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From: ramin@rtgvax.UUCP (Pantagruel)
Newsgroups: net.books
Subject: Re: Monkeys and Typewriters
Message-ID: <29@rtgvax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 21-Feb-86 18:55:18 EST
Article-I.D.: rtgvax.29
Posted: Fri Feb 21 18:55:18 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 24-Feb-86 08:35:48 EST
References: <101@hplabsc.UUCP>
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Organization: Systems Control, Palo Alto, CA
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Summary: John Barth...

In article <101@hplabsc.UUCP>, oday@hplabsc.UUCP (Vicki O'Day) writes:
> 
> I've been trying to remember for several years who wrote the story
> about the monkey-typewriter experiment.  I read it in an anthology,
> but I don't remember which.  I occasionally do a library search of
> short-story collections, but I never find it, so now I'm ready to
> ask for help.  Who wrote the darned thing?
> 
That theme if I recall was milked dry by John Barth in "Giles Goat-Boy".
I don't think it's the one you're looking for but it would be interesting
to see how many people have used it in their stories--directly that is,
I'm sure with perseverence someone will find some Biblical reference to
it... (:-)

(i.e. Book-list time...)



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