{"id":294,"date":"2008-03-12T12:47:01","date_gmt":"2008-03-12T11:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/diffusion.org.uk\/?p=294"},"modified":"2008-05-06T15:30:25","modified_gmt":"2008-05-06T14:30:25","slug":"short-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diffusion.org.uk\/?p=294","title":{"rendered":"Short Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Short Work consists of public domain texts sourced from Project Gutenberg<\/a> re-published as Diffusion eBooks. As the title suggests, each is a short work of fiction, poetry or prose intended to be enjoyed in those frequent moments of inbetween-ness that punctuate modern life. The initial selection includes works of satire, experimental writing and poetry chosen for their continuing power to affect the way we see the world.<\/p>\n

The eBooks<\/strong>
\nWilliam Blake \u2013 Songs of Innocence & Experience<\/a>
\nSaki \u2013 Beasts and Super Beasts<\/a>
\nGertrude Stein \u2013 Tender Buttons<\/a>
\nJonathan Swift \u2013 A Modest Proposal
\n<\/a>Samuel Johnson –\u00a0Three Essays<\/a>\u00a0(chosen by Bill Thompson)
\nWilliam Hogarth – The Rake’s Progress<\/a>
\nWilliam Hogarth – The Harlot’s Progress<\/a>
\nWilliam Hogarth – Industry & Idleness<\/a>
\nThomas Paine –\u00a0Common Sense<\/a>\u00a0(chosen by Alex Steffen)<\/p>\n

Update<\/strong> (13\/04\/2008) : We’ve invited several friends and collaborators to choose their own public domain texts to re-publish as Diffusion eBooks which we’ll be posting every month or so. Today we’ve added the first of these, \u00a0selected and introduced by technology critic and journalist Bill Thompson,<\/a>\u00a0who has chosen Three Essays<\/a> by Samuel Johnson.<\/p>\n

Update<\/strong>\u00a0(05\/05\/2008) : Alex Steffen<\/a>, editor of Worldchanging<\/a>, has selected and introduced Common Sense<\/a> by Thomas Paine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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