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November 2011
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'Hugo' author's latest leaves readers... →
Interesting little interview with Brian Selznick.
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The SOPA Silver Lining
soundcheckyrself:
explosiveoctopus:
quick you guys print out all the homosexual fanfiction you can before the internet is censored
#black market fanfiction #slash for a price #I see the world clearly now #there will be backdoor deals at cons #in the dark alleys behind the hotel #slips of white paper being passed around #hushed discussion over a trashcan fire #and then the cops rolls up and...
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Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some...
– George Orwell, Why I Write (via fortuneandglory)
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So last night I hit 10k. On day three. Woot!
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We Have Always Had Creepy Covers
I love Shirley Jackson. She’s one of those authors I fell in love with in high school.
She’s most famous for The Lottery, and for good reason. Alas, Lottery has some hilariously terrible covers in it’s history.
As interpreted by Leatherface.
Spaaaaaace stones.
Her milkshake brings all the villagers to the yard.
Here’s a decent, much more recent one:
Heh.
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October 2011
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September 2011
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What's in a Bear's Picnic Basket?
If you go out in the woods today You’re sure of a big surprise. If you go out in the woods today You’d better go in disguise. For every bear that ever there was Will gather there for certain, because Today’s the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
Every teddy bear, that’s been good Is sure of a treat today There’s lots of wonderful things to eat And...
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Project Gutenberg founder dies →
azspot:
“What kind of a man wants to put the 10,000 most important books online by 2002 and make them available for free?” Late ’90s Wired article on Project Gutenberg founder Michael S. Hart, who died this week at age 64.
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August 2011
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Andy Kehoe
How awesome are these?
More at his website.
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