Thoughts? There's an excellent interview with Strickland available here. See also her homepage.
Also, a review.
"Computers as Authors? Literary Luddites Unite!" in the NY Times (may require free registration). Here's a taste:
"Dave Striver loved the university - its ivy-covered clocktowers, its ancient and sturdy brick, and its sun-splashed verdant greens and eager youth. The university, contrary to popular opinion, is far from free of the stark unforgiving trials of the business world: academia has its own tests, and some are as merciless as any in the marketplace. A prime example is the dissertation defense: to earn the Ph.D., to become a doctor, one must pass an oral examination on one's dissertation. This was a test Professor Edward Hart enjoyed giving."
That pregnant opening paragraph was written by a computer program known as Brutus.1 that was developed by Selmer Bringsjord, a computer scientist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and David A. Ferrucci, a researcher at I.B.M.
Here is a link to the DeLillo reading for Monday.
If you have thoughts about the panel yesterday, post here.
Comments on Cosmopolis? Here are two (1, 2) reviews.
Please consider attending: Thursday, November 18th, 2:00-3:45, in the McKeldin Library Special Events Room (#6137), University of Maryland, College Park.
The 8th biennial Book Arts Fair and Conference, sponsored by Pyramid Atlantic. In downtown Silver Spring, November 19-21. A great line-up of speakers, and over 40 vendors/sellers. If you're interested in the present (and the future) face of the book, come on out.