{"product_id":"the-xenotext-book-2-paperback","title":"The Xenotext: Book 2 - 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\u003eChristian Bök\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first work of 'living poetry' in the world, by the author of the bestselling book \u003ci\u003eEunoia\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristian Bök in Book 1 of \u003ci\u003eThe Xenotext \u003c\/i\u003eoutlined his plan to encode a poem into the genome of a deathless bacterium, thereby writing a text durable enough to outlive any apocalypse, surviving until the death of the Sun itself. After more than two decades of effort, Bök has, at last, succeeded at this incredible experiment, and Book 2 of \u003ci\u003eThe Xenotext \u003c\/i\u003esituates his enterprise within the deep time of the cosmos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBök rehearses some of the techniques likely to be used in the future to preserve the cultural heritage of our civilization against a potential planetary disaster (be it thermonuclear warfare or astrophysical barrage); moreover, Bök speculates that, buried within the biochemistry of Life itself, there really does exist an innate beauty, if not a hidden poetry - a literal message that we might read, if we deign to seek it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristian Bök\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eEunoia\u003c\/i\u003e (Coach House Books, 2001), a bestselling work of experimental literature, which has gone on to win the Griffin Prize for Poetic Excellence (2002). \u003ci\u003eCrystallography\u003c\/i\u003e (Coach House Press, 1994), his first book of poetry, was nominated for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award (1995). Nature has interviewed Bök about his work on \u003ci\u003eThe Xenotext\u003c\/i\u003e (making him the first poet ever to appear in this famous journal of science). Bök has also exhibited artworks derived from \u003ci\u003eThe Xenotext\u003c\/i\u003e at galleries around the world; moreover, his poem from this project has hitched a ride, as a digital payload, aboard a number of probes exploring the Solar System (including the InSight lander, now at Elysium Planitia on the surface of Mars). Bök is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and he teaches at Leeds School of Arts in the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 03, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47353377489145,"sku":"9781552454985","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/FXrc_-bwu39781552454985.webp?v=1769824650","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-xenotext-book-2-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}