Date: Wed, 26 Jun 96 00:45:40 MEZ From: Heiko Recktenwald <UZS106-AT-IBM.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> Subject: Url of Electronic Revolution (70 K) Web page: HTTP://www.uni-koeln.de:80/themen/cmc/text/burroughs.70.txt Untitled Page THE ELECTRONIC REVOLUTION BY WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS 1970 Expanded Media Editions Published by Bresche Publikationen Germany (To my knowlege, no longer in print) Text transcription By Flesh 01/16/92 FEEDBACK FROM WATERGATE TO THE GARDEN OF EDEN In the beginning was the word and the word was god and has remained one of the mysteries ever since. The word was God and the word was flesh we are told. In the beginning of what exactly was this beginning word? In the beginning of WRITTEN history. It is generally assumed that spoken word came before the written word. I suggest that the spoken word as we know it came after the written word. In the beginning was the word and the word was God and the word was flesh ... human flesh ... In the beginning of WRITING. Animals talk and convey information but they do not write. They cannot make information available to future generations or to animals outside the range --- from list avant-garde-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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