historic drystone sheep dyke

If anyone's looking for something to work on for project gutenberg, I prepared all the scans for "The Coasts of Illusion" by Clark B. Firestone and it's in stage one proofreading now! https://www.pgdp.net/c/project.php?id=projectID65c051b0679a9

it's a strange and discursive little collection of premodern "travel tales" and one of the main sources for Avram Davidson's delightful "Adventures in Unhistory". it also has some utterly gorgeous illustrations scattered throughout. anyway have a ball

DP: "The coasts of illusion" project page

Feb 19, 2024 at 5:28pmWeb
Show threadhistoric drystone sheep dykeFeb 22, 2024
Almost every line of this book could be the epigraph for an excellent novel
Show threadEve, Go Listen to Dead Channel SkyFeb 22, 2024
@hannah That ocean just has bad vibes
Show threadRaygan Kelly Feb 22, 2024
@hannah that’s great
Show threadRyan BaumannFeb 19, 2024
@hannah one of my favorite 19th-century urban legends that also inspired one of my favorite paintings that feels impossible to capture with a photograph (it's 8 feet across and has incredible dynamic range) https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O82563/the-upas-or-poison-tree-oil-painting-danby-francis-ara/
The Upas, or Poison-Tree, in the Island of Java | Danby, Francis (ARA) | V&A Explore The Collections

Oil painting, 'The Upas, or Poison-Tree, in the Island of Java', Francis Danby, ca. 1820

Victoria and Albert Museum: Explore the Collections
Show threadhistoric drystone sheep dykeFeb 19, 2024
@ryanfb people used to love the upas tree! Even Pushkin wrote a poem about it