%7.10%4.47%8.22%9.71%
201329.60%32.39%$77.7917.94%7.40%4.68%9.22%10.26%
201411.39%13.69%$88.4415.45%7.67%4.24%9.85%9.62%
2015−0.73%1.38%$89.6612.57%7.30%5.00%8.19%9.82%
20169.54%11.96%$100.3814.66%6.94%6.69%7.68%9.15%
201719.42%21.83%$122.3015.79%8.49%9.92%7.19%9.69%
2018−6.24%−4.38%$116.948.49%13.12%7.77%5.62%9.07%
High34.11%37.58%$122.3028.56%19.21%18.93%17.88%17.25%
Low−38.49%−37.00%$0.89−2.35%−1.38%4.24%5.62%9.07%
Median11.39%14.31%$13.5113.96%11.57%10.94%11.81%12.22%
YearChange in IndexTotal Annual Return Including DividendsValue of $1.00 Invested on 1970‑01‑015 Year Annualized Return10 Year Annualized Return15 Year Annualized Return20 Year Annualized Return25 Year Annualized Return

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External links[edit]

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After reading through the foreword (with all the notes, no matter the colour), I did a little research on how to go about this thing! There's no right way to read it, but here's how *I'm* doing it:
1) Read through chapter (and pencilled notes).
2) Go back and read notes written in blue & black. (After a few chapters, I actually just started reading both these and the pencilled at the same time. So, now I'm reading chapter by chapter, along with the pencilled, blue, and black notes. Watch out--the black & black notes can fool you. Those are the very last.)
3) I finished the whole book this way yesterday and have now started going back to the beginning to read the next notes, which are in orange and green.
4) After that, I'll go back (again) and read the notes in purple & red.
5) And again in black & black.
It's hard to completely ignore the 'future colours,' but do your best, because there will be spoilers, otherwise. Sometimes the 'future colours' will give you a hint about the item that's tucked into that page, though, so it can be a good thing. (I read all the notes, cards, etc. tucked into the book as I came across them, and they do give you some spoilers, so I'm trying to be more careful. There's one hand-written note towards the back ['To my new friends:'] that I think needs to be read later, so I'll read that when it's the right time. )
I haven't figured out how to use the decoder yet..hoping that gets explained in a note.
Here's a list of what page each insert is on (in case one falls out--I had that happen!): http://sfiles22.blogspot.com/2013/01/..
Some people take each one out and put a post-it on them with its page number, but I didn't.
There's some good sites out there. Here's one:
http://whoisstraka.wordpress.com/, which includes this spoiler-free beginner's guide:
http://whoisstraka.wordpress.com/the-..
I haven't delved too terribly deeply into a lot of the other stuff, though, because I did find a spoiler.
Good luck!(less)
Mariana SchneiderThe notes make a COMPLETELY different book, they just happen to share the pages. Different plot, characters, and especially a different ending.
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Nov 30, 2013Matt Bianco rated it really liked it
As a tutor of homeschooled students in my community, I have to fight against a certain proclivity when reading books: no writing or marking them! The parents generally won't allow their children to 'damage' the books, so they can be reused by younger siblings or resold to other homeschooling families. This rule eventually becomes the norm for the students, and as they grow older they have an ingrained objection to writing in books. I have and will continue to argue that they should mark up their..more
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Nov 28, 2013Janet Rochester rated it really liked it
I wonder what it's like to be JJ Abrams.
Does a trip to the supermarket become a frantic sortie into a grocerian wilderness? Do battles rage between produce and deli, with stalks of celery raining like arrows upon quivering chunks of roast beef and aged Vermont cheddar? Are the pizzas lurking in a control room behind the freezer case, broadcasting shortwave signals that force the croutons, lemminglike, to hurl themselves from the shelves to the floor where they lie, helpless, waiting to be crushe
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2.5 Stars
S. By J.J. Abrams is a beautiful hardback carefully distressed to look like an old Library book with its old book smell and stuffed full of notes, postcards, papers and bits and pieces.
When I received this book in the post I was pleasantly suprised with the faboulus concept and design. I loved the idea and could not wait to start this novel. I loved the margin notes to begin with and was fascinated to see how this story would play out.
I have to admit for all its gimmicks I soon foun
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Nov 09, 2013Ruby Tombstone [With A Vengeance] rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Shelves: meta, creepy-kooky-and-or-spooky, well-somebody-did-a-bad-bad-thing, treasure-hunt-scorers, magical-realism, nwah, tharrrrrrr-be-pirates, worth-it-for-the-premise, books-about-books, the-feels

TEN. FUCKING. STARS.
Okay, actually, in my mind it's more like 9.5 as I had some quibbles with the last chapter, however '9.5 stars' didn't quite sound right for a heading. Reading this book was an 'Experience'. There was pure joy for me in this act. What more could anyone ask?
[Review to be continued, when I've had time to process it all. Also, the Chaos Reading group is doing a group read - discussion starts January 12th.]
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Dec 03, 2013Casey rated it it was amazing
I might have accidentally taken most of the day off to finish reading this book, and now I have a lot of feels.
There are a lot of things that I could say about this book, and I almost wish that I could go back to my freshman English class where we studied nested narratives and I wrote a paper about The Neverending Story, so that I could write about this instead. If I can compare this book to anything, it would be House of Leaves. I've always enjoyed non-linear and experimental narrative forms, a
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Nov 06, 2013Maxwell rated it liked it
Not sure how to adequately express what I just read, or rather experienced, because this book is most definitely an experience. It's a piece of art. And like all good pieces of art, it has so many layers allowing for so much interpretation. It's complex and original and unlike anything I've ever read before and will probably ever read in the future. This book takes time, devotion, attention, and it asks you to really give of yourself in order to fully experience it. And I think, though it was no..more
Oct 29, 2013pink pills and paper rated it it was amazing
4.8 stars
This has been such an amazing, unique experience. I wholeheartedly applaud J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst for creating this puzzling, entertaining side of literature. Everything was so well developed, every facet coming together in such a satisfying way. Prose, notes, postcards, pictures, maps, newspaper articles, codes… This was not just a book. It was a project. A bold one at that.
It was almost entirely perfect were it not for the Obituary. Being Brazilian, one of my biggest pet peeves –
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Dec 02, 2013Jason rated it did not like it · review of another edition
This book probably deserves two stars, but I gave it one because I was upset I wasted time on such a mediocre story/stories. I'd watched the trailer for the book. It built the novel up as a contemporary thriller, yet did not deliver. I was excited about the interactive concept of a story within a story along with the pull outs (telegraphs, notes, newspaper articles, etc.) and J.J. Abrams being involved with the project; however, this was another reason for my letdown. I expected more. The actual..more
Dec 29, 2013Lynda rated it liked it
Shelves: author-usa, z-read-2013, 3-stars, mystery-thriller
A tale of S.
Inspired by E. A. Poe (modified by A. Reader)
During the winter of the year 2013, while residing in Dubai, UAE, I casually made the acquaintance of S.
I gazed at S. wonderingly - bathed in the full knowledge of S.'s origins--Abrams royalty. Conceived by JJ and brought to life by his partner, D Dorst, their imaginations were singularly vigorous and creative. S. no doubt derived additional force in this world from such privileged entry, albeit from a long and arduous labor.
S. was rema
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This book did something that very few books are capable of: it came to life, and it did so in the margins. While the old story of S. and Sola and the rickety barge with its half-witted crew is interesting in its own right, the story that really had me hooked was that of Jen and Eric. I was surprised over and over again by the things they accomplish and felt the same way Jen did about a lot of things they discover. (Just to be clear: the margins and the story itself are intertwined, but you'll di..more
Jan 20, 2015Miriam rated it really liked it
In case your inserts fall out: http://sfiles22.blogspot.com/2013/01/.. Thanks, Erica!
Random thing not really relevant but interesting to me because it's in my home town: the only place mentioned by name in 'The Ship of Theseus' is Fort Point.
Dec 03, 2013Jonathan Terrington rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Shelves: personal-favourites, fantasy, humorous, mystery, linguistics, quirky, want

S. is by far the most intricate novel I have read in the past few years. Even the monumental work of James Joyce in Ulysses cannot quite compare to the full flavour and power of the metafiction and post-modern styling of Doug Dorst's work (inspired by the ideas of J.J. Abrams). Certainly it is a major call to state that a modern work of this kind could be more of a puzzle than Joyce's depiction of Dublin and yet I believe that it is (or at least as convoluted a labyrinth in its way). However, I
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Ugh. Gorgeous, brilliant concept, beautifully printed, but super tedious to read. A bad novel is still just a bad novel no matter how you dress it up. And the two students scribbling all over the bad novel? Who cares.
Mar 10, 2014Richard rated it it was ok
Shelves: adventure, cool-concept, globe-trotting, 2014-reads
2.5 Stars
In these times of Kindles, Nooks, and iBooks, a novel like S. is a really exciting breath of fresh air. It's truly a love letter to physical books and a great effort in interactive reading and storytelling. The novel, written in a collaboration between film director J. J. Abrams and novelist Doug Dorst, is a story within a story within a story. The book contains 'Ship of Theseus', the final novel of the critically popular but mysterious author V. M. Straka (who disappeared under unkno
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Jan 12, 2018Cathy (cathepsut) rated it it was ok · review of another edition
Shelves: mystery-thriller-crime, fantasy, read-2018
What a fabulous looking book!
How to read this? After some research I came up with this:
(view spoiler)[1st - Plain Text, footnotes and maybe the pencilled notes
2nd - Black and Blue
3rd - Green and Gold
4th - Purple and Red
Leave the inserted tidbits, where they are. You‘ll figure out at what point to read them.
Trying not to get distracted by the margins and the inserts could be challenging, but I managed to mostly ignore them during my first pass. (hide spoiler)]

Here is one of the many webpages extr
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Nov 27, 2013Wart Hill rated it it was amazing
OMG. I went to B&N and this came home with me and it is gorgeous and I haven't even taken the plastic off yet!!
If I weren't reading way too many books at once right now, I'd just plop down and get going.
***HERE THERE BE SPOILERS***(probably, it's hard to talk about this book without spoilers)
hearts and souls and lives can themselves be sites of unimaginable suffering.

'What is S.?' is quite probably one of the most difficult questions I have ever found myself trying to answer. S. is not s
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Nov 11, 2013Christine (AR) rated it it was amazing
First off - twenty ZILLION points for concept and execution - this is the single most pefectly designed book I've ever held in my hands. From the vintage cloth binding (with library sticker on the spine) to the I'd-swear-they're-really-written-in-pen margin notes to the (I am not kidding) musty old-book smell, this thing is flawless. And that's before taking into account the inserts - a map jotted on a napkin, legal pad letters and worn business cards, a yellowed obituary clipped from a newspape..more
Dec 30, 2014Andrea rated it liked it
Shelves: personal-challenge-2015, city-library, challenge
What did I think? I finally finished reading this book hours ago and my head is still spinning. As I turned the last page I remember thinking, this is unreviewable, or at the very least unrateable. I'll try to articulate some thoughts - that will be the review - then at the end I'll see if I can come up with a number.
Firstly, I have to put it out there - this is the highest of high-concept books I think I have ever read. 5+★ for that. I was so excited to collect it from the library, along with a
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I have two thoughts on finishing this book:
1) This is the most intricate piece of literature I have ever read.
2) JJ Abrams is a fucking smart dude. (Doug Dorst too)
S. is nothing like anything I've read before. The main story is Ship of Theseus written by a writer no one knows the identity of who goes by V.M. Straka. On its own is a wonderful story. The other story is about Eric and Jen, two readers brought together through this book, communicating in messages in the margins. The color of their p
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Mar 01, 2014Thomasin rated it it was amazing
Shelves: lists-from-others, mystery-and-suspense, novel, fiction
Intellectually intriguing (the story itself, the relationship between readers, the mystery of authorship, the expansion it allows beyond just this single story, reflecting on the self [myself] reviewing it all), artistically appealing (the handwritten notes in the margins and the different colored pens--fantastic!), physically challenging (I was terrified I'd lose an insert--this was a library book), anxiety inducing (MY involvement required for understanding. Pressure!).
Fantastic and yet ultim
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Aug 24, 2015The Books Blender rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Molto in difficoltà nel dare una valutazione secondo canoni standard, ma direi almeno 4,5 (arrotondato per eccesso)!
Ebbene, lo ammetto: con un misto di apprensione, curiosità, mistica devozione per questo esperimento letterario così discusso, ho iniziato la lettura di 'S. La nave di Teseo' (solo 'S.' nell'originale).
[No, un attimo. Prima c’è stato un lungo, complesso e logorante processo di decisione: lo prendo?
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Video-review (entirely spoiler-free): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NldbF..
Featured in my Top 20 Books I Read in 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X6OQ..
More literary-board game than novel, S. is way more over-the-top gimmicky, way more complex, and waaaaay more well written than I expected. It's a thrilling experience and a wonderful narrative on the nature of escape and commitment, reading for pleasure VS reading for knowledge, the power and limitations of writing and reading.
If you'r
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Mar 24, 2018Wilja rated it did not like it
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Leider konnte ich die Geschichte nicht greifen, es gab keine Geschichte! Der Protagonist von „das Schiff des Theseus“ hatte Amnesie und wusste nicht wo er war und wer er war und irrte herum, die Studenten Eric und Jen waren sehr sympathisch aber haben zu 85% gefachsimpelt und „FXC“ (übersetzer) hat kritische Fußnoten beigetragen, die ich ebenfalls nicht verstanden habe. Die Aufmachung verlor leider rapide seinen Reiz, weil es niemanden dieser Personen je gegeben hat und
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Oct 30, 2013Ingrid Hardy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Shelves: utterly-weird, speculative, fantasy, conspiracy
What did I think of this book.. Many things, actually, and I'd rather leave an hour infront of me to compose a decent post about it rather than hastily throw out a bunch of thoughts. This book deserves that. But briefly, I found it thrilling, slow, thought-provoking, snobbish, relevant, confusing, brilliant, and it contained more than one 'wtf' moments for me.
I absolutely loved it, enjoyed the ride, disliked some of the overly-literary atmosphere that spills off the story (because most of that
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How cool is this? It's a story involving a book in which said book is the actual book, and the story about it is told through scribbled notes and ephemera found on/within the pages.
Is it gimmicky? Absolutely! But who doesn't love a heady dose of such things every once in a while?
Jun 21, 2014Patrick rated it did not like it · review of another edition
This is one of the most beautifully-presented works of fiction I’ve ever seen. It’s also really quite boring. I should add that I haven’t finished it, and I probably won’t. It has been sitting on my printer for weeks, mocking me. But I can’t go back to it! And that makes me sad.
Before I can explain why it makes me sad, my first sentence needs a little unpacking — and I mean that quite literally. The book itself is a hefty, weathered-looking hardback bearing the title ‘The Ship of Theseus’ on it
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Mar 26, 2014Otis Chandler rated it really liked it
Shelves: mystery, thriller, marginalia, love-story
An amazing and unique creation: JJ Abrams and Doug Dorst created what reads like a classic work of fiction - something you can easily imagine having read in English class - and then wrote a intriguing side story in the margins. A grad student (Eric) has left his annotated copy of SOT (Ship of Theseus) in the library, and an undergrad (Jen) finds it and replies to his annotations. This leads to them making exciting discoveries about the book, and also falling in love.
The first thing is this book
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So I think I made a mistake. I read this all in one shot and I don't think that's how I should have read it.
J.J. Abrams had a clever idea about reading a book and seeing a couple writing to each other in the margins of the book. He turned to Doug Dorst to pen the story within a story.
S. is a story about Jen and Eric reading Ship of Theseus by V.M. Straka. Jen and Eric are trying to figure out who Straka is. (turns out he was a mysterious author with a mysterious past) Ship of Theseus is about a
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As for me this one started with such a novel idea but then finished sadly uninterested.
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Jeffrey Jacob 'J. J.' Abrams is an American film and television producer, screenwriter, director, actor, composer, and founder of Bad Robot Productions. An Emmy and Golden Globe-winner, he is known as the creator or co-creator of the television series Felicity, Alias, Lost, and Fringe, and as a director of films including Mission: Impossible III and the 2009 feature Star Trek.
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