Gulf Coast Volume 19, Number 2

**Hazel** · 07-09-2007, 11:10 PM

Since some of you were asking . . .

The below series of plates traces the evolution of Sam Page One over the years.

Special thanks to Gulf Coast "started and overseen for a good while by the inimitable Donald Barthelme."

**Chiu Mun-Jun** · 07-10-2007, 12:15 AM

Originally Posted by Hazel

Since some of you were asking . . .

The below series of plates traces the evolution of Sam Page One over the years.

Special thanks to Gulf Coast "started and overseen for a good while by the inimitable Donald Barthelme."

cool!

**benedict** · 07-10-2007, 05:58 AM

yeah, thanks a lot for that. interesting that the title evolved too.

**Slow Dog Noodle** · 07-10-2007, 06:55 AM

I think the most interesting image is the fourth one, which illustrates the relationship of the history gutter to the story. I have had a hard time making implicit connections, but this seems to show that the words MZD uses correlate heavily with what was going on at the time.

**g@rp** · 07-10-2007, 08:03 AM

THAT Only Evolutions are really really great ! Many thanks !

**hello?** · 07-10-2007, 12:27 PM

Excellent.

I also like how the fifth one has dots where the animals will be inserted later. I wonder if the number of dots means anything?

**g@rp** · 07-11-2007, 10:56 AM

Maybe the number of letters ? (only supposition, because on my computer, the enlarged pic is not clear enough)

**Boba** · 07-11-2007, 05:54 PM

I really like the term "chronomosaic" (MZD name for the history gutter) because that's what it; is a mosaic made of time :)

**Stencil** · 07-12-2007, 04:24 AM

Originally Posted by benedict

yeah, thanks a lot for that. interesting that the title evolved too.

Isn't "Only Evolutions" the title of the article?

If it isn't, and considering we're only seeing Sam's stuff so far, it made me think that perhaps Danielewski was initially going for some sort of Orlando type approach, but that's conjecture

**technocookie** · 07-20-2007, 06:55 AM

Maybe the number of dots represents how many syllables need to be filled up? I'm not sure about all the ins and outs of whatever meter there is in OR, but my experience is that there's definitely a rhythm at the very least and he probably had one in mind.

**Norkhat** · 01-14-2009, 12:58 PM

Joy ! A draft !

**Johnny Truant** · 02-21-2009, 11:38 AM

I finally got a copy of this today. I'm thankful to Mark for sharing this with us!

**heartbreak** · 02-21-2009, 03:28 PM

How did you get yours JT? I tried emailing them several months ago but never got a response.

**Johnny Truant** · 02-21-2009, 11:09 PM

Originally Posted by heartbreak

How did you get yours JT? I tried emailing them several months ago but never got a response.

We did that too, but I was determined to find one. I found one used on Google from a bookseller called Books Inc.

**heartbreak** · 02-22-2009, 04:03 AM

Ok cool. I'll try the second hand shops. Thanks for the info.

**Norkhat** · 04-21-2009, 04:15 PM

Could we try to type/transcript the first page of the first manuscript ?

It is incredible to read those pages : it's not the story we know
it's before it became, before it came.
The pre-history of the story.
What a chance to see the text evolving ... morphing to its final state.
Sharp, powerful, lyrical.
Because it's been around, sharpened, aimed, linked.

Not exactly "simply piling up word together" as i've read in a disappointed critic of OR on the web.

**Norkhat** · 04-22-2009, 04:49 PM

ONLY EVOLUTIONS

- These, now, here, for Anna Barthelme

Anna Barthelme : who may that be ?
The name comes up in a movie called Inside Out
and... in houseofleaves.com about Hey Pretty.

More info ? A muse ? An inspiration ? An hommage ? A crush ?