Seeker Gray knows that his Sherpa is attracted to anything about words, so he sent me to visit the Literature Factory. (Sherpa believes that Seeker is trying to curry favor with her in his lifelong quest for her hand and her heart, but as long as he sends her to places like this, she’s willing to lead him on a bit.)

And, actually, the Literature Factory is a lot of (don’t look now, Seeker!) — fun!

Someone predicted once that in a room filled with typewriters (well, these days, computers!) and with monkeys, eventually the monkeys would produce the complete works of Shakespeare. That room may well exist here in Second Life at the Literature Factory.

There’s a tour one can take (don’t forget your hard hat, those letters can be painful!), but even before that, the visitor has the sense of being surrounded by letters; going up the stairs, one hears typewriters clacking. The waiting room has more letters to choose from …

Robots supervise everything …

… and everyone …

… though there are places where one has to watch one’s step!

One just has to like the idea of grinding out letters, words, stories, books … one wonders what gets left on the factory floor! The factory’s motto, “The finest literature that a factory can produce — you have our word on it!” seems particularly apt.

But one needs to have a head for heights …

All in all, this visit was terrific fun. When you’re in a bit of an absurdist mood, you could do worse than visit the Literature Factory and have some words with someone ….

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