A list of publications, protest pamphlets, screeds

[lee2sman]

Using various corpora lists I'll perform some random selection from arrays to assemble a publication that indexes and summarizes a number of publications on various topics.

Would be nice to have it sound vaguely like the fictional books described in the beginning of a Borges story.

Should there be some ascii art images as well? pictures? something else?

I have a basic formula and I'm coding this in Lua. Something like tracery could make this a bit more dynamic.

cover: a (color) (object), made from (object).

A (publication) about (human universal) perpetuated by (industries).
by (english honorifics) (first names) (random word), (Location|setting).

"(ergative verb) the (human universal). (society|we|the people|our poor|the forgotten|the rest of us|the abused|the invisible people) must (verb) our (human universal). to be (resume action word) (preposition) (new technology) is to become (adj) for (industry)."

how it ends: (mood)

Example output currently:

Cover: a black matchbook, made out of pair of socks.
A essay about semantic category of other physical properties perpetuated by Oil & Energy. Written by Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside Dr Amelia.

"Swing the special speech for special occasions. the masses must unpack our males more prone to lethal violence to be determined beside flywheel energy storage is to become razed for Airlines/Aviation."
How it ends: Incensed.

Cover: a blue pair of tongs, made out of sandal.
A novella about conflict, means of dealing with perpetuated by Architecture & Planning. Written by Her Royal Highness Courtney.
"Train the beliefs about fortune and misfortune. The masses must train our generosity admired to be retrieved underneath green bullets is to become liberating for Research."
How it ends: Interested.

Hmm, there's a bug in there but it's late. Will spend time later this week cleaning it up. Also: definitely needs more variety. Will see if there's a *ery port to Lua or roll my own.

[lee2sman]

After tweaking a bit, more example output. Too oatmeal-y for me!

Cover: a black chair, made out of incense holders.

A flyer about sex statuses perpetuated by the Photography industry. Written by Justice Destiny.

From the forward: "Transfer the mental maps. The people must separate our classification of behavioral propensities. To be classified because of autonomous cars is to become neutered for Investment Banking/Venture."

How it ends: self-destructive.

[lee2sman]

More nonsense:

Skim milk adaptive optics

A memoir about musical redundancy perpetuated by the Human Resources industry. Written by Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Dakota.

Harrumph. A moved work by the author.
Recommended.

[lee2sman]

Okay, wrapping for the night. Here's about the current state, which now has more varied output, though can still stand to be cleaned up and randomness reduced. I also think it would be nice to create or illustrate a generic publication cover image for each work.

To dislocate Contour Crafting

A treatise about gift giving perpetuated by the Mental Health Care industry. Written by Her Royal Highness Princess Austin.

Yum. A replenished work by the author.
Recommended.
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Equivocal space colonies

A small volume about phonemes perpetuated by the Political Organization industry. Written by Lord Lieutenant Mariah.

Ho hum. A merry work by the author.
Not recommended.
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Honey-tongued speech recognition

How it ends: fake.
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Epileptic medical tricorders

A anthology about semantic components, sex perpetuated by the Publishing industry. Written by Chevalier Naomi.

Nooo. A embarrassed work by the author.
1 out of 5.
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Impartial space elevators

A pamphlet about choice making (choosing alternatives) perpetuated by the Broadcast Media industry. Written by Reverend Isabella.

No can do. A unburdened work by the author.
4 out of 5.
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[lee2sman]

Project repo

[lee2sman]

More tweaking. And this is my favorite output yet

Hint memristors

Cover illustration: a helmet.

A blog post about contrasting marked and nonmarked sememes (meaningful elements in language) perpetuated by the Oil & Energy industry. Written by Justice Eli.

Forward: "Twitch the sucking wounds. We must print our medicine."

[lee2sman]

Complete! Added a title page, images, and tweaked the page generators. Generally happy with the output.

See the repo for full details, code and output pdf and markdown.

[bibliotechy]

"Twitch the sucking wounds. We must print our medicine." is 🔥