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--- books [2024/04/25 18:58] – dae
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 ====== Books ======
-**Books** are real-life objects used to distribute messages, one-time pads and other data. They are usually placed as [[dead drops]] or ordered 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 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 =====
+{{:books:industrial.jpg?200|}}
+Available for mail order.
+===== The Legacy of the Postal Reorganization Act =====
+{{:books:legacy.png?200|}}
+Available for mail order.
+===== Pawyongyang Furry Culture in North Korea =====
+{{:books:pawyongyang.png?200|}}
+Available for mail order.
+===== Puzzles, Codes and Secrets =====
+Available for mail order.
 ===== 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.
-The 2024 edition of 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.
-  * 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:
-  * [[: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]]: 2024 edition with [[:dead_drops:Nashville drop#contents|extra handwritten notes]]
+  * [[: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]]
+===== The Toaster in Interwar Literature =====
+{{:books:toaster.png?200|}}
+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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