Re: [microsound] Kim Cascone's "The Aesthetics of Failure"

[Bill Ashline <ashline@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 00:40:27 -0800, Carrera-Linn Cultural Exchange
<mail.lists@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Christos Carras wrote:
> 
> > Owen Green wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> That's true, but unfortunately not in its entirety (though I'd
> >> reccomend  the book nonetheless).
> >
> >
> > i find that a very frustrating aspect of the book: there are many
> > texts that are only partially reproduced, like a sample of someones
> > thinking.
> >
> > personally, i would have prefered fewer but complete texts.
> >
> > cc
> >
> Has anyone thought to place all of those texts into a large book, and
> would anyone pay, say, $50-60 for a copy?  It seems like it would be a
> good idea to do something like this.


It's very common to take and edit down texts for readers of this kind.
 Nothing unusual here.  Abridgment for the sake of providing a taste
of a wide array of material is typical of academic publishing, and you
can consider a text like Audio Culture to be a general introduction to
the field.  Microsound denizens are obviously ready for something more
advanced--for the most part I suspect.

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