Texts
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* common auspices: Cat's Eye Technologies
* common authors: Chris Pressey
* common type: Text
* image_url: https://static.catseye.tc/images/illustrations/Reader_St_Jamess_Park.jpg
Texts. But isn't everything in Chrysoberyl a text
of some sort? Yes, but those are texts *about* something.
These are texts that stand as works on their own.
Note that concrete poetry and the like may be
categorized under Texts, or Pictures, or both.
### The Swallows
* inception-date: Nov 2013
* submitted-to: [NaNoGenMo 2013][] (not eligible)
* online @ [catseye.tc](https://catseye.tc/view/The-Swallows/doc/The_Swallows.markdown)
* in-distribution: [The Swallows distribution](https://catseye.tc/distribution/The_Swallows_distribution)
*The Swallows* is the name of a series of computer-generated novels,
as well as the title of the first novel in the series, and the name
of the program that produced them ([The Swallows Engine][]). They
were produced for NaNoGenMo 2013.
### The Swallows of Summer
* inception-date: Nov 2013
* submitted-to: [NaNoGenMo 2013][] (completed)
* online @ [catseye.tc](https://catseye.tc/view/The-Swallows/doc/The_Swallows_of_Summer.markdown)
* in-distribution: [The Swallows distribution](https://catseye.tc/distribution/The_Swallows_distribution)
*The Swallows of Summer* is the second novel in The Swallows series
of generated novels.
### Swallows and Sorrows
* inception-date: Nov 2013
* submitted-to: [NaNoGenMo 2013][] (completed)
* online @ [catseye.tc](https://catseye.tc/view/The-Swallows/doc/Swallows_and_Sorrows.markdown)
* in-distribution: [The Swallows distribution](https://catseye.tc/distribution/The_Swallows_distribution)
*Swallows and Sorrows* is the third novel in The Swallows series
of generated novels.
### Dial 'S' for Swallows
* inception-date: Nov 2013
* submitted-to: [NaNoGenMo 2013][] (completed)
* online @ [catseye.tc](https://catseye.tc/view/The-Swallows/doc/Dial_S_for_Swallows.markdown)
* in-distribution: [The Swallows distribution](https://catseye.tc/distribution/The_Swallows_distribution)
*Dial 'S' for Swallows* is the fourth and final novel in The Swallows
series of generated novels.
### Nif
* inception-date: Nov 2013
* submitted-to: [NaNoGenMo 2013][] (completed)
* online @ [catseye.tc](https://catseye.tc/view/NaNoGenLab/generated/Nif.md)
* in-distribution: [NaNoGenLab](https://catseye.tc/distribution/NaNoGenLab)
*Nif* is a novel generated for NaNoGenMo 2013. It is about a petulant child
(possibly named Nif) who has just discovered palindromes. It is one long palindrome.
*Nif* was inspired by, and draws heavily from, Nick Montfort's
"The Utterance of the Petulant Child." In fact, it is pretty much an homage to
"Utterance" which attempts to turn the petulance dial up to eleven, so to speak.
Its creation was also sparked by a dim memory of the life ambition of one of
the characters on the terrible 80's sitcom Head of the Class, which was:
to write a novel that was one long palindrome.
### Cheshire Text
* inception-date: 2013
* online @ [catseye.tc](https://catseye.tc/ix/Cheshire_Text)
* in-distribution: [HTML5 Gewgaws distribution](https://catseye.tc/distribution/HTML5 Gewgaws distribution) as cheshire-text.js (Public Domain, Javascript)
As if Lewis Carroll's works needed any more remixes...
### Doby Mick
* authors: Merman Helville
* inception-date: Nov 2014
* submitted-to: [NaNoGenMo 2014][] (completed)
* online @ [catseye.tc](https://catseye.tc/view/NaNoGenLab/generated/Doby%20Mick.md)
* in-distribution: [NaNoGenLab](https://catseye.tc/distribution/NaNoGenLab)
> With a philosophical flourish Cato hows thrimself upon his sword;
> I quietly shake to the tip.
*Doby Mick, or, the Excessively Spoonerized Whale*
is a novel generated for NaNoGenMo 2014. A spoonerization algorithm
was developed, which picks two words from each phrase of each
sentence and swaps their initial consonant clusters. This was run on
Moby Dick, to produce this novel.
### 3×C(21,3)+2×C(215,2)=50000: The Novel
* inception-date: Nov 2014
* submitted-to: [NaNoGenMo 2014][] (completed)
* online @ [catseye.tc](https://catseye.tc/view/NaNoGenLab/generated/3%C3%97C(21,3)+2%C3%97C(215,2)=50000.md)
* in-distribution: [NaNoGenLab](https://catseye.tc/distribution/NaNoGenLab)
*3×C(21,3)+2×C(215,2)=50000: The Novel*
is a novel generated for NaNoGenMo 2014. The minimum word count
for a NaNoGenMo novel is 50,000 words, and the question occurred:
if one wanted to make a novel with *exactly* that many words using
just combinations and/or permutations, what combinations should one pick?
### A Rainy Sunday Afternoon
* inception-date: Nov 2014
* submitted-to: [NaNoGenMo 2014][] (completed)
* online @ [catseye.tc](https://catseye.tc/view/NaNoGenLab/generated/A%20Rainy%20Sunday%20Afternoon.md)
* in-distribution: [NaNoGenLab](https://catseye.tc/distribution/NaNoGenLab)
*A Rainy Sunday Afternoon* is a novel generated for NaNoGenMo 2014.
It was based on the premise that, while sometimes automata do
things worthy of people (like writing a novel), sometimes people do
things that are worthy of automata, too.
### Hope and Remembrance
* inception-date: Nov 2014
* submitted-to: [NaNoGenMo 2014][] (completed)
* online @ [catseye.tc](https://catseye.tc/view/NaNoGenLab/generated/Hope_and_Remembrance.md)
* in-distribution: [NaNoGenLab](https://catseye.tc/distribution/NaNoGenLab)
*Hope and Remembrance* is a novel generated for NaNoGenMo 2014.
It is possibly the first NaNoGenMo submission which attempts to
implement foreshadowing, no matter how ham-fistedly.
### Threnody for Abraxas
* inception-date: Nov 2014
* submitted-to: [NaNoGenMo 2014][] (completed)
* online @ [catseye.tc](https://catseye.tc/view/NaNoGenLab/generated/Threnody%20for%20Abraxas.md)
* in-distribution: [NaNoGenLab](https://catseye.tc/distribution/NaNoGenLab)
*Threnody for Abraxas* is a
_phantasmagoric Surrealist word/concept-painting_
generated for NaNoGenMo 2014.
### A Time for Destiny
* subtitle: **The Illustrious Career of Serenity Starlight Warhammer O'James during her First Three Years in the Space Fighters**
* inception-date: Nov 2015
* submitted-to: [NaNoGenMo 2015][] (completed)
* online @ [catseye.tc](https://catseye.tc/modules/MARYSUE/generated/A_Time_for_Destiny.html)
* in-distribution: [MARYSUE distribution](https://catseye.tc/distribution/MARYSUE_distribution)
* generated-by: [MARYSUE][]
*A Time for Destiny* is a proper novel generated for NaNoGenMo 2015.
It was generated by the program [MARYSUE][].
### Legiony McLegionface
* inception-date: Nov 2017
* submitted-to: [NaNoGenMo 2017][]
* entry @ [github.com/NaNoGenMo/2017](https://github.com/NaNoGenMo/2017/issues/87)
* online @ [catseye.tc](https://static.catseye.tc/novels/Legiony_McLegionface.txt.zip)
* in-distribution: [NaNoGenMo-Entries-2017 distribution](https://catseye.tc/distribution/NaNoGenMo-Entries-2017_distribution)
*Legiony McLegionface* is a conceptual generated novel submitted to NaNoGenMo 2017.
It was awarded a green "completed" label, even though it is not clear that it deserved one.
### Vanish Like: The Novel
* inception-date: Nov 2017
* submitted-to: [NaNoGenMo 2017][] (completed)
* entry @ [github.com/NaNoGenMo/2017](https://github.com/NaNoGenMo/2017/issues/107)
* online @ [catseye.tc](https://static.catseye.tc/novels/Vanish%20Like:%20The%20Novel.txt)
* in-distribution: [NaNoGenMo-Entries-2017 distribution](https://catseye.tc/distribution/NaNoGenMo-Entries-2017_distribution)
*Vanish Like: The Novel*
is a novel generated for NaNoGenMo 2017. The minimum word count
for a NaNoGenMo novel is 50,000 words, and the question occurred:
if one wanted to repeat a paragraph, but remove one word from it
each time, how long should the first paragraph be so that the resulting
novel would be as close as possible to 50,000 words without going under?
### The Collected Works of Every Novel Generator Ever (Abridged Version)
* inception-date: Nov 2017
* submitted-to: [NaNoGenMo 2017][] (completed)
* entry @ [github.com/NaNoGenMo/2017](https://github.com/NaNoGenMo/2017/issues/120)
* online @ [catseye.tc](https://static.catseye.tc/novels/The%20Collected%20Works%20of%20Every%20Novel%20Generator%20Ever%20(Abridged%20Version).html)
* in-distribution: [NaNoGenMo-Entries-2017 distribution](https://catseye.tc/distribution/NaNoGenMo-Entries-2017_distribution)
In the spirit of those "Every X" bots on that bird site, a program
to generate Every Novel Generator was written. It was then run,
and the the first 50,000 words of the outputs of first *N* novel
generators generated were collected into a generated novel titled
*The Collected Works of Every Novel Generator Ever (Abridged Version)*.
### The League of Extraordinarily Dull Gentlemen
* inception-date: Nov 2018
* submitted-to: [NaNoGenMo 2018][] (completed)
* entry @ [github.com/NaNoGenMo/2018](https://github.com/NaNoGenMo/2018/issues/6)
* online @ [catseye.tc](https://static.catseye.tc/novels/The%20League%20of%20Extraordinarily%20Dull%20Gentlemen%20(15%20Nov%202018).docx) (docx format)
* in-distribution: [NaNoGenMo-Entries-2018 distribution](https://catseye.tc/distribution/NaNoGenMo-Entries-2018_distribution)
*The League of Extraordinarily Dull Gentlemen* is a generated novel submitted to NaNoGenMo 2017.
The goal was to tell a story (a single, non-episodic story) over the course of 50,000 words.
Simulation in a world described by propositions, but processed by something far simpler than
a Prolog (or even Datalog)-style inference engine. The world-description was written in
[Samovar][].
### The Defeat at Procyon V
* inception-date: Nov 2018
* submitted-to: [NaNoGenMo 2018][] (completed)
* entry @ [github.com/NaNoGenMo/2018](https://github.com/NaNoGenMo/2018/issues/83)
* online @ [catseye.tc](https://static.catseye.tc/novels/The%20Defeat%20at%20Procyon%20V%20(22%20Nov%202018).html)
* in-distribution: [NaNoGenMo-Entries-2018 distribution](https://catseye.tc/distribution/NaNoGenMo-Entries-2018_distribution)
Sort of a superannuated vignette. Written in [Julia][] 1.0.
The story isn't *entirely* dialogue, but it might be difficult to find the non-dialogue parts unless you read the code.
### ETERLAN SEPTEBMER
* inception-date: Nov 2018
* submitted-to: [NaNoGenMo 2018][] (completed)
* entry @ [github.com/NaNoGenMo/2018](https://github.com/NaNoGenMo/2018/issues/91)
* online @ [catseye.tc](https://catseye.tc/modules/NaNoGenMo-Entries-2018/generated/ETERLAN%20SEPTEBMER.md)
* in-distribution: [NaNoGenMo-Entries-2018 distribution](https://catseye.tc/distribution/NaNoGenMo-Entries-2018_distribution)
Written in [Befunge-93][] as a commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of Befunge.
The generated novel consists of 50,000 really lovely words in short paragraphs.
You can think of it as a kind of fireworks.
### Anne of Green Garbles
* inception-date: Nov 2019
* submitted-to: [NaNoGenMo 2019][] (completed)
* entry @ [github.com/NaNoGenMo/2019](https://github.com/NaNoGenMo/2019/issues/118)
* online @ [catseye.tc](https://catseye.tc/view/NaNoGenMo-Entries-2019/Anne%20of%20Green%20Garbles/generated/Anne%20of%20Green%20Garbles.md)
* in-distribution: [NaNoGenMo-Entries-2019 distribution](https://catseye.tc/distribution/NaNoGenMo-Entries-2019_distribution)
What do you get when you cross a Markov chain with a regular grammar?
Perhaps surprisingly, you get a Markov chain that obeys the rules of the regular grammar.
You can read all about it in [this write-up about this novel generator](https://catseye.tc/view/NaNoGenMo-Entries-2019/Anne%20of%20Green%20Garbles/README.md),
which includes some snazzy state transition diagrams as well.
### The Insidiously Rainbow-Wigged Dr. Fu-Manchu
* inception-date: Nov 2019
* submitted-to: [NaNoGenMo 2019][] (completed)
* entry @ [github.com/NaNoGenMo/2019](https://github.com/NaNoGenMo/2019/issues/120)
* online @ [catseye.tc](https://catseye.tc/view/NaNoGenMo-Entries-2019/The%20Insidiously%20Rainbow-Wigged%20Dr.%20Fu-Manchu/generated/The%20Insidiously%20Rainbow-Wigged%20Dr.%20Fu-Manchu.md)
* in-distribution: [NaNoGenMo-Entries-2019 distribution](https://catseye.tc/distribution/NaNoGenMo-Entries-2019_distribution)
_The moment I opened the dust-covered tome I could feel the noxious waves of Orientalism oozing out from it.
Whither the antidote? I racked my brains for anything that might prove effective, but
precious time was slipping by! I had to pick something, and fast. There was no more that I could do but to try it and hope..._
### The Epic of Goog-a-MESH
* inception-date: Nov 2019
* submitted-to: [NaNoGenMo 2019][] (completed)
* entry @ [github.com/NaNoGenMo/2019](https://github.com/NaNoGenMo/2019/issues/125)
* online @ [catseye.tc](https://catseye.tc/view/NaNoGenMo-Entries-2019/The%20Epic%20of%20Goog-a-MESH/generated/The%20Epic%20of%20Goog-a-MESH.md)
* in-distribution: [NaNoGenMo-Entries-2019 distribution](https://catseye.tc/distribution/NaNoGenMo-Entries-2019_distribution)
Art in the Age of Quantum Supremacy meets Proof in the Age of Oral Tradition.
### The Lion, the Witches, and the Weird Road
* inception-date: Nov 2021
* submitted-to: [NaNoGenMo 2021][] (completed)
* entry @ [github.com/NaNoGenMo/2021](https://github.com/NaNoGenMo/2021/issues/62)
* online @ [catseye.tc](https://catseye.tc/view/Dissociated-Parse/generated/The%20Lion,%20the%20Witches,%20and%20the%20Weird%20Road.md)
* in-distribution: [Dissociated Parse distribution](https://catseye.tc/distribution/Dissociated_Parse_distribution)
A novel generated by running the [Dissociated Parse][] algorithm (developed
during NaNoGenMo 2021) on Frank L. Baum's _The Wonderful Wizard of Oz_.
### The Other and the Same
* inception-date: Nov 2023
* submitted-to: [NaNoGenMo 2023][] (completed)
* entry @ [github.com/NaNoGenMo/2023](https://github.com/NaNoGenMo/2023/issues/9)
* online @ [static.catseye.tc](https://static.catseye.tc/novels/The%20Other%20and%20the%20Same.html)
* in-distribution: [Chainscape distribution](https://catseye.tc/distribution/Chainscape_distribution)
A novel generated by taking 10 lauded works of English literature,
obtaining Markov chains from them, taking the intersection of all
those Markov chains to produce another Markov chain, and randomly
walking that Markov chain, using [Chainscape][].
Links
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* [SPECULATIVE FICTIONS](http://speculativefictions.weebly.com/)
* [Xrays Mona Lisa](http://www.xradiograph.com/XraysMonaLisa/XraysMonaLisa)
[MARYSUE]: ../article/Tools.md#marysue
[The Swallows Engine]: ../article/Tools.md#the-swallows-engine
[NaNoGenMo 2013]: ../article/Events.md#nanogenmo-2013
[NaNoGenMo 2014]: ../article/Events.md#nanogenmo-2014
[NaNoGenMo 2015]: ../article/Events.md#nanogenmo-2015
[NaNoGenMo 2017]: ../article/Events.md#nanogenmo-2017
[NaNoGenMo 2018]: ../article/Events.md#nanogenmo-2018
[NaNoGenMo 2019]: ../article/Events.md#nanogenmo-2019
[NaNoGenMo 2021]: ../article/Events.md#nanogenmo-2021
[NaNoGenMo 2023]: ../article/Events.md#nanogenmo-2023
[Dissociated Parse]: ../article/Tools.md#dissociated-parse
[Samovar]: ../article/Languages.md#samovar
[Julia]: https://julialang.org/
[Befunge-93]: ../article/Languages.md#befunge-93
[Chainscape]: ../article/Tools.md#chainscape