{"product_id":"the-readies-paperback","title":"The Readies - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCraig Saper\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eBob Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1930, Bob Brown predicted that the printed book was bound for obsolescence. The time has come, he insisted, to rid the reader of the cumbersome book. He invented a machine that would allow one to read books and any text extremely fast and in a hyper abbreviated form. He called these abbreviated texts, with em dashes replacing words: readies. He envisioned sending the condensed texts through wireless networks. The Readies, describes these eponymously named abbreviated texts and his plans for a reading machine, but since he printed only 150 copies, the volume is practically unknown outside of a small circle of scholars. With this new edition, Craig Saper hopes to introduce Bob Brown's Roving Eye Press books to a new generation of readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Carlton Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (1886-1959) was an American author, journalist, publisher, and collector. Born in Chicago. Brown wrote pulp fiction, non-fiction, cookbooks, avant-garde publications, and experimented with a book of visual poetry; he also contributed pieces to various magazines and newspapers in New York City and established journals in Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City, and London. In 1929, he and his wife temporarily settled in France where they became involved in the expatriate literary community in Paris. While there, he established Roving Eye Press to promote a reading machine that he invented. His literary works include \u003ci\u003eWhat Happened to Mary\u003c\/i\u003e (1913), \u003ci\u003eThe Readies\u003c\/i\u003e (1930), \u003ci\u003eGlobe-Gliding\u003c\/i\u003e (1930), \u003ci\u003eWords\u003c\/i\u003e (1931), \u003ci\u003eGems\u003c\/i\u003e (1931), and \u003ci\u003eReadies for Bob Brown's Machine\u003c\/i\u003e (1931). He also wrote or co-wrote a number of best-selling cookbooks, including \u003ci\u003eThe European Cookbook\u003c\/i\u003e (1936), \u003ci\u003e10,000 Snacks\u003c\/i\u003e (1937), \u003ci\u003eThe Wine Cook Book\u003c\/i\u003e (1941), and \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Book of Cheese\u003c\/i\u003e (1955).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eCraig Saper\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor and Director of the Language, Literacy, and Culture Ph.D. Program at UMBC in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eIntimate Bureaucracies\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), \u003ci\u003eNetworked Art\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), \u003ci\u003eArtificial Mythologies\u003c\/i\u003e (1997) and has edited or co-edited volumes on \u003ci\u003eElectracy: Gregory L. Ulmer's Textshop Experiments\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), \u003ci\u003ePosthumography\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), \u003ci\u003eImaging Place\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), and \u003ci\u003eDrifts\u003c\/i\u003e (2007). He has published widely on Fluxus and visual poetry and serves as the Reviews Editor and Blog Report columnist for Rhizomes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.23 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 13, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47451392016633,"sku":"9780692388037","price":16.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/SIhwwXWJHL9780692388037.webp?v=1772053616","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-readies-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}