This Is Not Tom: John's story told through weekly online riddles (2009)
project history · status: last documented in 2009 · last event: milestone (2009-08-26)
This Is Not Tom is John's story told through a new online riddle each week; Hank recommended it in February 2009 and started a forum for its solvers. In May 2009 John said it would stay free online and not become a book, and in August Hank said it was continuing.
About: This Is Not Tom
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-02-25 | milestone | Hank recommends thisisnottom.com, a set of riddles and challenges he has been following that are rewarding to solve and seem to be taking a turn for the awesome. | I Know (A Song in Ten Words) 00:02:18 |
| 2009-04-28 | milestone | Hank reports John's This Is Not Tom is under way, a new riddle each week at youtube.com/isthistom, and that he has started thisisnotforums.com for solvers. | 10 Book Reviews in 4 Minutes 00:02:38 |
| 2009-05-19 | milestone | John says his ongoing story This Is Not Tom is already free online each week and will not be published as a book. | Question Tuesday! 00:01:49 |
| 2009-08-26 | milestone | Hank announces that This Is Not Tom is continuing and says the story continues to be amazing. | DEMOLITION DERBY! 00:03:18 |
What is said about it
3 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2009-02-25 · I Know (A Song in Ten Words) — Hank advises against working on the riddles while on NyQuil, which makes things more difficult. (playful) — 00:02:47
- 2009-04-28 · 10 Book Reviews in 4 Minutes — announcement: Hank says John, bestselling author of Paper Towns, Looking for Alaska and An Abundance of Katherines, is writing another book, This Is Not Tom, released through weekly riddles. — 00:02:38
- 2009-04-28 · 10 Book Reviews in 4 Minutes — Hank says a new riddle is posted weekly at youtube.com/isthistom, telling of a young girl on the run, and he started thisisnotforums.com where people help each other with hard riddles. — 00:02:38