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Subject:Re: Something more to put after the full stop. From:"Doc" <doc -at- vertext -dot- org> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Sat, 27 Jul 2002 09:41:34 -0400
This form of writing is called "lipogrammata". An early practitioner was
Tryphiodorus who wrote a version of the Odyssey in 24 books. The first book
was named "Alpha". Except for the title, the letter A does not appear in the
book. The letter B was likewise banished from the second book, "Beta" and so
on through the alphabet.
Just a bit of trivia from ...
-Doc
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"Drew Adams" <drew -at- synplicity -dot- com> wrote in message news:163124 -at- techwr-l -dot- -dot- -dot-
>
> Bruce said:
> > To exaggerate just a bit, insisting on writing strictly by the rules is
> > like insisting on writing a novel in which the letter "e" is never used:
> > you can do it, but you reduce your odds of saying anything memorable or
> > useful.
>
> 1) You can do it? Easier said than done.
> 2) Reduced odds, no doubt, but we're not talking monkeys & typewriters, I
> hope.
> See the 300-page French novel "La Disparition", by Georges Perec, about
the
> disappearance of Anton Voyl. Pauvre Anton is not the only disappearance...
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