Thematic Automata

[maetl]

A sequel to/extension of Emic Automata, this time with sentences and paragraphs generated by the cellular automata, rather than wall-of-text patterns.

Each generation of the automaton represents a single chapter, with the individual cells representing sentences and sequences of cells with the same state representing paragraphs. Each paragraph thus flips from one theme to the next, depending on the pattern generated by the automaton.

Code

• maetl/thematic-automata

Output

• Courage & Loneliness
• Love or Courage

[maetl]

Wrapping this up for now. There are a number of little tidyups and improvements to the formatting I want to do (as well as adding more themes!) but I’m reasonably satisfied with where I’ve got to.

[maetl]

Update:

• Bundle of 100 generated books available for download
• Notes on the concept and method behind this