Do you know the disturbing 1968 horror film The Witchfinder General, in which Vincent Price plays Matthew Hopkins a sadistic witch-hunter appointed by Parliament? The University of Manchester John Ryland’s Library is digitizing a 400-year-old diary recording the historical Hopkins’ inquisition.
Let’s say you’re the newly-sentient internet. How would you decipher the meaning of all the bits and bytes whizzing past you? And what about the real world outside your electronic realm?
What if a time traveler took technology from today back to 1977? Enjoy your Pocket HiFi. (thanks, Humash!)
Fictopedia!
The Smart Bitches and their readers talk about some people who aren’t there, behind their back even, readers who buy romance–and other books–without going online, but based on the covers at the grocery store, etc. The comment thread about how and where people find books is particularly worthwhile.
Hey, the BBC has a Doctor Who Comic Maker. Make your own comics–with Doctor Who! (Thanks, Rebecca!)
Find t-shirts, mugs, totes and more at our new Guttermart location at Teepublic!
The Cultural Gutter 