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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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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Also for those curious, it takes this much type for even such a short text
Why are some pages in larger type than others, Ryan?—were you commenting on which passages are key to interpreting the text?
Yes, sure, of course—but also I realized I was going to run out of "o" if I didn’t do something. A text with so many instances of "technology" throws off the distribution
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@ryancordell @nina_kali_nina oh that’s just S-E-X-Y that’s what that is. I have a small letterpress from 1879 and nowhere near enough type to set anything other than maybe a short paragraph on a greeting card or so.
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