A book about absolutely nothing.

by I.M. Nobody

A book about absolutely nothing at all. There is absolutely nothing in this book to read about. This book is intended as humor only. It is pure novelty.

Genres: Nonfiction, Art

98 pages, Paperback

First published November 27, 2012

Reviews

[Hunter Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

It took no time to read this!

[Josh Young · Rating 4 out of 5]

A most riveting work. I suspect the author may have been influenced musically by John Cage's 4'33".

[Othen Cummings · Rating 5 out of 5]

Only a conversation piece.

Just like the title says this is a book about absolutely nothing! Other than the table of contents and a basic layout it is nothing but blank pages from front to end.

It's only purpose is as a conversation piece and for its novelty shock value. Which it has pulled off well in my experience with it. I have shown it to many people and the reaction has always been pretty much positive, usually with the person who has seen it wanting to show the book to someone else!

My hardcover copy sets on my coffee table and always generates curiosity and smiles. Also some people I know who aren't big fans of reading books have exclaimed that this is their kind of book! Who knows it might just turn them on to a real book after holding this and having fun with it!

[Othen Cummings · Rating 5 out of 5]

Only a conversation piece.

Just like the title says this is a book about absolutely nothing! Other than the table of contents and a basic layout it is nothing but blank pages from front to end.

It's only purpose is as a conversation piece and for its novelty shock value. Which it has pulled off well in my experience with it. I have shown it to many people and the reaction has always been pretty much positive, usually with the person who has seen it wanting to show the book to someone else!

My hardcover copy sets on my coffee table and always generates curiosity and smiles. Also some people I know who aren't big fans of reading books have exclaimed that this is their kind of book! Who knows it might just turn them on to a real book after holding this and having fun with it!

[Valentin Eni · Rating 2 out of 5]

Un fel de glumă și experiment în lumea cărților. Autorul probabil este Othen Donald Dale Cummings). Are prea multe capitole și prea multe pagini, poate trebuia să aibă o filă (2 pag.) și nici un capitol. E cam scumpă (și nu are nici măcar o ilustrație :). Iar punctul din titlul de pe copertă e inutil. Poate că nici nu trebuia să aibă coperta neagră ci mai degrabă albă. Și titlul - alb (lucios) pe alb (mat) :):
Am "citit-o" în cîteva secunde pe youtube şi încă odată (de fapt, doar primele trei capitole, sau 21 de pagini) pe books.google.

[JB]

This is filler for a book I read and am not sharing to Goodreads 🙃

[Sandi Duma]

Damn, I think I've lost my sense of humor..

[Saphi · Rating 1 out of 5]

... I will not count this on my 2024 books list because... It's not a book? I find it pretentious really, like if the point of the art is making it a book of nothing for some meta-commentary, why price it? Why value it with something? Nothing shouldn't be worth something unless your comment is to say even when we're nothing we value something, but seeing the feeling this book gives by filling it with nothingness, it is wasteful, it comes off as such. Even in possible messages, it's completely contradicting, and I could find that fascinating. But I see other people be more clever with that without such contradiction of what they are aiming at.

[J Crossley · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book i believe is supposed to be a humorous look at how we are all "nobodys;" yet, we are all somebodys. There is occasionally something written on a page. It is mostly blank pages. The author is I. M. Nobody.

[Skix · Rating 5 out of 5]

Relajante a la vez que desconcertante. Se hace cortísimo. Lo volveré a leer con total seguridad. 10/10.