Can you name this book?

May 3, 2006 7:15 AM

About 10 years ago, a friend of mine received a book as a gift. It was a series of (fictional, I think) love letters written between a man and a woman, but the book itself contained envelopes and letters written on different types of stationary and such. Kind of a multimedium format. I believe the title had both of the characters names in it. Does this really vague description ring a bell with anyone?
posted by Roger Dodger to media & arts (13 comments total)

Griffin & Sabine, I think?
posted by Jeanne at 7:17 AM on May 3, 2006

Was it the Griffin & Sabine series by Nick Bantock?
posted by Nedroid at 7:18 AM on May 3, 2006

This was actually a trilogy.
posted by orange swan at 7:18 AM on May 3, 2006

So close! I was so... close!
posted by Nedroid at 7:19 AM on May 3, 2006

That's it. Thanks! I tried the Google, but couldn't think of any good keywords.
posted by Roger Dodger at 7:20 AM on May 3, 2006

Actually, it was a tetralogy, swan.
posted by solid-one-love at 7:52 AM on May 3, 2006

Actually... sextology?
posted by Roger Dodger at 7:54 AM on May 3, 2006

Be sure to check out the Egyptian Jukebox by the same author. It's a fantastic puzzle-in-a-book.
posted by WinnipegDragon at 8:00 AM on May 3, 2006

posted by dmd at 8:30 AM on May 3, 2006

Man I loved those books. I had them when I was in college and we'd pass them around. There is something great about being able to take the letter out of the envelope and read it.
posted by RustyBrooks at 8:37 AM on May 3, 2006

Wow, not more than 2 or 3 months ago the orginal book crossed my mind.

I could remember receiving it as a gift, and thinking it was great, but I couldn't remember for the life of me where it was or what it was called. I'm definitely gonna be ordering me another copy ASAP.

This is why I love MeFi.
posted by mrhaydel at 11:26 AM on May 3, 2006

Incidently, the book became a very cool CD ROM (released by Peter Gabriel's company). Sadly, it doesn't run on Windows XP so I have no way of enjoying it anymore.
posted by davebush at 11:41 AM on May 3, 2006

davebush, have you tried compatability mode? I've had a lot of success with it for older programs.
posted by fidelity at 12:48 PM on May 3, 2006