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Grady Hendrix
Personal blog · gradyhendrix.comwritingculture
Grady Hendrix's personal blog at gradyhendrix.com covers writing and culture. Since 2011, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link Grady Hendrix's site for his comedy-horror writing, such as the novel Horrorstör, set in an IKEA-like store, and for background on the Choose Your Own Adventure book trademark split.
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What Hacker News says?
I'll take this opportunity to plug a good comedy-horror book: Horrorstör, by Grady Hendrix[1]. It's set in an ikea-like store, and much of the intro is a comedic jab at the ikea store layout tricks. [1] http://www.gradyhendrix.com/
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on “IKEA’s Crimes Against Cartography”Submitted It’s a Troll World, we just live in it. as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThey have reissues for the books by R.A. Montgomery through chooseco. The books by Edward Packard are not included. I did a bit of Googling, and found an interview where he explains that it was a trademark thing, where Random House let it lapse, Montgomery snagged it and put his books out under the trademark of 'CYOA', while Packard instead made some into mobile apps under the name U-Ventures: http://www.gradyhendri…
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on “It’s time to reappraise the humble Choose Your Own Adventure book”