Jan 31, 2024
Celebrating a huge milestone for the twitch audience, we dive into another issue of Astounding Stories! This time, in the July 1930 issue, we'll dive into many stories, not the least of which being one in which we learn of a world blocked from its final frontier. What lies beyond the heaviside layer? What noble heroes may operate the flyer managing to plumb the depths of this, our darkest sea? And most importantly, will the reporter make it back in time to get that front page byline? Of course, as usual, the easiest way to find out is listening to this episode of Paper Cuts!
(Can you tell I've been listening to some Old Time Radio in
place of podcasts lately?)
Seriously though, I want to extend a hearty thanks to you all for
finally getting us over the hill of affiliate-ship, twitch has a
lot of really fun stuff you can do once that's underway, and I've
been brewing up some loyalty redeems using those tools that'll be
real neat! And hey, you can even subscribe to kick me a little
money, if you'd like!
Disclaimer, as noted in the episode:
TL;DR up front: Paper Cuts is almost all public domain stuff, and some of it hasn't aged well. I'll be doing my best to warn you, but I'm not changing any of it, I don't believe censorship is the path forward here.
Paper Cuts, by necessity, has to be a majority books that are in the US public domain. That means it's almost exclusively going to be content produced in the 1920s, or earlier. These works may have aspects that have not aged well to a modern viewer/listener. Now, I'm never one for censorship, but I do believe we are entitled to being able to filter the leisure content we don't want to see. So, this results in the following policy:
I'll do my level best to warn you, the viewer, at the beginning
of the episode, what's likely to come up.
A great example is something like 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,
which had some passages describing natives of various places in a
fashion I'd charitably describe as unkindly.
In cases where something sneaks up on me unwarned, I will be
reading the content unedited, with my sincerest apologies for the
lack of active warning.
All that said, I'm gonna cover my bases with some common warnings that have come up often in books I've read before:
Descriptions of "savage natives"
Various racial slurs, unkind terms, and/or Descriptions of groups
that have taken on a worse connotation
General mistreatment and misrepresentation of cultures
Generally speaking, if something I'm reading is on the page? Don't expect me to have opinions aligning with it. We're here to have fun, not disparage people!
Want to read along with us? Find the book here:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29198
Have opinions you want to share, or want to suggest books? Discord's great for that!
https://www.discord.gg/PBZNsjn/
Want to listen live? Drop by Fridays, over on twitch!
https://www.twitch.tv/glacier_nester/