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thecowpalace.bsky.social @thecowpalace.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

strangers at our door -- zygmunt bauman www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b... #books #immigration #philosophy

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thecowpalace.bsky.social @thecowpalace.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

web -- john wyndham www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/705039... #books #fiction #novels #scifi

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thecowpalace.bsky.social @thecowpalace.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

the shining -- stephen king www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/92991/... #books #fiction #novels

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thecowpalace.bsky.social @thecowpalace.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

nausea -- jean-paul sartre www.penguin.co.uk/books/57288/... #books #fiction #novels #literature

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thecowpalace.bsky.social @thecowpalace.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

ham on rye -- charles bukowski www.harpercollins.com/products/ham... #books #novels #fiction #literature

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thecowpalace.bsky.social @thecowpalace.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

the surgeon (ism, inc. 1986) www.tumblr.com/retrocgads/8... from the September 1986 issue of MacUser magazine #videogames #software #simulation #medschool #surgery

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thecowpalace.bsky.social @thecowpalace.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

vis-a-vis a #tradedeal with fascist america, do we yet know whether or not american and canadian multinational companies can fuck over average canadians or is it just american multinationals who will get to fuck over canada ? #CDNpoli #canada #trade

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thecowpalace.bsky.social @thecowpalace.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

game time: understanding temporality in video games -- christopher hanson iupress.org/978025303286... #books #gamestudies #mediastudies

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thecowpalace.bsky.social @thecowpalace.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

fifth planet -- fred and geoffrey hoyle www.valancourtbooks.com/fifth-planet... #books #fiction #novels #scifi #sciencefiction

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thecowpalace.bsky.social @thecowpalace.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

remember when gardein was a great canadian business success ? solid vegan food for $2.99/300 grams. then wall street (re: private equity) got involved. gardein was purchased by pinnacle foods in 2014 removing availability in canada. when products returned years later prices doubled. now costing $10

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thecowpalace.bsky.social @thecowpalace.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

another world: nineteenth century illustrated print culture -- patricia mainardi yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... #books #mediastudies #arthistory @yalepress.bsky.social

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thecowpalace.bsky.social @thecowpalace.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

robot dreams -- isaac asimov www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/293839... #books #fiction #shortstories #scifi #sciencefiction

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thecowpalace.bsky.social @thecowpalace.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

the narrative of arthur gordon pym of nantucket -- edgar allan poe www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/132016... #books #novels #fiction #literature @penguinclassicsusa.bsky.social

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thecowpalace.bsky.social @thecowpalace.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

billy budd and other stories -- herman melville www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/317956... #books #fiction #literature #shortstories #novels @penguinclassicsusa.bsky.social

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thecowpalace.bsky.social @thecowpalace.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

gentry lee / arthur c. clarke -- rama II www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/28175/... #books #fiction #novels #sciencefiction #scifi

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thecowpalace.bsky.social @thecowpalace.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

chronopolis: the science fiction of j.g. ballard hardcover archived here: archive.org/details/chro... #books #shortstories #fiction #scifi #sciencefiction

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thecowpalace.bsky.social @thecowpalace.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

family took a trip to #England in june/july of 1986 and were there for the infamous 'hand of god' elimination against argentina. a british uncle who owned a sporting goods store gave me a #WorldCup ball, which has held up over the decades (admittedly, unused much of that time)

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thecowpalace.bsky.social @thecowpalace.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

compact cinematics: the moving image in the age of bit-sized media www.bloomsbury.com/ca/compact-c... #books #cinema #mediastudies #filmstudies #video

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thecowpalace.bsky.social @thecowpalace.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

playback - a genealogy of 1980s british videogames -- alex wade www.bloomsbury.com/us/playback-... #books #mediastudies #gamestudies #computers @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social

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thecowpalace.bsky.social @thecowpalace.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

lady chatterley's lover -- d.h. lawrence www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/298365... #books #novels #fiction #literature

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thecowpalace.bsky.social @thecowpalace.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

computer addiction: a study of computer dependency (1989) -- margaret shotton full text: archive.org/details/comp... #mediastudies #computers #moralpanic #STS #computing

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thecowpalace.bsky.social @thecowpalace.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

doctor fischer of geneva or the bomb party -- graham greene www.penguin.co.uk/books/355596... #books #novels #fiction #satire

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thecowpalace.bsky.social @thecowpalace.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

the thin man -- dashiell hammett project gutenberg ebook: gutenberg.ca/ebooks/hamme... #books #novels #fiction #crime

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thecowpalace.bsky.social @thecowpalace.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

the spy who came in from the cold -- john le carré www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/391541... #books #fiction #novels #spy

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thecowpalace.bsky.social @thecowpalace.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

the journey of joenes -- robert sheckley openroadmedia.com/ebook/the-jo... #books #novels #fiction #scifi #sciencefiction #fantasy #1960s

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thecowpalace.bsky.social @thecowpalace.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

destination: void -- frank herbert wordfirepress.com/products/des... #books #novels #fiction #scifi #sciencefiction #1960s

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GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Françoise Cadol has issued a formal notice to publisher Aspyr, accusing the company of using AI to replicate her voice in Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered without her consent. www.gamesindustry.biz/french-lara-...

gamesindustry.biz

French Lara Croft actor issues formal notice to Aspyr, claims Tomb Raider remasters used AI replicated voice

Aspyr is being accused of "misleading" consumers

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thecowpalace.bsky.social @thecowpalace.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

drug alert! (methods & solutions inc., 1986) drug prevention educational software for the apple ][ #retrogaming #software #drugs #psa

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thecowpalace.bsky.social @thecowpalace.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

failing brain implants and a house falling apart wondering what’s gone wrong with the economy and our society ? most things haven’t worked out is a gothic science fiction novel about brain implants romance and our breaking world support the kickstarter now links in thread + bio

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thecowpalace.bsky.social @thecowpalace.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

most things haven’t worked out cybernetic #sciencefiction about love labour and loss in a corporate world of wonder and misery where machines have a better chance of connecting with each other than people do links in thread + bio #kickstarter #novels #fiction #scifi

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thecowpalace.bsky.social @thecowpalace.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

conan the cimmerian (virgin games, 1991) synergistic software developed this fun basic action-adventure game for amiga and msdos. amazing graphics for the time #retrogaming #PCgaming #DOSgaming #fantasy #fantasyart #BorisVallejo #Conan

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thecowpalace.bsky.social @thecowpalace.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

KICKSTARTER LIVE ! Michael has a nice car, a job everyone wants, and a great home in a safe neighbourhood, all signs trending up. He also has a net-connected brain implant and a bad day at work that goes viral, in a coroprate world where machines connect better than people do links in thread + bio

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thecowpalace.bsky.social @thecowpalace.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

launching tuesday ! 'most things haven't worked out' is scifi about you and me with brain implants living in a world of investors above everyone else. read the first 100 pages now (link in bio + thread) throwawaydigital (dot) tumblr (dot) com #kickstarter #fiction #scifi #sciencefiction #novels

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thecowpalace.bsky.social @thecowpalace.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

in the summer of 1987, after a year and a half delivering newspapers i decided to write and sell my own, printed dot matrix from a commodore 64. one day i set up a lemonade stand and sold seventeen copies for $0.25 each. only 3 of 8 pages survived, no cover #DIY

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thecowpalace.bsky.social @thecowpalace.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

star wars: from the adventures of luke skywalker (1976 version, aka the version with everyone's favourite rebel pilots Pops and John D.) -- george lucas aka alan dean foster #books #fiction #starwars #novels

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