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'''An Omnipresence in Wired''' is the [[Serial Experiments Lain]] artbook that was released only in Japan in 1999. A heavily modified version, ab# rebuild, was released in 2006 in both Japan and the United States.
'''An Omnipresence in Wired''' is the [[Serial Experiments Lain]] artbook that was released only in Japan in 1999. A heavily modified version, ab# rebuild, was released in 2006 in both Japan and the United States.
It contains illustrations by [[Yoshitoshi Abe]], some of which feature text by [[Chiaki Konaka]]. The manga [[The Nightmare of Fabrication]] is included.
It contains illustrations by [[Yoshitoshi ABe|Yoshitoshi Abe]], some of which feature text by [[Chiaki Konaka]]. The manga [[The Nightmare of Fabrication]] is included.
Note that any of the following information regarding the 2006 version is obtained from the hardcover English edition by Digital Manga Publishing. If you have the softcover edition, or the Japanese edition from Wani Magazine, please feel free to edit this page with information on them.
Note that any of the following information regarding the 2006 version is obtained from the hardcover English edition by Digital Manga Publishing. If you have the softcover edition, or the Japanese edition from Wani Magazine, please feel free to edit this page with information on them.
|001
|001
|style="text-align:center;"|Title page
|style="text-align:center;"|Title page
|The title of the book with a bunch of identical pictures of lain, except withdifferent photoshop effects added to them.
|The title of the book with a bunch of identical pictures of lain, except with different photoshop effects added to them.
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|002
|002
|005
|005
|01 touch of illustration
|01 touch of illustration
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|Various illustrations paired with their rough sketches, pre-effects images from a few of the layers with their coloring altered
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|040
|040
|02 comic
|02 comic
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|the nightmare of fabrication (DC1029) (translated of course)
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|063
|063
|091
|091
|05 layer
|05 layer
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|The aforementioned layer illustrations.
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|122
|122
|06 pencil drawing + step by step
|06 pencil drawing + step by step
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|Corresponds with monochrome sketch in original book.
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|141
|141
|07 personal
|07 personal
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|Color photos by Abe, and a "short history" of Abe beginning in 1993
|colspan="3"|This book has a total of 153 pages.
|colspan="3"|This book has a total of 153 pages.
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|149
|Liner notes
|corresponds with "about all the illustrations" in the original book. Has the page number of the illustrations being described, but if you count the pages you'll always end up a few pages off.
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==Differences between the two editions==
==Differences between the two editions==
=== What Rebuild has that the original does not have ===
=== What Rebuild has that the original does not have ===
*Pre-effects images of some of the Layers
*Pre-effects images of some of the Layers
*Step-by-step for the Layer 02: Girls illustration
*Step-by-step for the Layer 02: Girls illustration
=== What the original has that Rebuild does not have ===
=== What the original has that Rebuild does not have ===
'''Layer text''': In ''Rebuild'', the text of the Layer illustrations were re-translated and of course the English was re-typeset, sometimes in completely different positions. A typesetting error was introduced in Layer 11. In some of the illustrations the Japanese text was also re-typeset, and in some cases completely removed. The Rebuild translation is perhaps better than the original's in general, but the typesetting looks better in the original as it's styled to blend with the image. In Layer 09, the patch of code floating to the right of lain was replaced with different code. Excepting the Layer images, there is no Japanese text to be found anywhere in the English version of ''Rebuild''.
'''Layer text''': In ''Rebuild'', the text of the Layer illustrations were re-translated and of course the English was re-typeset, sometimes in completely different positions. A typesetting error was introduced in Layer 11. In some of the illustrations the Japanese text was also re-typeset, and in some cases completely removed. The Rebuild translation is perhaps better than the original's in general, but the typesetting looks better in the original as it's styled to blend with the image. In Layer 09, the patch of code floating to the right of lain was replaced with different code. Excepting the Layer images, there is no Japanese text to be found anywhere in the English version of ''Rebuild''.
''Pencil Sketches'': As stated above, there are many rough sketches in the original ''Omnipresence'' that don't appear in ''Rebuild''. However, those sketches that do appear in ''Rebuild'' are generally much larger.
''Pencil Sketches'': As stated above, there are many rough sketches in the original ''Omnipresence'' that don't appear in ''Rebuild''. However, those sketches that do appear in ''Rebuild'' are generally much larger, showing more detail.
===Conclusion===
Each has images the other doesn't have. They're both nice and you should get them both.
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