Very soon after starting the book in the 1960s I dreamed of its use as an oracle, and it has taken 40 years for technology to make that possible.” He is so pleased with the outcome that: “I’ve become my own consumer. Each night after midnight I consult, somewhat furtively (even though alone), the Oracle I have made. I’m often surprised by pages made long ago and almost forgotten, as well as by the sometimes uncanny predictions they offer their maker.
Tom Phillips and A Humument: how a novel became an oracle | Books | The Observer
brief article by James Bridle.
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My two favorite analog book “remixes” have always been the cut up method and ‘A Humument’
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