About Agrippa (a book of the dead)
Subtitle: a bibliographic history of the infamous disappearing book
By: Rollin Milroy
Contributors: Gibson, William, 1948-; Heavenly Monkey (Firm)
Publisher: HM Editions
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Vancouver, B.C.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 39
Copyright date: 2015
Description: "Agrippa (A Book of the Dead) is a work of art created by science fiction novelist William Gibson, artist Dennis Ashbaugh and publisher Kevin Begos Jr. in 1992. The work consists of a 300-line semi-autobiographical electronic poem by Gibson, embedded in an artist's book by Ashbaugh. Gibson's text focused on the ethereal nature of memories (the title is taken from a photo album). Its principal notoriety arose from the fact that the poem, stored on a 3.5" floppy disk, was programmed to encrypt itself after a single use; similarly, the pages of the artist's book were treated with photosensitive chemicals, effecting the gradual fading of the words and images from the book's first exposure to light."--wikipedia.
Notes: Limited edition of 50 copies.

Layout, design & binding by HM.