An alternative way of reading The Book of Sand, a short story by Jorge Luis Borges.

This program relies on a cellular automata where each cell simulates a grain of sand.

instructions

• • Point and press mouse to drop some sand
• • Hold 'shift' key while pressing mouse to remove sand

hints

• • If at some point you can't see text anymore: drop some sand near one of the horizontal sides to create a friendly slope that will bring a new line in
• • Press 'x' key to wipe-out all the sand

acknowledgments

• • Thanks to Maximus Clarke, for his hypertext puzzle.
• • Thanks to Norman Thomas di Giovanni, for his translation to English.