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xkcd To Be Released In Book Form

Posted by kdawson on from the my-normal-approach-is-useless-here dept.

History's Coming To writes "xkcd creator Randall Munroe has revealed on his blag that the acclaimed stick-figure comic will be produced in real dead-tree book form. Fantastic news for all fans of comedy, maths, science, and relationship screw-ups — especially given that the book will be sold in aid of the charity 'Room To Read.' Rumors that the book contains a joke in the ISBN remain unconfirmed." The NY Times article that Munroe links (registration may be required) is from April of this year, and I am amazed that this community didn't note the story at that time. The book will be published by breadpig, which was created by Alexis Ohanian, one of the founders of reddit.

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  1. Oblig xkcd reference by ZiakII · · Score: 5, Funny

    http://www.xkcd.com/

    1. Re:Oblig xkcd reference by gamefaces · · Score: 5, Funny

      Brings up a good point. Just how are you supposed to link to a book? I can see it now, There's an xkcd for that (page 30).

    2. Re:Oblig xkcd reference by Kadagan+AU · · Score: 5, Funny

      It deals double damage.

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  2. Obligatory... by mrsurb · · Score: 2, Funny

    Great - something to do on Saturday night! Obligatory link

  3. What about Qwantz? by Falstaft · · Score: 2, Funny

    My hope is they turn Dinosaur Comics into a flipbook!

  4. Limitations of Dead Tree by AnonGCB · · Score: 5, Funny

    So if I look at the pictures in the book long enough will the alt text pop up?

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    1. Re:Limitations of Dead Tree by StreetStealth · · Score: 4, Funny

      Maybe it will be printed in margin, or perhaps the endnotes?

      More importantly to me, at least, I hope the format is small enough to fit one per page, so that the page numbers match up. I'm not weird for knowing the strips by their numbers, right?

      "Oops, you got an injection attack! 327!"

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    2. Re:Limitations of Dead Tree by Aeternitas827 · · Score: 5, Funny

      "Oops, you got an injection attack! 327!"

      I almost tried that IRL. My wife wouldn't let me pick our daughter's name.

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    3. Re:Limitations of Dead Tree by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 5, Funny

      Dude, Summer Glau is so going to rip your beating heart out of your chest out for that.

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    4. Re:Limitations of Dead Tree by belrick · · Score: 4, Funny

      So if I look at the pictures in the book long enough will the alt text pop up?

      Yes.

    5. Re:Limitations of Dead Tree by srothroc · · Score: 3, Funny

      Only if you cross your eyes and slowly move the book forward from your nose.

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    6. Re:Limitations of Dead Tree by 6Yankee · · Score: 5, Funny

      Look on the bright side. You have a child, so clearly your injection attack was successful...

  5. Finally by http · · Score: 2, Funny

    Someone making a joke in base 11 instead of base 13.

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  6. Re:I might buy this book... by MichaelSmith · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't always have the internet with me, in a form convenient for viewing xkcd or anything similar

    Randall take note. This guy is a rich source of meta tech culture irony.

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  7. Re:The Fans DID Notice It Though by Praedon · · Score: 5, Funny

    You sir, have just earned yourself a gold star, and a friend mark on Slashdot.

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  8. Helpimtrappedintheisbndatabase by FlyByPC · · Score: 3, Funny

    >Rumors that the book contains a joke in the ISBN remain unconfirmed. Were we talking about any other author, I would scoff. But this being xkcd, it actually sounds plausible.

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  9. Re:Surprised at /. falling down again? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    kdawson dude.

    Like "que pasa" except use a troll voice.

  10. Re:The Fans DID Notice It Though by basementman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey can you fix the Slashdot CSS while you're here?

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  11. Re:I might buy this book... by monkeySauce · · Score: 4, Funny

    That, and turning pages and reading is faster than mindless clicking a next button that's never in quite the same spot

    And listening is faster and less mindless than turning pages so yeah I'll wait for the audiobook.

  12. Re:The Fans DID Notice It Though by Threni · · Score: 5, Funny

    > Don't shit on your readers mate.

    I can't tell if that sentence is missing a comma or an apostrophe...

  13. Re:The Fans DID Notice It Though by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The article was posted by kdawson from the 'my-normal-approach-is-useless-here' dept.

    'here'?

  14. Re:The Fans DID Notice It Though by catmistake · · Score: 2, Funny

    How does XKCD work as a book?

    A book? Who said anything about a book? Its being released in book form. If it were to be released as a book, surely the headline would read:
    XKCD Author Publishing Book.

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  15. Re:I might buy this book... by Vanders · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'll only get the audio book if it's read by Morgan Freeman. That would be so awesome.

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  16. Re:The Fans DID Notice It Though by Ihmhi · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe it's going to be a pop-up book? Pull the slider, see the alt text?

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  17. Re:I might buy this book... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Your computer isn't already on? How are you posting on /.?

  18. Re:I might buy this book... by sconeu · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is the perfect subthread to do this...

    "There's an XKCD for that".

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  19. Re:The Fans DID Notice It Though by sam0vi · · Score: 2, Funny

    Half of the joke is only seen when you hover over the cartoon.

    Man..., after all this time following xkcd, and i just learned that from you (I wondered what you meant, and i just checked it with monday's strip). I wonder what i've been missing all this time (not gonna recheck them). I guess i'll wait until i buy the book and hope they use the hover-over text as a bottom note.
      I feel dumb. And judging by your +5 Informative, i'm not the only one who learnt something today.
    Cheers!

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