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Ask the Sky

The ashcan log

What changed in the book, and when. An edition that circulates in order to be played moves under its readers' feet.

This book is not finished, and makes no secret of it: it is an ashcan edition, it circulates in order to be played, and it changes. If you read it three weeks ago, something has moved since — here is what.

Nothing here is rewritten for the occasion: these are the notes I take while working, as they are. They say something the home page cannot — the book is alive, and the games you make of it are part of why.

  1. the English editionl'édition anglaise cesse de gloser
  2. the bookla prose lâche l'incise en tirets
  3. itchla vitrine a déménagé, les liens suivent
  4. i18nl'édition anglaise s'appelle Ask the Sky
  5. cheminla boucle du jeu se voit enfin boucler
  6. p15ble livre cesse d'envoyer son lecteur dehors
  7. the sitele lien ne partait que dans un sens
  8. the siteshowing before asking — a pass for impact
  9. the sitethe trimming pass on the four pages outside the book
  10. the sitethe table — the standing page that rewrites itself, and nothing more
  11. the sitethe ashcan log
  12. the sitefeedback that knows where it comes from
  13. the booktwo A5 sheets to set beside the notebook
  14. the sitea page where you play before you have read
  15. part 12the ellipsis passes the time; it does not defuse
  16. part 12the future we promised ourselves never happened
  17. the bookthe feedback channel opens — an address to write to
  18. appendix Cthe play aid returns to the contents
  19. part 12“Draw, or decide?” splits, and the part loses its last scene
  20. part 12the part lightens, and the play aid moves to an appendix
  21. the bookthe Ways leave the book
  22. part 9the world scene stops being a permission
  23. the bookthe game is in the proposing
  24. part 11the tavern entrance goes — it restated the split
  25. part 6wanting decides — but it decides beforehand
  26. part 16the lexicon follows, last as it should
  27. part 13the play aid holds both forms
  28. part 12the two tiers close on a fate faced
  29. part 8the standing page keeps the closed doors, and the sorting reads better
  30. part 11the portrait takes in what one carries
  31. the bookthe references to the trial hand back to fate
  32. part 0the demonstration replays in a single hand
  33. part 6fate is faced, or endured
  34. part 5the trial goes; what remains are actions one strings together
  35. part 6a single trial played, and the wager gathered
  36. part 6the stroke gains “Oblivion and the breakthrough”, mirroring the trial
  37. part 6two boxes — the killing wager, and the depths of reading
  38. part 6the four relations compare in a list
  39. part 6take it or leave it is decided where the price is named
  40. part 6the box “In the open” goes
  41. part 6take it or leave it fits in one paragraph
  42. part 6The Sun moves up to where the split is taught
  43. part 6“Leaving the major” goes — part 3 said it already
  44. part 6fate is stated once — the rule no longer rests itself in the scenes
  45. part 5part 5 goes to the bone — four repetitions and one action fewer
  46. part 5acting reads faster — the rule first, fewer possibles
  47. the English editionthe English home page — the last one still serving French
  48. the English editionpart 13 and the three appendices — the whole book is translated
  49. the English editionparts 11 and 12 go into English — the character, the Ways
  50. the English editionparts 7 to 10 go into English — the world, what is pending, the world scene, the stirring
  51. the English editionparts 4, 5 and 6 go into English — the everyday, the action, fate
  52. the English editionparts 0, 2 and 3 go into English — the way in, the tarot, the scene
  53. the English editionpart 1 goes into English — the coin, seven sections sealed
  54. the bookthe gating of appendix A goes, and the dense world stays a grey area
  55. carrying another worldthe gestures of a world are stated in prose, and each gives its example
  56. the appendicesthree appendices, three parts, a lettering that holds
  57. the stirringthe stirring is stated before its rule, and its card moves down into the box
  58. the appendicesthe lexicon into appendix B, one word a line and the part where it lives
  59. what is pendingthe wait/stake split is shown, and the standing page finally carries its name
  60. the world aroundthe author raises his backdrop, and the opening no longer promises a number

Played a Scenethe unit of play: you open it, you play it, you close it.part 3 and something resisted? Tell me — that is what moves this list faster than I can on my own.