Ancestors

Written by Ryan Cordell on 2025-01-26 at 03:37

Folded & assembled proof sheets for Skeuomorph Press’ forthcoming letterpress edition of Ursula K. Le Guin’s "A Rant About Technology"—a practicum student created the woodcut illustrations of tech mentioned in the text—I set type for the book & fold-out poster

I’m still tinkering with ink & paper options & deciding about binding—but seeing it come together as a book made my heart leap—I am grateful to Le Guin’s estate for giving us permission to produce these

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Written by Ryan Cordell on 2025-01-26 at 03:39

If you’ve never read Le Guin’s "A Rant About 'Technology,'" take 10 minutes to do so—in many ways my whole research & pedagogical philosophy are wrapped up in this short, brilliant text—it’s usually day 1 reading in my classes https://www.ursulakleguin.com/a-rant-about-technology

If you want to ask "How can I get one of these?" all I’ll say is "watch this space." We’ll probably take pre-orders & then produce the books, up to a pre-set limit—I’m still getting the infrastructure in place but will announce here & on Bluesky

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Written by Leonard Ritter on 2025-01-26 at 11:39

@ryancordell i wish only to correct you in that it does not take 10 minutes to read, more like 3.

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Toot

Written by Adam [ 🎹 🥘 🧑‍💻 🏒 ♟️ 💞 ] on 2025-01-26 at 15:31

@lritter @ryancordell don’t leave out the time required for contemplation, reading is not a race

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Descendants

Written by Leonard Ritter on 2025-01-26 at 15:36

@armurray @ryancordell okay my experience was more like "i hope this is a good take. damn, this is a good take. this is my take! beautifully put! well said! i love her spirit!" basically just me giving standing ovations throughout the rest of the essay. there was nothing to reflect on. i did all that already. (receipt: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@lritter/113395491497720500)

so if you're already on-board, it's 3 minutes or less.

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