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Hard to follow, difficult to read, and obtuse to the point of incoherent.
What could happen if we eliminated every precondition of what should occur on a printed page, and started over with a blank page and pure invention?
“What could happen if we eliminated every precondition of what should occur on a printed page, and started over with a blank page and pure invention?” This is the main question this book asks. Unfortunately, it addresses the interrogatory in a style and format that most readers will find difficult to follow, if not impossible.
At about forty pages, this book is brief. But numerous different type fonts, colors, and headings make it difficult to read. Some pages are jam-packed with verbiage in ALL CAPS. It also includes numerous “layers.” These include "TRANSPORT LAYER /connectivity management, DATALINK LAYER look-ahead compression capability, NETWORK LAYER the formulary of prudence, and APPLICATION LAYER detailed information about the information," and so on.
Reinventing What Print Can Be is billed as a “fantasy.” That is open to question. "Fantasy" is often defined as “a genre of fiction that involves imaginary and unrealistic elements, such as magic, supernatural, or otherworldly components.
It is often set in a fictional world that may resemble or differ from the real world or the past.” Lacking pretty much all of the above, reading Reinventing as a “fantasy” will be a stretch for most. Readers may find it not only hard to follow, but obtuse and opaque to the point of incoherent.
Bereft of any unifying or clearly identifiable theme, this book is also hamstrung by its formatting. The font is huge in places and almost microscopic in others. Additionally, the kaleidoscopic array of multiple visual styles and fonts is jarring and may have some readers reaching for the nearest bottle of Tylenol. There’s also no real “story” here. It lacks a clearly defined beginning, middle, and end. Thus, whether or not the initial interrogatory is addressed is open to question. In the end, most readers probably won’t care one way or another.
Finally, the writing is unfocused and undisciplined. Few readers will have the patience to see it through to the end.
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Synopsis
What could happen if we eliminated every precondition of what should occur on a printed page, and started over with a blank page and pure invention?
About the author
I've been publishing books since 1981 and presently have 23 listed under my name on amazon.com and another 24 on my website https://issuu.com/douglasbullis. I live in South Africa and write about cultural history and the art that lies hidden within the complexities of astrophysics. view profile
Published on March 24, 2023
2000 words
Contains mild explicit content ⚠️
Genre: Fantasy
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