Word CloudsSome word fun

There are two word clouds below. The first one was generated by TagCrowd. I prefer this one to second because it removes some of the more boring words ('said', 'all'), and because, despite being alphabetical, it has some interesting juxtapositions. Notice, for example, the words 'love' and 'making' side by side, and how 'mind' comes after (over?) 'matter'. The nice thing about word clouds is the snapshot they give of the novel. Unsurprisingly, 'son' is much more prominent than 'wife', while 'Wyndham' looms largest of all (another nice thing about this cloud, much easier to find specific words). One slight problem with both is that in removing commonplace words ('an', 'the', 'is'), the cloud generators have also removed one of the key words of a first person narration: 'I'.

The words in black are names, and are all links to the character study section.

This second word cloud was generated by WordItOut. It looks a little better visually than the previous one, though I don't like it so much. Again, some interesting (chance) associations and positioning. I like how 'son' is at the top of this one, and interesting how 'death' is over 'Carol'.

If you liked these word clouds, you might be interested in the word cloud for the travel book A River of Life, and the one for the novel Virtually.