# readme the world's first wikipedia novel andor simply a vague reference codex to / for legendary 'republic of bob' walkthrough via beloved alternative internet icon robert what. were they in fact initially ripped out of a firefox internet browser bookmark file. where am i exactly. i've been wandering around for hours - where's the exit to this vast library. why these particular articles; what's ir relationship. what does the collection say as a whole. (is it in fact a whole - or merely a hole down which one tumbles gladly out of control yet generally unafraid.) are the entries perhaps thematically connected or are they just separate fragmentary 'chapters' with deliberately no connection. might the theme of the novel itself be wikipedia - is the novel perhaps about the philosophy of knowledge itself. (or is that obvious and boring.) why so many questions. what's the more actual probability i am in fact a passing near-future alien anthropologist suffering from mild amnesia after arriving through a hypercorporate interdimensional teleporation warp portal - whose mcjob lozenge it is to study the curious race of dangerous idiot space apes known as (/in)humanity as presented mostly without references or external links simply to clean up the page though the effect on the novel is unknown if there are however no decent answers only questions in this particular universe without readers are these entries mere absurdist self-generating text-noise endlessly chatting to themselves. why do i love you so much despite your glaring flaws (/as an editor.) what about a little love in return occasionally. if this is what it / all it means to be a darkly romantic science fiction novel nowadays why are you even quite so angry as you often appear. maybe instead of simply blaming me for this admittedly odd existential debacle perhaps we can somehow read ourselves in / out of this encyclopedic labyrinth of words and time. why does this mechanical keyboard i found in the library have no question mark key. wait was that a cat just now all credit to the wiki entry writers another 'big science' r&d project via resident internet theorist robert what if you found this an interesting catalyst for the post-modem imagination and would like to chat to the 'author' / curator about experimental literature contact robert what today // republic of bob