2002: A Palindrome Story

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"2002: A Palindrome Story" est un hypertexte qui s'articule autour de l'année-palindrome 2002. Les hyperliens, une fois activés par l'internaute, mènent vers le mot-reflet situé dans la seconde moitié du texte.

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Hosting website:

Spineless Books

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http://spinelessbooks.com

Date of last consultation:

January 06, 2007

Coordonnées de l'artiste:
nickm.com
Groupe de recherche:
Chaire de recherche du Canada en littérature contemporaine

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Yo! Job? Mocha dude? Non! No. Works at node, wades on. Idée fixe snows Bob's ass all under. Pure ... Eligible Babs: flesh self's eros revolts, rubs. Babs, looted under Bob, se[X]es Bob. Red, nude tools. Babs: "Burst, lover! Sores. Flesh self's Babel big. I leer up." Red, null ass, as Bob's won sex: "I feed; I nosed awe!" (Don't ask.) Row on, none dud. Ah! Combo joy.» (Le X entre crochets est le coeur du palindrome.)

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" 2002 is a collaboratively-authored narrative palindrome, exactly 2002 words in length. 2002 was first published in a limited edition of 202 inscribed copies on New Years Day, 2002. On February 20th, 2002 (20-02-2002) 2002 was published on the Web. On November 11, 2002 (11-11-2002) 2002 was published as an illustrated book. A palindrome is a text in which the sequence of letters and numbers is the same forwards and backwards. Spaces, punctuation, and line breaks are used freely. In 2002, the authors took the liberty of assuming an accented e (é) is the same letter as e, and that an i with an umlaut (ï) is the same as an i. Other than that it is perfect. The palindrome was written by Nick Montfort and William Gillespie with the assistance of an Eraware computer program named Deep Speed. Design of the HTML version and the book were done by Ingrid Ankerson. Illustrations were provided by Shelley Jackson. The creators of the book have had the historically rare privilege of experiencing two palindromic years: 1991 and 2002. No generation of people has lived through two palindromic years since 1001, and none will again until 2112." http://spinelessbooks.com/2002/

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Montfort, Nick

Nick Montfort écrit de la poésie algorithmique et sous contrainte, développe des jeux vidéo et est un critique, théoricien et spécialiste des arts électroniques et des médias. Il est professeur agrégé en médias numériques au Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies) et est président de l'Electronic Literature Organization. Il possède un doctorat en informatique et sciences de l'information de l'Université de Pennsylvanie.
Gillespie, William

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