I Seem to Be a Verb
by R. Buckminster Fuller with Jerome Agel and Quentin Fiore
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Cottage Grove, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Tight, square, uncreased spine. Clean, unmarked interior except for a former owner stamp to the inside front cover. Areas of rubbing to the covers, but no other notable wear. Hard to find in such nice shape. Agel (producer) and Fiore (designer) are the same creative team behind The Medium Is the Massage, and this unique presentation of Fuller's techno-utopian ideals is in some ways even more adventurous than the better-known McLuhan book. Although Fiore was trained in traditional bookmaking techniques, including papermaking and hand lettering, he later began engaging in design experiments that presaged the relentless but often choppy information flow of the internet. This book is a great example an aphoristic barrage, accessed at any point, expressing Fuller's concept of dymaxion (a portmanteau of the words dynamic, maximum, and tension): 'I seem to be a verb, an evolutionary process an integral function of the universe. ' Two fragmentary texts, one printed in black and the other in green, run counter to one another, divided by book-length chyrons and occasionally interrupted by full-page and full-spread photos that tie together the dueling sequences.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Goodbar Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 931018
- Title
- I Seem to Be a Verb
- Author
- R. Buckminster Fuller with Jerome Agel and Quentin Fiore
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bantam Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Goodbar Books
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Cottage Grove, Oregon
About Goodbar Books
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