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Cory Doctorow at 7:20 am Thu, Jan 24, 2013

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Just look at it.

Katachi Golden Objects (Thanks, Jonni!)

I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

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  • peregrinus

    Jason and the Argonauts would have been so different with this instead of a dreary fleece.

  • mikei

    http://www.last.fm/music/Jah+Wobble/_/Bananas

  • bheater

    Peel slowly and just look. 

  • Amber Light

    Is there some reason why Cory is obsessed with pictures of bananas?

    • Roose_Bolton

      Probably!

    • http://twitter.com/brenbart Brendan Bartlett

       I was wondering that myself.  I suspect it’s some private joke between Cory and Poesy.

    • austinhamman

       i was wondering that myself, a number of posts involving bananas with just “just look at it” in the description…

      • annomination

        it might have something to do with weightlifting…

        http://lolzbook.com/2012/11/just-look-at-it-2/

    • glatt1

       http://boingboing.net/tag/bananas

      • Antinous / Moderator

        None of the searches seem to go back to the first banana post, which was four or five years ago.

        • Felton / Moderator

          Here’s the oldest “just look at this banana…” post I could find through Google.  Cory’s banana-related posts predate the “just look at” meme, though.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000644808593 Keyser Söze

    I am pretty sure one of the Tales of the Gold Monkey is about this banana. 

  • TheOven

    I’m tired of looking at things. Just looking at it. 

  • Rich Keller

    Battle not with steampunks in Bob Basset masks, lest ye become one yourself. When you just look at the banana, the banana just looks back at you.

  • Sarah Golden

    I love these banana posts. just love them.

  • SomeGuyNamedMark

    “Jason and the Golden Banana” just sounds wrong

  • Rachael Hoffman-Dachelet

    I was hoping someone could explain the banana just look at it thing to me.  I am confused.

    • echolocate chocolate

      It’s pretty self-explanatory. Just look at it!

      • Rachael Hoffman-Dachelet

        Oy.

  • DevinC

    “Consider this a warning, Mr. Doctorow: don’t poach fruit from Auric Goldfinger’s private bowl.”

  • http://twitter.com/ErnestValdemar Ernest Valdemar

    All of Cory’s “just look at it posts” are actually animated gifs. You have to look at it for a really long time — like 20 minutes — and then it happens really fast, so don’t look away or you’ll miss it. But trust me, it’s totally worth it. This one’s great!

    Just look at it!