Apr 1, 2023

The Art of Binding and Storytelling

Explore the beauty of art binding and storytelling with George Orwell's 1984, Charles Vess' Dragon 134, Dames (1934), and Nancy Sinatra's These Boots are Made for Walkin'.

ART BOOKS MUSIC

Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr Red Team Blues

Author, journalist, activist. Touring "Red Team Blues," an anti-finance finance thriller https://t.co/fpDYDNRrr7

Member of Science Fiction

1984 by George Orwell. Art binding by Dimitris Koutsipetsidis https://t.co/qZQ2Fx5XT3

via https://t.co/MJST4azSvx pic.twitter.com/0PmIapPKP1
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 1, 2023
Dragon 134 (June, 1988). “Sword of Dawn,” by Charles Vess, his only Dragon cover, unfortunately. https://t.co/76m0PToxUz pic.twitter.com/qKktRmLkhh
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 1, 2023
Dames (1934) https://t.co/LEH5qhozyo pic.twitter.com/IthEZWJueP
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 1, 2023
Nancy Sinatra and chorus perform her hit song These Boots are Made for Walkin’ on The Ed Sullivan Show, originally broadcast by CBS on February 27th, 1966. https://t.co/MHpOmW5aHi pic.twitter.com/xeSe0n76Sm
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 1, 2023
Nancy Sinatra and chorus perform her hit song These Boots are Made for Walkin’ on The Ed Sullivan Show, originally broadcast by CBS on February 27th, 1966. https://t.co/MHpOmW5aHi pic.twitter.com/jXnBxetGH4
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 1, 2023
Nancy Sinatra and chorus perform her hit song These Boots are Made for Walkin’ on The Ed Sullivan Show, originally broadcast by CBS on February 27th, 1966. https://t.co/MHpOmW5aHi pic.twitter.com/ckSprGS15A
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 1, 2023
Nancy Sinatra and chorus perform her hit song These Boots are Made for Walkin’ on The Ed Sullivan Show, originally broadcast by CBS on February 27th, 1966. https://t.co/MHpOmW5aHi pic.twitter.com/BgsxR5m75T
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 1, 2023
Nancy Sinatra and chorus perform her hit song These Boots are Made for Walkin’ on The Ed Sullivan Show, originally broadcast by CBS on February 27th, 1966. https://t.co/MHpOmW5aHi pic.twitter.com/VrXyKnHGkl
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 1, 2023
Nancy Sinatra and chorus perform her hit song These Boots are Made for Walkin’ on The Ed Sullivan Show, originally broadcast by CBS on February 27th, 1966. https://t.co/MHpOmW5aHi pic.twitter.com/2UMlYy9I06
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 1, 2023
Nancy Sinatra and chorus perform her hit song These Boots are Made for Walkin’ on The Ed Sullivan Show, originally broadcast by CBS on February 27th, 1966. https://t.co/MHpOmW5aHi pic.twitter.com/lw74w2xj9g
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 1, 2023
Nancy Sinatra and chorus perform her hit song These Boots are Made for Walkin’ on The Ed Sullivan Show, originally broadcast by CBS on February 27th, 1966. https://t.co/MHpOmW5aHi pic.twitter.com/vgz0YW9fIU
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 1, 2023
St Matthäus Community Center (1955-56) in Ingolstadt, Germany, by Josef Elfinger & Franz Xaver Proebst https://t.co/o0MB3IIrHH pic.twitter.com/BBdj03Rslq
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 1, 2023
My Darling Clementine (1946) https://t.co/01mmFxKCHx pic.twitter.com/teMmnFbsCL
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 1, 2023
https://t.co/bBPqcJcPbl pic.twitter.com/bWPpuyyOZb
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 1, 2023
https://t.co/KRcgxjVcU4 pic.twitter.com/RPkhhiZlIN
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 1, 2023
Alden staRRcar, 1966. A proposal by William Alden for a dual-mode transit system https://t.co/NEcJoTKMWO pic.twitter.com/nR3fdg2W5n
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 1, 2023
... whereby electrically powered vehicles could be driven independently before joining up with a tracked network which would take over both powering and navigating the unit thus making the vehicle autonomous for longer journeys. https://t.co/NEcJoTKMWO pic.twitter.com/KA6aRAa5am
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 1, 2023
The idea was developed by Boeing Vertol into a much larger tracked vehicle for 20 people that became the Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit system which first opened for service in 1975,
https://t.co/NEcJoTKMWO pic.twitter.com/hSNicEDMn6
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 1, 2023
Cosmic Ark https://t.co/74gAxpT7T1 pic.twitter.com/9SqmjP881N
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 1, 2023
https://t.co/2sKhJFK07C pic.twitter.com/AuLXbbymCi
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 1, 2023
https://t.co/nbbQxCbRlU pic.twitter.com/ynOboO1mtS
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 1, 2023
The Kessel Run https://t.co/N2YDzULpuf

via https://t.co/UUy9l2dsMi pic.twitter.com/sFeJQMVuQg
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 1, 2023
Please enjoy these vintage photos of Gevalia coffee pot trucks. https://t.co/WV1jFJEYjr pic.twitter.com/lvr5nWnJnw
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 1, 2023