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Ulysses by James Joyce is published.
Parts of it were 1st serialized in The Little Review, and the entire work was published in Paris by Sylvia Beach #OTD in 1922, Joyce's 40th birthday. Beach commissioned Darantiere in Dijon to print 1,000 numbered copies consisting of 100 signed copies on Dutch handmade paper, 150 numbered copies on vergé d’Arches paper, and 750 copies on handmade paper, plus an extra 20 unnumbered copies on mixed paper for libraries & press. @wikipedia
The Discovery of the Future (1901)
Herbert George Wells died #OTD in 1946. Prolific in many genres, he wrote more than fifty novels and dozens of short stories. His non-fiction output included works of social commentary, politics, history, popular science, satire, biography, and autobiography. via @wikipedia
Books by H.G. Wells at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/30
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Books by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) (sorted by popularity)
Project Gutenberg offers 71,320 free eBooks for Kindle, iPad, Nook, Android, and iPhone.Project Gutenberg
Why Maus Was Banned, and Why It Matters Today
What makes the book controversial is exactly what makes it valuable.Hillary Chute (The Atlantic)
"#Programs must not be regarded as #code for #computers, but as #literature for #humans"
I hope that one day people will really understand and embrace Wirth's legacy.
We will have a better cybernetic world then.
https://video.ethz.ch/conferences/2014/wirth/d40b0ce9-b9fa-4ba3-8dee-cf9d0c6f01a4.html
Niklaus Wirth Birthday Symposium | ETH Zürich Videoportal
Niklaus Wirth was a Professor of Computer Science at ETH Zürich, Switzerland, from 1968 to 1999. His principal areas of contribution were programming languages and methodology, software engineering, and design of personal workstations.video.ethz.ch