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Re: Acoustic-Archaeology

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From: Dan Liddell
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 23:14
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In article <32130@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM> wats@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM (Bruce Watson) writes:
>Arthur C. Clarke, in a letter to _Spaceflight_ publication of the
>
>He goes on to say that "Dr. Woodbridge hoped that sounds might
>be recorded by, for example, a potter's wheel acting as a primitive
>phonograph. He did succeed in locating, after a tedious search, the
>word 'blue' in the brush strokes of a painter on a blue portion
>of canvas!
>...
>Has anyone of this forum heard any recent work?

In fiction. In one of the Nevereyon books, published in the 80's,
Delany uses this kind of recording as a segue to a descriptive
fragment.

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Subject: Re: Acoustic-Archaeology
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