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anderbill (band@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 23-Aug-2024 08:04:41 JST anderbill
- David G. Smith
@iDGS found it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riddley_Walker
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  Riddley Walker
  
  Riddley Walker is a science fiction novel by American writer Russell Hoban, first published in 1980. It won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best science fiction novel in 1982, as well as an Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award in 1983. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1981. It is Hoban's best-known adult novel and a drastic departure from his other work, although he continued to explore some of the same themes in other settings. Production Hoban began work on the novel in 1974, inspired by the medieval wall painting of the legend of Saint Eustace at Canterbury Cathedral. Plot Roughly two thousand years after a nuclear war has devastated civilization, Riddley, the young narrator, stumbles upon efforts to recreate a weapon of the ancient world. The novel's characters live a harsh life in a small area which is presently the English county of Kent, and know little of the world outside of "Inland" (England). Their level of civilization is similar to England's prehistoric Iron Age, although they do not produce their own iron but...
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  anderbill (band@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 23-Aug-2024 21:15:43 JST anderbill
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  @iDGS i was led to think of this book after reading a thread on how some sci(?) classes do not correct spelling errors. i wonder if folks still look up words they do not know.
  
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  David G. Smith (idgs@mas.to)'s status on Friday, 23-Aug-2024 21:15:44 JST David G. Smith
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  @band Yeah, yeah—That’s the one! (He said after wracking his aged bwain and comin’ up wit only bupkis. 🤣)
  
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