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Author Topic: Lauren Ipsum  (Read 4015 times)

Jibz

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Lauren Ipsum
« on: October 10, 2011, 06:22 AM »
"A story about computer science and other improbable things"

This first chapter made me chuckle a couple of times (via Hacker News). :)

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Re: Lauren Ipsum
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2011, 07:35 AM »
Reads something like Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth or Nilsson's The Point.

point-pointless-forest-me-a.jpgLauren Ipsum
Now banished, Oblio and Arrow enter the Pointless Forest

Clever illustrations too.

Love it! :)
« Last Edit: October 10, 2011, 07:43 AM by 40hz »

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Re: Lauren Ipsum
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2011, 09:08 AM »
"A story about computer science and other improbable things"

This first chapter made me chuckle a couple of times (via Hacker News). :)
-Jibz (October 10, 2011, 06:22 AM)

Initial impresson...

HAHAHAHAHAH~!

It sounds like a mix of Lewis Caroll meets Dr. Seuss meets Jacob Two-Two meets the Hooded Fang. :)

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Re: Lauren Ipsum
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2011, 09:17 AM »
@40Hz, thanks for listing these illustration. Off to find them.  :up:

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Re: Lauren Ipsum
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2011, 02:45 PM »
Heh, that first chapter was an amusing read :)
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