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2002. 2002: A Palindrome Story in 2002 Words, by Nick Montfort and William Gillespie. Illustrations by Shelley Jackson. Design by Ingrid Ankerson. ISBN: 0-9724244-9-0. 4 by 4 inches. 24 pages. Perfect bound with vellum plates and wraps. Distributed by Spineless Books. 01-10-2002 $16.
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This curiously beautiful volume is the definitive edition of 2002: a Palindrome Story.
Drawn Inward. Drawn Inward, by Mike Maguire. Designed by Nick Montfort. ISBN: 0-9724244-3-1. 6 by 9 inches. 52 pages. Perfect bound. Distributed by Ingram. 12-21-2003 $10.01.
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Drawn Inward is a collection of poetry by Mike Maguire comprising four sections: Word Palindromes, in which the words of each poem run in the same sequence backwards as they do forwards; Charades, in which each poem is spelled the same as the one next to it; Palindromes, in which the letters of each poem run in the same sequence backwards as they do forwards; and Poems about Trains. The poems are beautiful, humorous, and transcendent. Arguably some of the most exquisite palindromes ever written in English find their place nestled among equally gorgeous poems written in less familiar forms, showing that, even with poetry, perfection is possible. Maguire's wildly successful formal experiments ensure the palindrome its rightful place as a poetic form.

Fourier Series. Fourier Series, by Joshua Corey. ISBN 0-9724244-4-X. 7.5 by 9 inches. 102 pages. Perfect bound, with French Revolution folds. Distributed by Spineless Books. 07-05-2005 $16.
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Fourier Series, a book of poetry by Joshua Corey published on Charles Fourier's 233rd birthday (April 7th, 2005), is the winner of the Fitzpatrick-O'Dinn Award for Best Book Length Work of Constrained English Literature (2004), as judged by Christian Bök, author of Eunoia. The book comes wrapped in French Revolution Folds: an oversized engraving of the Crown Imperial (Fritillaria imperialis) by the apothecary Basilius Bester (1561-1629).

here/gone. here/gone: AN ABC FLIP BOOK FOR GROWN UPS, by Karen Green. ISBN 978-0-9801392-4-2. 8.5 by 8.5 inches. 52 color pages. Perfect bound. Distributed by Spineless Books. 10-12-2008 $26.
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here/gone is the a runner-up of the Fitzpatrick-O'Dinn Award for Best Book Length Work of Constrained English Literature (2004), as judged by Christian Bök, author of Eunoia. The invertible flip-book consists of two opposing narratives, each consisting of 26 mixed media artworks corresponding to the letters of the alphabet.

Johnny Werd. Johnny Werd: The Fire Continues, by Q. Synopsis. Cover by Andrew Byrom. (hardback) ISBN: 0-9724244-1-5. 5.5 by 8.5 inches. 136 pages. Clothbound. Distributed by Ingram. 21-01-2003 $25
Johnny Werd: The Fire Continues. (paperback) ISBN: 0-9724244-2-3. 5.5 by 8.5 inches. 136 pages. Perfect bound. Distributed by Ingram. 21-01-2003 $10.
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Johnny Werd, the Fire Continues is an experimental American novel from the twilight of the twentieth century, retelling the story of a boy and his fire. It is to laugh.
Letter to Lamont. Letter to Lamont, by William Gillespie. Cover art by Scott Westgard. ISBN: 0-9724244-5-8. 6 by 9 inches. 88 pages. Perfect bound. Distributed by Ingram. 07-03-2005. $10.
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A surrealist feast for romantic fools pours through your letterbox.

Lost Citizen. Lost Citizen, by William Gillespie. Cover art by Scott Westgard. ISBN 978-0-9801392-0-46 by 9 inches. 63 pages. Perfect bound. Distributed by Ingram. 02-20-2008. $10.
 

Lost Citizen: Selected Poems 1995-2003 is a survey of the millennial poetry of William Gillespie, edited by Stephanie Strickland. Poems romance the political through formal experimentation and textual intercourse.

Mars needs lunch. Mars Needs Lunch, by Jimmy Crater. ISBN: 0-9724244-8-2. 6 by 9 inches. 48 pages. Perfect bound. Distributed by Ingram. 01-04-2006. $10
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No one would have believed in the last years of the twentieth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves with making their bread they were scrutinised and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinise yeast.

Steal Stuff From Work. Steal Stuff From Work, by Jasper Pierce. ISBN: 978-0-9801392-2-8. 6 by 9 inches. 132 pages. Perfect bound. Distributed by Spineless Books.01-09-2008. $11.11
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Steal Stuff From Work is a novel about bad waiters who take things too far. Compulsive vocational kleptomania leads to a conspiracy of the powerless, redistribution, and sweeping social disruption.
Story of the Sparrow. The Story of the Sparrow, by Raymond Federman. 5 by 8 inches. 4 pages. Pamphlet. Distributed by Spineless Books. $26.
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A story by Raymond Federman with an original intervention by Spineless Books, printed on acid-free lingin-free Canson Mi-Tientes paper in an edition of 26 copies, signed by Federman, lettered A-Z.
The Story That Teaches You How To Write It. The Story That Teaches You How To Write It, by William Gillespie. ISBN: 0-9724244-0-7. 6 by 9 inches. 80 pages. Perfect bound. Distributed by Ingram. 13-03-2005. $10.
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On the left-hand pages unfolds in numerous forms the story of graduate students in love. On the right-hand pages is an essay explaining the forms used in composing the story, involving cognitive science, structuralist narratology, and literary criticism.

Table of Forms. Table of Forms, by Dominique Fitzpatrick-O'Dinn. Cover art by Scott Westgard. (hardback) ISBN: 0-9724244-6-6. 6 by 9 inches. 136 pages. Clothbound. Distributed by Ingram. 12-31-2006. $25.

Table of Forms. (paperback)

ISBN: 0-9724244-7-4. 6 by 9 inches. 128 pages. Perfect bound. Distributed by Ingram. 06-06-2006. $12.
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Bridging the sonnet and palindrome through a rich taxonomy of new literary forms, Table of Forms is a collection of experimental, ludic, constraint-driven poetry; a puzzle book; and a writing manual. Offering myriad reading paths, this multisequential anthology includes a Table of Contents, Table of Forms, Glossary of Forms, and a matrix on the back cover. The deluxe clothbound edition contains extra material to explain the structure of the poetry in more depth.

WithHiddenNoise. WithHiddenNoise, by Dirk Stratton. 8.5 by 8.5 inches. 26 pages. Spiral bound. Distributed by Spineless Books. 20-02-2002. $7.
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A story about a dada art theft published in an edition of 26 signed copies lettered A-Z.

 

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Cybernetics of Cybernetics Cybernetics of Cybernetics. (paperback) ISBN: 0964704412. 8.5 x 11 inches. 497 pages. Perfect bound. Published by Future Systems. $50. SOLD OUT
Cybernetics of Cybernetics. (hardback) ISBN: 0964704404. 8.5 x 11 inches. 497 pages. Hardcover with dustjacket. Published by Future Systems. $80. (temporarily unavailable)
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The Cybernetics of Cybernetics was originally published by Heinz von Foerster and the Biological Computer Laboratory at the University of Illinois. One of the greatest compendiums of cybernetics theory ever published in English, it was out of print for two decades.

Experience and Action. Political Faces of Slovenia. Niko Tos, Karl H. Müller [Ed.] 6 by 9 inches. Case laminate hardback with illustrations. Published by Editions Echoraum (Vienna); distributed by Spineless Books. 2007. $33.
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Political Orientations and Values at the End of the Century. Preface by Janez Potocnik [European Commissioner for Science and Research.]
An Unfinished Revolution? An Unfinished Revolution? Heinz von Foerster and the Biological Computer Laboratory (BCL), 1958–1976. Albert Müller & Karl Müller, eds. 6 by 9 inches. Case laminate hardback with illustrations. Published by Editions Echoraum (Vienna); distributed by Spineless Books. 2007. $39.
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The Biological Computer Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, led by Heinz von Foerster, was the nexus of Cybernetics and the point of origination of Second Order Cybernetics in the 1960s and 1970s. Here in this book, in these articles, drawings and photographs, it all comes back to life with a lucidity that belies the passing years and shows that this theory of feedback process and awareness indeed shares in the living world of the eternal forms. —Louis H. Kauffman, University of Illinois
Experience and Action. Experience and Action. Richard Jung. 6 by 9 inches. Case laminate hardback with illustrations. Published by Editions Echoraum (Vienna); distributed by Spineless Books. 2007. $33.
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In 13 ecstatically composed essays, the author brings to life, in a spiral of historical reflections, his take on what we might understand by the self.
Experience and Action. The Importance of Being Ernst: Festschrift for Ernst von Glasersfeld . Ranulph Glanville & Alexander Riegler [Ed.]. 6 by 9 inches. Case laminate hardback with illustrations. Published by Editions Echoraum (Vienna); distributed by Spineless Books. 2007. $39.
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Radical constructivism has had a profound impact on the field of science education, especially in the past three decades. Initially introduced by Ernst von Glasersfeld in mathematics education the ideas were picked up and widely applied in many scholarly ways.
Gordon Pask. Gordon Pask, Philosopher Mechanic: An Introduction to the Cybernetician's Cybernetician. Ranulph Glanville & Karl H. Müller [Ed.]. 6 by 9 inches. Case laminate hardback with illustrations. Published by Editions Echoraum (Vienna); distributed by Spineless Books. 2007. $33.
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"The art and science of Andrew Gordon Speedie Pask, born on June 28th, 1928, is symptomatic of his role as a founding father of the transdisciplinary fields of cybernetics and systems science. His interests were distributed over a vast array of problem areas such as psychology, biology, educational sciences, mathematics, logic, machine learning, epistemology, linguistics, etc. He was also a gifted artist, novelist, and lyricist. In all of these areas he sought underlying principles of organization and communication which, though embedded in different contexts, dealt with the necessity of incorporating the unique subjectivity of human experience and the objects of a given group's discourse." — Luis M. Rocha
Dead Aria. Dead Aria, by William Gillespie 6 by 9 inches. 38 pages. Saddle-stitched chapbook. Published by NeoPepper. 2007. $10.
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Welcome Home, by Samuel Wharton 6 by 9 inches. 32 pages. Saddle-stitched chapbook. Published by NeoPepper. 2007. $10.
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Here, hunger. Here, Hunger, by Sarah Lilius & Erin M. Bertram 6 by 9 inches. 32 pages.Saddle-stitched chapbook. Published by NeoPepper. 2007. $10.
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Sequence /Series. A Sequence/A Series, by Dirk Stratton 6 by 9 inches. ISBN: 978-0-9788407-7-8. Invertible saddle-stitched flipbook. 33 pages. Published by NeoPepper in a limited edition of 50 numbered copies. 2008. $11.

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Without weight of light. Without Weight of Light, by Guy Bennett 6 by 9 inches. 35 pages. Saddle-stitched chapbook. Published by NeoPepper. 2006. $10.
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Invisible Seattle Invisible Seattle, by Seattle ISBN 0-930257-05-7.5.5 by 8.5 inches. 246 pages. Perfect bound. Published by Function Industries. 2007. $12.
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Transcriptions. Transcriptions From a Blank Book, by Dirk Stratton 4.25 x 11 inches. 24 pages. Saddle-Stitched chapbook. Published by Dandelion Press. 2007. $4.
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Rocking house. Rocking House: Selected Poems 1966-1998, by Michael Holloway ISBN: 0-9662448-0-X.5 x 7 inches. 159 pages. Perfect bound. Published by Non Sequitur. 1998. $16.
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Rocking House CD. Rocking House CD, by Michael Holloway 1:08:05 hours. Compact disc. Published by Non Sequitur. 2007. $16.
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  Habit’s Dad, by Michael Holloway ISBN: 0-9662448-4-2.164 pages. 5.5 x 8 inches. Perfect bound. Published by Non Sequitur. 2007. $16.
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Habit's Dad CD. Habit’s Dad CD, by Michael Holloway 2:32:47 hours. 2 compact disc set. Published by Non Sequitur. 2007. $15.
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Politics by Parenti. Politics of the Adjective “Political”, plays by Susan Parenti ISBN 0-9662448-2-6. Perfect bound. Published by Non Sequitur. 2007. $20.
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Poetry by Parenti. "I" and My Mouth and Their Irresistible Life in Language, poetry by Susan Parenti ISBN 0-9662448-3-4. Perfect bound. Published by Non Sequitur. 2007. $12.
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