| The Readies Contributor(s): Saper, Craig (Introduction by), Brown, Bob (Author) |
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ISBN: 0692388036 ISBN-13: 9780692388037 Publisher: Roving Eye Press OUR PRICE: $11.39 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading |
| Physical Information: 0.23" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.33 lbs) 96 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1930, Bob Brown predicted that the printed book was bound for obsolescence. The time has come, he insisted, to rid the reader of the cumbersome book. He invented a machine that would allow one to read books and any text extremely fast and in a hyper abbreviated form. He called these abbreviated texts, with em dashes replacing words: readies. He envisioned sending the condensed texts through wireless networks. The Readies, describes these eponymously named abbreviated texts and his plans for a reading machine, but since he printed only 150 copies, the volume is practically unknown outside of a small circle of scholars. With this new edition, Craig Saper hopes to introduce Bob Brown's Roving Eye Press books to a new generation of readers. |