Comments on: Exquisite Corpus & Infinite Entries http://booktwo.org/notebook/exquisite-corpus-infinite-entries/ The future of Literature Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:36:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: McKenzie Wark http://booktwo.org/notebook/exquisite-corpus-infinite-entries/#comment-22 McKenzie Wark Tue, 14 Nov 2006 08:12:42 +0000 http://www.booktwo.org/notebook/exquisite-corpus-infinite-entries/#comment-22 Long before Gamer Theory I was part of an experimental writing practice we called Speed Factory, which produced a book by that name, published by Fremantle Arts Centre Press. Long before Gamer Theory I was part of an experimental writing practice we called Speed Factory, which produced a book by that name, published by Fremantle Arts Centre Press.

]]> By: Emma http://booktwo.org/notebook/exquisite-corpus-infinite-entries/#comment-5 Emma Sun, 22 Oct 2006 15:30:59 +0000 http://www.booktwo.org/notebook/exquisite-corpus-infinite-entries/#comment-5 When I was a kid I would spend hours on my bedroom floor surrounded by hundreds of bits of paper, 'writing' books (that ended up being scraps of stapled paper) in the vein of the Fighting Fantasy gaming series. Do you remember? There were dice at the bottom of each page and you'd flick through to 'roll' them, plus you made decisions and turned to the appropriate page. "You enter the room. On the table are two pills and a glass of water. You hear the sounds of Zorgon the Crucifier in the room behind you; you must act quickly! What do you do? To take the red pill, turn to page 73. To take the blue pill, turn to page 145." Often the next entry would be something like "You took the blue pill. It is a brain enhancer and will add 20% extra capacity to your brain. Sadly your cranium is too small to accommodate the additional brain mass and you die a terrifying, painful death, the end." Anyway, all this blah is to indicate that I have a deep-rooted fascination with the principles behind the Wiki idea. I think the Exquisite Corpus idea is probably a more straightforward project to kick off with. Both would be worth pursuing, to my mind. When I was a kid I would spend hours on my bedroom floor surrounded by hundreds of bits of paper, ‘writing’ books (that ended up being scraps of stapled paper) in the vein of the Fighting Fantasy gaming series. Do you remember? There were dice at the bottom of each page and you’d flick through to ‘roll’ them, plus you made decisions and turned to the appropriate page. “You enter the room. On the table are two pills and a glass of water. You hear the sounds of Zorgon the Crucifier in the room behind you; you must act quickly! What do you do? To take the red pill, turn to page 73. To take the blue pill, turn to page 145.” Often the next entry would be something like “You took the blue pill. It is a brain enhancer and will add 20% extra capacity to your brain. Sadly your cranium is too small to accommodate the additional brain mass and you die a terrifying, painful death, the end.”

Anyway, all this blah is to indicate that I have a deep-rooted fascination with the principles behind the Wiki idea. I think the Exquisite Corpus idea is probably a more straightforward project to kick off with. Both would be worth pursuing, to my mind.

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