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 ====== Books ====== ====== Books ======
  
-The **books** are real-life objects used to distribute messages, one-time pads and other data. They are usually placed as [[dead_drops|dead drops]] or ordered and sent by postal mail.+**Books** are real-life objects used to distribute messages, one-time pads and other data. They are usually placed as [[dead drops|dead drops]] or ordered by postal mail.
  
-The books often have humorous or nonsensical titles, covers inspired by mid-century modern design language, and contain various in-jokes or quips toward the counter-operation in their text.+The books often have humorous or nonsensical titles, covers inspired by mid-century modern design language, and contain various in-jokes or quips toward the counter-operation in their text. The covers and titles have appeared on the //Exciting Books// accounts on [[https://exciting-books.tumblr.com|Tumblr]] and [[https://twitter.com/excitingbooks|Twitter]]; these have been collated [[http://303.sashahart.net/book_covers/|here]].
  
-The covers and titles have appeared on the //Exciting Books// accounts on [[https://exciting-books.tumblr.com|Tumblr]] and [[https://twitter.com/excitingbooks|Twitter]]. These have been collated [[http://303.sashahart.net/book_covers/|here]].+===== Industrial Espionage in the Dryer Sheet Industry ===== 
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 +{{:books:industrial.jpg?200|}} 
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 +Available for mail order. 
 + 
 +===== The Legacy of the Postal Reorganization Act ===== 
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 +{{:books:legacy.png?200|}} 
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 +Available for mail order. 
 + 
 +===== Pawyongyang Furry Culture in North Korea ===== 
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 +{{:books:pawyongyang.png?200|}} 
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 +Available for mail order. 
 + 
 +===== Puzzles, Codes and Secrets ===== 
 + 
 +Available for mail order.
  
 ===== Slate Deposits in the Intermountain West ===== ===== Slate Deposits in the Intermountain West =====
  
-{{::books:sd:slate_deposits_cover.jpeg?200|}}+{{:books:sd:slate_deposits_cover.jpeg?200|}}
  
 **Slate Deposits in the Intermountain West** (usually referred to as **Slate** or **SD**) is a codebook for [[organizations#WORM]] agents, containing one-time pads for [[Slate messages]]. A new edition is distributed every year, containing new pads. **Slate Deposits in the Intermountain West** (usually referred to as **Slate** or **SD**) is a codebook for [[organizations#WORM]] agents, containing one-time pads for [[Slate messages]]. A new edition is distributed every year, containing new pads.
  
-The book is structured as follows: +The book begins with nonsensical testimonials, foreword, and usage instructions. Afterwards are three sections of encryption keys: 365 numbered rows of 32 numbers each. The book ends with messages to the counter operation, i.e. us.
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-  * Page 4: Dedication to "AF" and the crew of MELTR3 +
-  * Page 6: Nonsensical testimonials, including one from [[characters#Dr. J Marvin Blackweather]] +
-  * Pages 8–10: Nonsensical preamble +
-  * Page 12: Nonsensical book usage instructions +
-  * Pages 13–102: "Winston, NM" – 365 rows numbered from 2024001 to 2024365, each containing 32 numbers +
-  * Pages 103–193: "Finger of Fate, ID" – 365 rows numbered from 2024001 to 2024365, each containing 32 numbers +
-  * Pages 194–274: "Devils Twist, UT" – 365 rows numbered from 2024001 to 2024365, each containing 32 numbers +
-  * Page 275: Special message for the counter operation; that is, us +
-  * Page 276: "Field Notes" – a blank page for handwritten notes+
  
 We are in possession of the following copies of the book: We are in possession of the following copies of the book:
  
-  * [[:dead_drops:Las Vegas drop]]: 2024 edition +  * [[:dead_drops:Las Vegas drop]]: [[https://otp22.org/files/books/OTP22-LV-Intermountain-Partial.pdf|2024 edition]] 
-  * [[:dead_drops:Ruston drop]]: 2024 edition with [[:dead_drops:Ruston drop#contents|extra handwritten notes]]+  * [[:dead_drops:Ruston drop#contents|Ruston drop]]: 2024 edition 
 +  * [[:dead_drops:Nashville drop#contents|Nashville drop]]: 2024 edition 
 +  * [[:dead_drops:Edgewood drop]]: 2025 edition – [[https://otp22.org/files/books/Slate_2025_prelude_intro.pdf|preamble]], [[https://otp22.org/files/books/Slate_2025_outro.pdf|postamble]] 
 +  * [[:dead_drops:Sunnyvale drop]]: 2025 edition 
 +  * [[:dead_drops:Wailua drop]]: 2025 edition 
 + 
 +===== The Toaster in Interwar Literature ===== 
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 +{{:books:toaster.png?200|}} 
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 +Available for mail order. 
 + 
 +===== Video Game Production in the Gorno-Altai Autonomous Oblast ===== 
 + 
 +{{:books:video.png?200|}}
  
-A partial scan of the book is available [[https://otp22.org/files/books/OTP22-LV-Intermountain-Partial.pdf|here]].+Available for mail order. [[:felicity_s_voicemail#november_2023|Jeff has recommended obtaining this book.]]
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