----- Original Message ----- From: "David A. Desrosiers" <hacker@gnu-designs.com> To: Project Gutenberg Volunteer Discussion <gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org> Subject: Re: [gutvol-d] re: poofing and tarking Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 16:34:59 -0400 (EDT)

I've had a lot of luck stepping out of the box, and analyzing the text based on the "style" of the text, versus the actual content itself. I was approached by someone who is doing a paper and his PhD thesis on this exact kind of approach. Basically (with my expertise and help) he's taking the bulk of Gutenberg, importing every word from every work into a database, and then running his own algorithms across the entire collection, to pull out the styles by known authors.

<snipped some good stuff> You've really intrigued me by your description of what you're working on. Is there anywhere I can read up more on it? Sounds very promising. Josh