book as object

Golem

Content type
Creative Work
Author
Nick Montfort
Year
Publisher
Dead Alive Press
Language
English
Publication Type
Print publication
Platform/Software
Perl
ISBN
978-1-71630-738-6
License
CC Attribution Share Alike
Record Status
Not yet reviewed
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computer-generated text
book as object
Description (in English)

Golem is a computer-generated casebound book consisting of 109 pages of text in eight sections. Each section has sentences of a distinct syntax. These express the undertakings, interactions, perceptions, and thoughts of a few people. The seventh section has two long Perl programs which differ from one another, the first described as being understood by one of the people, the second described as being written by another.

The book includes a postword by Zach Whalen.

Pull Quotes

Justice remembered existence. The philosopher contemplated that they (whom they (whom they (whom the censor contemplated) (whom Justice (whom the philosopher (whom Tim (whom Remy recalled) grasped) wrote) (whom Charlie recalled) (whom the censor (whom Cyn wrote) (whom Tim contemplated) felt) (whom the philosopher (whom Justice (whom Tim recalled) (whom the exhibitor understood) sensed) imagined) took in) sensed) wrote) remembered something or Charlie (whom Remy felt) (whom Justice imagined) understood that the mentor grasped that when they understood something it was false that the mentor (whom the censor wrote) understood that when Charlie wrote the possible idea that she contemplated her it was absurd that the philosopher (whom they grasped) remembered a lot, so select individuals imagined the other.

Screen shots
An open casebound book, inside covers rimmed in blue, showing pp. 62-63.

The Life and Times of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

Content type
Creative Work
Author
Laurence Sterne
Year
Publisher
Ann Ward
Dodsley
Beckett & DeHondt
Download URL
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy (Google scan of NY Public Library copy…
Language
English
Publication Type
Print publication (antecedent)
License
Public Domain
Record Status
Approved record
Tags
materiality
book as object
authorial intrusion
Description (in English)

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (or Tristram Shandy) is a novel by Laurence Sterne. It was published in nine volumes, the first two appearing in 1759, and seven others following over the next seven years (vols. 3 and 4, 1761; vols. 5 and 6, 1762; vols. 7 and 8, 1765; vol. 9, 1767). It purports to be a biography of the eponymous character. Its style is marked by digression, double entendre, and graphic devices.

Sterne had read widely, which is reflected in Tristram Shandy. Many of his similes, for instance, are reminiscent of the works of the metaphysical poets of the 17th century, and the novel as a whole, with its focus on the problems of language, has constant regard to John Locke's theories in An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. Arthur Schopenhauer cited Tristram Shandy as one of the greatest novels ever written.

(Source: Wikipedia entry on The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman)

book as object