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Oh wow, Paladin Press books from the used bookstore were such a big part of my adolescence. Maybe I shouldn't admit that, but how else is an 11 year old going t
by karaterobot 4y ago
Oh wow, Paladin Press books from the used bookstore were such a big part of my adolescence. Maybe I shouldn't admit that, but how else is an 11 year old going to learn important things like the secrets of the ninja, or how to be a smuggler, or how to live off the land in a pre-internet era? Schools were sorely lacking in the important stuff.
- emmelaich 4y agoSimilarly, somehow a friend of mine had a Loompanics shopping catalogue. Lots of fun and eye-opening titles! Loompanics was later bought by Paladin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loompanics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loompanics
- mobb_solo 4y agoI was similarly going to mention Loopanics press which i used to collect. (principia discordia, lock-picking)
- euroderf 4y agoThe titles were so radical. As a teenager, I never "dared" to order any of them. But they were always out there, advertising a radical life of a career in, well, for example, murdering people. Seeing such titles definitely left an impression. Of some strange sort..
- pnw 4y agoSame here, just reading the catalog was eye opening. I still remember the disclaimer in the Loompanics books.”Not for sale to prisoners or Canadians”.
- nsxwolf 4y agoI loved that catalogue. Don't know why. Same thing that attracted me to the anarchy section on underground BBSes. I'll never forget the most chilling book title: "How To Kill".