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weepingbeautyDec 9, 2007 11:29am
The Idea

Cut the bindings off of books found at a used book store. Find poems in the pages by the process of obliteration. Put pages in the mail and send them all around the world. Lather, rinse, repeat.



more examples...

logolalia.com/alteredbooks/ [logolalia.com/alteredbooks/]


emjaypriceDec 9, 2007 12:21pm
If only one person were doing it as art, say Tracey Emin, then I could accept it as art. However, to encourage everyone to take part in this is wanton vandalism! I'm afraid I fall on the side of 'sacrilege'.

Then again I can't even stand the thought of people cracking spines when they read books! Once I'm finished with a book, nobody would know that it had been read. As for people who don't even know how to remove a book from a bookshelf, just don't get me started!


csnyDec 12, 2007 9:59am
very, very creative..personally i prefer using found books


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weepingbeautyJan 12, 7:24am
Are you writing the "great, original fantasy" yet itis a rip-off of originals? An exam to test if you are on the right track.

rinkworks.com/fnovel/ [rinkworks.com/fnovel/]


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weepingbeautyJan 13, 1:03pm
Jurassic Park

By Michael Crichton

[Ultra-Condensed by Samuel Stoddard and David J. Parker]


John Hammond: I made some dinosaurs. Come see.

All: Wow! That's amazing!

Dennis Nedry: I'm mean and stupid. Hoo ha ha.

(The dinosaurs ESCAPE, and they eat all the BAD people. The GOOD people ESCAPE, but it is CLOSE.)

Dr. Alan Grant Dr. Ellie Sattler, those close calls made us fall in love. Let's kiss.

Dr. Ellie Sattler: Nice try, but you're thinking of our alter egos in that movie.


Sacrilege or iinnovative fun?


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LightChaserJan 13, 1:05pm
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weepingbeautyJan 13, 1:13pm
Huckleberry Finn

By Mark Twain

[Ultra-Condensed by David J. Parker]


Huckleberry Finn

(Goes rafting. Goes home.)



THE END

OR one of my favz ;)


The Metamorphosis

By Franz Kafka

[Ultra-Condensed by Mike Isaacson]


Gregor Samsa

Holy crap, I'm a vermin thingie!

(He DIES...eventually.)



THE END


csnyJan 13, 1:45pm
" WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING Here?" the angry Lord Jesus screamed.
- a prayer for owen meany
colouring that in now(going to leave pages at various highway memorials:)


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weepingbeautyJan 26, 2:49am
Sebastian Faulks is the new 007 author.

mania.com/55352.html [mania.com/55352.html]


csnyFeb 8, 9:52am
found the perfect page, folded nice and almost left it ( my new scanner doesn't work properly) which is just as well, some doodling-on will do nicely:)


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