Mappalujo

Together with Steve Beard, Jeff Noon devised the writing game Mappalujo. The set of rules can be made applicable (with minor changes) to other situations such as : writing a mathematical paper or book with a co-author, an idea for a group-blog or it might be fun to run a seminar with two lecturers following this idea. All one needs is a good choice of ghosts, perhaps adding some order structure on them… Needless to say that mappalujo is (via mamalujo) another tribute to Joyce. Back in the old UIA-days we shared a building and more importantly a library with the languages departments. There were times that I took out more Dutch and English novels and Buffalo Notebooks than math-books. I’m happy to see that one of my favourite books The Sigla of Finnegans Wake by McHugh is now available online. If you ever wondered where my fascination for strange notation comes from have a look here and if you want to know more about Mamalujo, read the relevant chapter.

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