Encyclopedia
Richard Horn
January 31, 2023
ISBN 9798218122676 / Paperback / 172 pages / $19.99

Originally published by Grove Press in 1969, Richard Horn's long forgotten literary oddity returns in a new edition.

Reviewed by TIME upon its release as "the hapless love affair of hopeful poet Tom Jones and wealthy, bohemia-bound Sadie Massey," Encyclopedia tells its story through a sequence of brief, satirical passages from ABORTION to ZOO CAFETERIA.

The book is entirely multilinear, and Horn's preface advises against reading it from beginning to end, inviting readers to explore the book by following cross-references.

". . . a nice smattering of sex and on the whole is quite enjoyable."
— St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 7, 1969

"The author's treatment of the subject, the inventive structure of the book make it something with which the student of the novel ought to become familiar."
— Green Bay Press-Gazette, November 30, 1969

"There is some excellent comedy in the book and some of the descriptions of the swinging scene are extremely entertaining. Horn also has a very considerable gift as a parodist."
— The Province (Vancouver, BC), October 25, 1969

"It's a daringly original idea, but it comes off successfully and effectively. . . . Author and publisher alike are to be commended for their venture into the use of such an extraordinary device."
— Argus-Leader (Sioux Falls, SD), November 2, 1969

"Surprisingly the style works."
— The Morning News (Wilmington, DE), November 6, 1969

"Richard Horn has it."
— The Cincinnati Enquirer, January 4, 1970