A Note on the Page Numbering of the San Francisco Oracle CD
” When no identification can be made, the
The San Francisco Oracle lies within the San Francisco Oracle
CD like an egg lies in a nest. Thus there are two numbering sys-
tems in the book. The numbers on the bottom center of the page
are the numbers of the Oracle CD. These numbers are continu-
ous from the beginning to end. Other numbers that are anywhere
else on the page are from the original Oracle. These numbers start
over from page one with each issue. Some pages are not num-
bered at all in the original Oracle. To locate continuations the
reader should follow the original Oracle’s numbering system. The
page numbers in the “Table of Contents” refer to the CD’s num-
bering system.
Many of the contributing artists and a few of the writers in
the Oracle didn’t sign their names on their works. When the edi-
tor has remembered, recognized or researched the identity of
the author or artist, he has made the identification known in the
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work is attributed to the unknown.
The editor has given names to certain works of art that were
originally untitled in order to illuminate their meaning or
context.
The last 5 pages of the text are variations to printings in the
body of the text. From Issue #6 on, the Oracle was brought to
press several times because we lacked the funds to print it all at
once. Most of the time we would only make changes in the
colors we were using, but occasionally we would change the
content as well. The variations contain one color change (the first
use of the rainbow or split fountain) and four content changes.
Explanation of these changes can be found in the “Brief History”
section. The page numbers in parentheses refer to where a varia-
tion originally appeared.
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