Geocoded place names mentioned in the entirety of “40 Stories”, via Google Books, some sort of future library that no one talks about as we are too scared of it:

Moonbelly sang a new song called “The System Cannot Withstand Close Scrutiny.”

The system cannot withstand close scrutiny
The system cannot withstand close scrutiny
The system cannot withstand close scrutiny
The system cannot withstand close scrutiny
Etc.

—City Life, Donald Barthelme

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My name is Brian Whitman. I am a lapsed scientist and sound artist currently co-founder & CTO of The Echo Nest, a music data company in Somerville, MA that powers most music experiences you have on the internet today. I mostly post about large text & data, recommendation technologies and music tech. I'd always like to hear from you if you are working on similar things.

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