World Clock<\/i><\/a> was the breakout hit of last year. A poet and professor of digital media at MIT, Montfort used 165 lines of Python code to arrange a new sequence of characters, locations, and actions for each minute in a day. He gave readings, and the book was later printed by the Harvard Book Store\u2019s press. Still, Kazemi says reading an entire generated novel is more a feat of endurance than a testament to the quality of the story, which tends to be choppy, flat, or incoherent by the standards of human writing.<\/p>\n“Even Nick expects you to maybe read a chapter of it or flip to a random page,” Kazemi says.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
There were many great generated novels last year, and are already many great ones this year. I don’t think among this abundance that World Clock<\/i> is a very good poster boy for NaNoGenMo. Still, my experience with the book does make a strong case for having your generated novel translated in (or originally written in) Polish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Some kind comments about World Clock and NaNoGenMo in the article “The Strange World of Computer-Generated Novels” by Josh Dzieza. Nick Montfort\u2019s World Clock was the breakout hit of last year. A poet and professor of digital media at MIT, Montfort used 165 lines of Python code to arrange a new sequence of characters, locations, … <\/p>\n
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