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>If you haven’t read it before, don’t read the Wikipedia summary; read the actual story. Read it from the original publication: <https://archive.org/details/S

by TMWNN 4y ago

>If you haven’t read it before, don’t read the Wikipedia summary; read the actual story. Read it from the original publication: <https://archive.org/details/Science_Fiction_Quarterly_New_Series_v04n05_1956-11_slpn/page/n5/mode/1up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/Science_Fiction_Quarterly_New_Se...>

zw123456 4y ago
OMG, I loved the original scan of this, wow, flash backs for me!!! Thank you soooo much. BTW, anyone just cruising by this post, it might be just me, but the advertisements at the very end of it are so dear. Just take a peek, so funny!
- cwillu 4y ago
  Use YOUR AMAZING physic (soul) powers NOW!! Why “Develop” for years??? MONEY? HEALTH? LOVE? NOTHING IS HOPELESS. Remarkable NEW APPROACH (demonstrated by Jesus) now verified by modern science. Oy vey…
  - the_biot 4y ago
    It seems archaic at first sight, but it's really not a million miles off from what I see in spam.
    - cwillu 4y ago
      Indeed; it actually reminded me of the weird trick discovered by my mom.
- aasasd 4y ago
  Notably, the science fiction magazine had ads for people who are way into their middle age.
- ghaff 4y ago
  Somehow I don't think you'd be running the ad at the bottom of page 2 today.
axytol 4y ago
Interesting, the text on those scans is selectable, can anyone share how this is done is it a custom font? It does not seem so as the same letter appears to be rendered differently showing printing/scan artifacts. Maybe some styling?
- projektfu 4y ago
  One way to do it is you OCR the text and then print the text on top in a transparent font.
- freetime2 4y ago
  Could it be this MacOS feature you are seeing? https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/interact-with-text-in-a-picture-ibrw20183ad7/mac https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/interact-with-text-in...
  - Sakos 4y ago
    On that note, the Preview app on MacOS does it automatically. I recently screenshotted my terminal to show a colleague and then noticed I could also copy text from that screenshot. Really cool and really helpful.
  - soylentcola 4y ago
    Can also do it in Firefox on Windows.

by TMWNN 4y ago

zw123456 4y ago

OMG, I loved the original scan of this, wow, flash backs for me!!! Thank you soooo much. BTW, anyone just cruising by this post, it might be just me, but the advertisements at the very end of it are so dear. Just take a peek, so funny!

cwillu 4y ago
Use YOUR AMAZING physic (soul) powers NOW!! Why “Develop” for years??? MONEY? HEALTH? LOVE? NOTHING IS HOPELESS. Remarkable NEW APPROACH (demonstrated by Jesus) now verified by modern science. Oy vey…
- the_biot 4y ago
  It seems archaic at first sight, but it's really not a million miles off from what I see in spam.
  - cwillu 4y ago
    Indeed; it actually reminded me of the weird trick discovered by my mom.
aasasd 4y ago
Notably, the science fiction magazine had ads for people who are way into their middle age.
ghaff 4y ago
Somehow I don't think you'd be running the ad at the bottom of page 2 today.

axytol 4y ago

Interesting, the text on those scans is selectable, can anyone share how this is done is it a custom font? It does not seem so as the same letter appears to be rendered differently showing printing/scan artifacts. Maybe some styling?

projektfu 4y ago
One way to do it is you OCR the text and then print the text on top in a transparent font.
freetime2 4y ago
Could it be this MacOS feature you are seeing? https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/interact-with-text-in-a-picture-ibrw20183ad7/mac https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/interact-with-text-in...
- Sakos 4y ago
  On that note, the Preview app on MacOS does it automatically. I recently screenshotted my terminal to show a colleague and then noticed I could also copy text from that screenshot. Really cool and really helpful.
- soylentcola 4y ago
  Can also do it in Firefox on Windows.