🤔💡 "Oh wow, a whole manifesto on liking old books because they were made with *actual* human hands! 📚👌 Clearly, modern authors and their AI tools just don't compare to the artisanal wordsmithing of yore. 🙄 Maybe someone should tell the 21st century to slow down, so Lorenzo Gravina can catch up! 🚀😂"
https://notes.lorenzogravina.com/musings/pre-2022-books #oldbooks #artisanwriting #modernauthors #AItools #literarymanifesto #HackerNews #ngated
Pre-2022 Books | Notes by Lorenzo Gravina
I noticed that I seem to, subconsciously, gravitate towards books published on or before 2022, and somewhat discount books published after, especially from authors I haven’t heard of.
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A context menu item for links: »Open IIIF book, IA video or geolink in CWorld«. IIIF manifests and Internet Archive videos are presented as thumbnails.
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Old Book Illustrations offers a wide range of public domain, royalty-free restored images scanned from old books. Searchable galleries include animals, plants, etc.
I LOVE restaurants that have lots of old books by every table!
Excellent sandwiches, too.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Wt23RYoPdVLyMZ6VA
#books #bookstodon #restaurant #OldBooks
@oldbookillustrations Thinking on this, a pity Hetzel editor never thought on Doré for illustrating Verne's books
#illustration #art #ChildrensBook #oldbooks 
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