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Sep 28, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
This week on my podcast: Part 16 of my reading of my 2006 novel "Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town," a book Gene Wolfe called "a glorious book unlike any book you’ve ever read."

craphound.com/podcast/2020/0…

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This week's installment deals with the early 2000s awe at the idea that eBay was "normalizing the contents of America's attics" (cf @GreatDismal), to say nothing of its ewaste dumpsters.

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Here's how to listen to the earlier installments:

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and here's a direct MP3 link (hosting courtesy of the @internetarchive - they'll host your stuff for free, forever, too!)

archive.org/download/Cory_…

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And here's a link to my podcast feed:

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