6/4

titles of one book becomes chapters of another — sections of one into another — book of insides and outsides — Möbius strip — outer surface becomes inner surface — the expansion/contraction idea — expand one section of a book into a full book which could be “inserted” into the original or contracted to form a small section of a different book — one book as a chapter in another which itself could be a chapter in the former

Burroughs on fiction and non-fiction not mixing well although he does it a lot Butor & Robbe-Grillet separation of ideas and subject
theory and practice — I want to blend them
the ideas about the book could be a “chapter” in a novel or the novel could be a “chapter” in a book of theory — I mark off chapters because they would not be chapters in the normal sense but complete books so that the reader would or could leave one book read the other and then come back
the idea of blending other books and writings in also

an arrangement
a composition

instructions to read certain books in a certain order
a lot of times when I like an author I will read the works randomly then go through the entire body in chronological sequence — the problem of books going out of print which I want to avoid with my own by always being able to print copies which may be totally impractical

content/methodology

what is more important?
cycle each other like binary stars
binary states

Saporta’s book — already done
the idea of different systems

a traditionally bound work
a work that is bound at the top
a spiral bound work with no cover