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2:44 pm Tue
Dec 9, 2008
Ed Piskor says:
Over the past year I put together a few graphic novels dedicated to
hacking/phone phreaking/hi-tech history/culture. Thanks to some really
great reviews on different podcasts, blogs, and forums, I've been able to distribute my books
completely myself via my website completely bypassing traditional book
distribution methods.There is a lot of historical/semi-historical references within like
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