Books2Barcodes is an ongoing effort to convert all the world's great books to QR codes (2D barcodes). Each work featured here is the entire text of a piece of classic literature translated into several thousand barcodes. With a mobile device equipped with a camera and a barcode-scanning app, you can experience the joy of a great book as read through 800-character fragments on your cellphone.
At the moment their catalog includes:
- The Adventures of Alice in Wonderlandby Lewis Carroll
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnby Mark Twain
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmesby Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Art of Warby Sunzi
- The Divine Comedyby Dante
- Jane Eyreby Charlotte Bronte
- Moby Dickby Herman Melville
- Pride and Prejudiceby Jane Austen
- A Tale of Two Citiesby Charles Dickens
- The Time Machineby H.G. Wells
- Ulysses by James Joyce
- War and Peaceby Leo Tolstoy
Here is a sample from Ulysses (click to enlarge):
Found at Coudal Partners
The New Lifetime Reading Plan: The Classical Guide to World Literature, Revised and Expanded
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