# --- # group : Katz # id : 39-40 # gbid : 4740 # series : Maps-The Uncollected John Sladek # title : Maps-The Uncollected John Sladek # chapter: Alien Territory (pp21-23) # author : John Sladek # credit: # - name : Jeremy Douglass # role : encoder # date : 2017-09-28 # - name : Jeremy Douglass # role : editor # date : 2018-04-28 # render: # - name : small # styles : gvStyles-small.txt # engine : dot # comment: > # p21 is a "how to read" explanation -- the actual work is two pages # with an unusual spatial arrow system connecting a grid of small # paragraphs with no lexia names -- resembles a J.Sayers comic. # From gamebooks.org: # "written in the late 1960s ... a previously unpublished humor piece # written for the author’s then-girlfriend." # # --- # Alien Territory (pp21-23) #From To Label Comment A1 START # Right arrows A1 B1 B1 C1 C1 D1 A2 B2 B2 C2 C2 D2 A3 B3 B3 C3 C3 D3 A4 B4 B4 C4 C4 D4 A5 B5 B5 C5 C5 D5 A6 B6 B6 C6 C6 D6 A7 B7 B7 C7 C7 D7 A8 B8 B8 C8 C8 D8 A9 B9 B9 C9 C9 D9 # Right wrap-around D1 A2 R* D2 A3 R* D3 A4 R* D4 A5 R* D5 A6 R* D6 A7 R* D7 A8 R* D8 A9 R* # Down arrows A1 A2 A2 A3 A3 A4 A4 A5 A5 A6 A6 A7 A7 A8 A8 A9 B1 B2 B2 B3 B3 B4 B4 B5 B5 B6 B6 B7 B7 B8 B8 B9 C1 C2 C2 C3 C3 C4 C4 C5 C5 C6 C6 C7 C7 C8 C8 C9 D1 D2 D2 D3 D3 D4 D4 D5 D5 D6 D6 D7 D7 D8 D8 D9 # Down wrap-around A9 B1 R* B9 C1 R* C9 D1 R* D9 END