The world's thickest book is supposed to be the complete Miss Marple stories by Agatha Christie (4,032 pages). But the records appears to be broken by one Rob Matthews, who made a book out of Wikipedia's featured articles. The result: a 5,000 page tree killer. According to the artist, "reproducing Wikipedia in a dysfunctional physical form helps to question its use as an internet resource."
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The world's thickest book is supposed to be the complete Miss Marple stories by Agatha Christie (4,032 pages). But the records appears to be broken by one Rob Matthews, who made a book out of Wikipedia's featured articles. The result: a 5,000 page tree killer. According to the artist, "reproducing Wikipedia in a dysfunctional physical form helps to question its use as an internet resource."
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