Re: [microsound] ambient books

["j.frede" <jfrede@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

when i was a kid i had a Disney "haunted mansion" book that had flexi
records made into the pages and a small handheld player that you set on top
to hear the story,,, not that's an ambient book.
haha

j.frede
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----- Original Message -----
From: "The pHarmanaut" <pharmanaut@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "microsound" <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: [microsound] ambient books

> Yes, good choice there with Robbe-Grillet. His films (_Last Year at
> Marienbad_ and _Hiroshiman Mon Amour_) work in similarly ambient terrain.
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "tattermalion" <tattermalion@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "microsound" <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 12:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [microsound] ambient books
>
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> >
> > I have to give a shout out to robbe-grillet for being the most ambient
> writer on my shelf. Anyone interested should check out Jealousy. It starts
> with a diagram of the banana plantation where it all takes place and then
> renders up chronologically disjointed 'scenes' within this area. There's a
> definite de-emphasization of the things listed below. It's a great
treatment
> of a feeling.
> >  Marc Weidenbaum <marc@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:That does raise an
interesting
> point. My reference to Nicholson Baker was,
> > in large part, based on how those books are literary analogs to ambient
> > music, in that they de-emphasize (if not eradicate) the familiar pacing
> > devices of fiction (plot, action) in favor of a less event-oriented
state
> > of timelessness.
> >
> > M
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