My friend Anselm received a book laser-etched on bamboo:
A student of mine from China gave me this handsome box today. It proved to contain a bamboo book — of a style common in China before the 2nd century BC invention of mulberry leaf paper. On each stave of the book is a verse from the 36 Stratagems, a traditional volume of military/diplomatic maxims and explanations. Traditionally, an orally transmitted example went along with each verse; nowadays examples are as likely to come from World War II and the Long March as from classical Chinese history.
Naturally, he’s making his own now.
