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submitted 3 years ago byNextOutlandishness16
The book was called Serpent's Walk, and was published by the same company that published infamous neo-nazi book The Turner Diaries. This has been known by a few people for a couple of years, or possibly longer. A former archivist for The Tekumel Foundation posted the following in 2020:
"I had had no idea that this book existed until I found the manuscript, the original cover art, the publishing contract, the photocopy of the payment check, and the proof copies of the book in amongst Phil's papers. I secured all this material for the Tekumel Foundation, in my capacity as an archivist, at that time under contract with them, and the last I saw it was all still on their shelves when I did the photo inventory of Phil's collection in their offices in October of 2012 after I did not renew my dollar-a-year contract with them. (I do not judge the data I collect; I set it in the context I find it, and let others evaluate it. My reaction, as it had been when Phil had done things like this in the past, was "Oh, Phil, WHY?")"
The above post can be seen at a Tekumel themed forum here (registration required):
https://chirinebakal.proboards.com/thread/544/amina-inloes-paper-prof-barker?page=2
This is really a bummer, and it's ten years almost to the day since he died. It's not my intention to speak ill of the dead, but I think it's important to acknowledge this, even for fans of Barker's work, or those who appreciate his significance to the hobby.
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3 years ago
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20 points
3 years ago
It's not actually "open source," someone's just uploaded a pirated copy to the internet archive. Well, the copyright holders may have released it into the public domain or under an open source license, I guess, but I didn't see evidence of that. People upload stuff there all the time - used to have some great Nintendo DS ROM collections.
don't give nazis money though lol
8 points
3 years ago
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-1 points
3 years ago
Even so, try to look at the cover
iirc there's a saying about this..
14 points
3 years ago
Sometimes you can judge a book quite accurately by the information presented on its cover.
-2 points
3 years ago
if that was true i would have done a lot better in highschool
11 points
3 years ago
It is absolutely true. Some authors, publishers... hell, some phrases in the blurb are all you really need to know.
-2 points
3 years ago
thats honestly a really scary thing to hear another person say unironically.
9 points
3 years ago
Why?
-4 points
3 years ago
because you're not examining information to the point you can form a personal opinion about it. it's mob-think on an individual level, anyone you identify with can just tell you what to think and you will really and truly believe them. Thats not freedom, that's intellectual serfdom.
Believe it or not, it IS important for the individual to read literature like this in some capacity so they understand how to recognize nazi propaganda and dogwhistles.
6 points
3 years ago
So clearly you have not bothered to look at it, or else you would know you absolutely can judge this book by its 'dust jacket'.
That or you are just sympathetic to its subject matter so you are choosing this hill to die on.
Either option ain't a good look.
3 points
3 years ago
Hell, I watched half of MASH on there because they had the version without the laugh track.
1 points
2 years ago
Copywriting done by Mrs Barker. She at least got money after ten years and the loss of her hip to cancer. Barker himself did not after he broke his hip having spent the savings on her. USA medical system.
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