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* ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984]]'' consistently describes a certain radical book being said by characters either ''in italics'' or in a {{smallcaps|completely different font}}. It's even pointed out in the narrative text.
* As usual, William Gibson goes for broke; his poem "Agrippa -- A Book of the Dead" (about his dead father) was first released on an encrypted, uncopyable diskette ''that deleted itself as you read''. The book version was printed in photosensitive ink, disappearing after prolonged exposure to light.
** [[Science Marches On]]: Not only has Gibson published the text of the poem [https://web.archive.org/web/20131123072903/http://www.williamgibsonbooks.com/source/agrippa.asp on his website], but those who wish to replicate the experience can watch [https://web.archive.org/web/20120329213059/http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1974268544563666797 the poem run in a Mac emulation]. Hi-res scans of the book pages and additional details [http://agrippa.english.ucsb.edu/ can be found here.]
* This is sort of the entire point of most of the "dialogues" in ''Godel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid''.
* In the aftermath of {{spoiler|the rape}} in ''Self'', the text is split into two columns per page, presumably to be read at the same time. Sometimes one or both of the columns feature large amounts of blank space.
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