What is this book? Remember the Jabberwocky from Alice In Wonderland? Well, English economist Vincent Cartwright Vickers wrote a children's book full of all these made up creatures (mostly birds), called 'The Google Book'. It was in a similar Victorianesque, well-spun, nonsensical yet imaginative fashion as the Jabberwocky (and other creations of 'Wonderland' author Lewis Carroll). I remember having this book as a kid, and getting totally tripped out by it. Luckily, there is another blog I found which pretty much reprints the WHOLE BOOK in online form, at :
http://blogoscoped.com/googlebook/
No, it's not as vivid as the actual book. I've been noticing more and more lately that real book pages REALLY do stand out so much more than stuff on a computer screen. But hey, it'll have to do for now.
PS. I wonder if there was any influence on Google getting it's name from the book, even subconsciously?
