ooli@lemmy.world to Books@lemmy.world · 9 months agoThis sci-fi author had a secret life as psychological warfare mastermindboingboing.netexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down14
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minus-squareVolkditty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 months agoImagine looking at your newborn baby and saying, “Yeah…you look like a Cordwainer.”
minus-squareHugh_Jeggs@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months ago“Cordwainer. CORDWAINER! LEAVE BASKETWEAVER ALONE AND COME AND HELP OYSTERSHUCKER THIS MINUTE!”
minus-squareHugh_Jeggs@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoStupid name for a writing implement too
Imagine looking at your newborn baby and saying, “Yeah…you look like a Cordwainer.”
“Cordwainer. CORDWAINER! LEAVE BASKETWEAVER ALONE AND COME AND HELP OYSTERSHUCKER THIS MINUTE!”
It was a pen name.
Stupid name for a writing implement too