In 1955 the RAND Corp published a book of “A Million Random Digits With 100,000 Normal Deviates” well before the days of personal computers with random number generators.
From the reviews- This review is from: A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates (Paperback)
An unbelievable translation from the original french, A Million Random Digits is the best postmodern literature piece written in the 21st century. The fragmented narrative and themes are consistent and masterfully woven through every of the 600 pages. I cried, even at the ending that seemed to lack all coherency. As the narrator said, in the end, it really is all “1 0 0 1″.
There are 371 reviews for this book. I wonder if anyone actually bought it?
Read full article: More crazy Amazon reviews: 1,000,000 random digits
Claudia
February 15th, 2013
I nearly split my gut on this one:
“I was reading this masterpiece while walking down the sidewalk, totally captivated. I wandered onto the street and BAM! I was completely blindsided by a fully loaded iron ore cargo vessel. This book should be purchased in conjunction with How to Avoid Huge Ships for safety reasons.
Spoiler Alert! 431115 did it.”
Dr. Tar
February 15th, 2013
“with 100,000 Normal Deviants”
That’s not only a great name for a band, but a goal for iOTW to acheive in readership.