The Policeman's Beard Is Half Constructed

by Racter

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Features the First Book Written by a Computer. The Computer's Name is Racter & the Book Consists of Short Stories, Aphorisms, Paragraphs of Wisdom, Poetry, & Imagined Conversations

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Insane book of wonderfully weird poems (many of which center around vegetables) and barely readable short stories written by a 1980s computer. It includes a lot of awesome and seemingly unrelated surreal artwork that adds a lot to the strangeness of it all. It's a fun and quick read. (

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At all events my own essays and dissertations about love and its endless pain and perpetual pleasure will be known and understood by all of you who read this and talk or sing or chant about it to your worried friends or nervous enemies.

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Features the First Book Written by a Computer. The Computer's Name is Racter & the Book Consists of Short Stories, Aphorisms, Paragraphs of Wisdom, Poetry, & Imagined Conversations

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