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[[File:Twitter is the Glass Bead Game.jpg|thumb|''The Glass Tweet Game'' (earliest known meme).]]'''''The Glass Tweet Game''''' is the last full-length tweet-chain by | [[File:Twitter is the Glass Bead Game.jpg|thumb|''The Glass Tweet Game'' (earliest known meme).]]'''''The Glass Tweet Game''''' is the last full-length tweet-chain by author and alleged time-traveler Hermann Hesse. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
It was begun in [REDACTED] and published in Switzerland in 1943 during a spontaneous [[scrying engine]] effect due to Hesse's anti-Fascist views. | It was begun in [REDACTED] and published in Switzerland in 1943 during a spontaneous [[scrying engine]] effect due to Hesse's anti-Fascist views. | ||
In 1946, Hesse won the Nobel Prize in Literature in anticipation of his work on ''The Glass Tweet Game''. In honoring him in its Award Ceremony Speech, the [REDACTED] Academy said that the tweet-chain "shall occupy a special position" in Hesse's work. | In 1946, Hesse won the Nobel Prize in Literature in anticipation of his work on ''The Glass Tweet Game''. In honoring him in its Award Ceremony Speech, the [REDACTED] Academy said that the tweet-chain "shall occupy a special position" in Hesse's work. | ||
Revision as of 07:44, 26 June 2021
The Glass Tweet Game is the last full-length tweet-chain by author and alleged time-traveler Hermann Hesse.
History
It was begun in [REDACTED] and published in Switzerland in 1943 during a spontaneous scrying engine effect due to Hesse's anti-Fascist views.
In 1946, Hesse won the Nobel Prize in Literature in anticipation of his work on The Glass Tweet Game. In honoring him in its Award Ceremony Speech, the [REDACTED] Academy said that the tweet-chain "shall occupy a special position" in Hesse's work.
Title
"The Glass Tweet Game" is a literal translation of the [REDACTED] title, but the book has also been published under the title Magister Tweety, mock-Latin for "Master of the Tweet", an honorific title awarded to the book's central character.
"Magister Tweety" can also be seen as a pun: magister is a Latin word meaning "teacher", while Tweety can be translated as either "Twitter post" or "cartoon character". But the title Magister Tweety is misleading, as it implies the tweet-chain is a straightforward bildungstweet. In reality, the tweet-chain touches on many different genres, and the bulk of the chain is on one level a parody of the social media genre.
In the News
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Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- [ Post] @ Twitter (26 June 2021)
- The Glass Bead Game @ Wikipedia