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| A number of popular, but low quality textbooks have been published by the WNPP. | A number of popular, but low quality textbooks have been published by the WNPP. | ||
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| The "How to pick up a ball" textbook has a video instruction sold with it: | The "How to pick up a ball" textbook has a video instruction sold with it: | ||
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| ===== Cheap Newspaper ===== | ===== Cheap Newspaper ===== | ||
| - | [{{ :wiki:cheapnewspaper_example.png?nolink&200|}}] | + | [{{ :wiki:cheapnewspaper_example.png?nolink&200|Cheap Newspaper layout}}] |
| Cheap Newspaper was produced in 2005-2006. It featured torturous visuals, horrendous font choices, bad English and tabloid journalism. | Cheap Newspaper was produced in 2005-2006. It featured torturous visuals, horrendous font choices, bad English and tabloid journalism. | ||
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| - | [{{:wiki:ctgmusic.png?nolink&200 |Screenshot of the ctgmusic.com website}}] | ||
| A lot of its content was centered around an amateur music community called CTG Music, including articles about music production and interviews with notable community members. | A lot of its content was centered around an amateur music community called CTG Music, including articles about music production and interviews with notable community members. | ||
| - | The dominant part of the content, however, was geared towards silly entertainment. Many stories border on kindergarten stupid. For instance, the Science section of Vol. 179 featured a story about an android language proposal: | + | [{{:wiki:ctgmusic.png?nolink&200 |Screenshot of the ctgmusic.com website}}] |
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| + | The dominant part of the content, however, was geared towards silly entertainment. Many stories border on kindergarten stupid. For instance, the science section of Vol. 179 featured a story about an android language proposal: | ||
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| + | [{{ :wiki:madame_le_spam.png?nolink&200|Madame la Spam}}] | ||
| Another story was called "Madame la Spam", about a lady whose sole purpose in life was to advertise things. The protagonist eventually throws up, because he cannot take her anymore. | Another story was called "Madame la Spam", about a lady whose sole purpose in life was to advertise things. The protagonist eventually throws up, because he cannot take her anymore. | ||
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| - | Cheap Newspaper is released in "volumes". Each volume features variable number of pages. Several volumes were "jokes", for instance volume 16: | + | Cheap Newspaper was released in "volumes". Each volume features variable number of pages. Several volumes were "jokes", for instance volume 16: |
| [{{ :wiki:cheapnewspaper16.png?nolink&400 |Cheap Newspaper Vol.16 with a single word: "donkey"}}] | [{{ :wiki:cheapnewspaper16.png?nolink&400 |Cheap Newspaper Vol.16 with a single word: "donkey"}}] | ||
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| [{{ :wiki:cheapnewspaper_roker.png?nolink&400 |An obscure card game "Roker"}}] | [{{ :wiki:cheapnewspaper_roker.png?nolink&400 |An obscure card game "Roker"}}] | ||
| - | In a blaze of contradiction, Cheap Newspaper is available absolutely at no cost, and "cheap" must refer to the quality of its content. | + | In a blaze of contradiction, Cheap Newspaper was available absolutely at no cost, and "cheap" must refer to the quality of its content. |
| + | ==== Short stories ==== | ||
| + | Cheap Newspaper has published several short stories by Louigi Verona. They include: | ||
| + | * [[The Mystery of Several Stupid Anonymous Letters]] | ||
| + | * [[How People Become Gold Miners]] | ||
| + | * [[The Midnight Arose]] | ||
| + | * [[Law and Genes]] | ||
| ===== Connection with "The Cave" ===== | ===== Connection with "The Cave" ===== | ||
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