Thursday, January 9, 2003

Dozens of Dubious Duckland Data. Dominating Duckman links at ::: koewi.log ::: Unbelievable. How could I miss that? Great find. 9:27:28 PM     |

Heimatsicherheitshauptamt again. How strange. Now Google returns only 11 hits; last week it was 115. What's going on? Is Google being censored? Perhaps Robert Bruce Thompson is right? Is there a conspiracy at large? Ok, let's try to get it into the Duden then; this is not something American, but a proper German Institution that has got nothing to do with any conspiracies whatsoever. Apart from the reformed Grammar and Spelling... -: Heimatsicherheitshauptamt. Google, bugger off, here comes DUDEN! Heimatsicherheitshauptamt! Now just add the entry (with an exclamation mark at the end, please) and we're all happy. 4:55:23 PM     |

The Man of Bronze. Thomas Raus's website deals with the German Doc Savage publications and translations. "Still, in the early 80s, if you were at all interested in speculative fiction, you could not fail but notice the Doc Savage paperbacks. They were published by Pabel, whose paperbacks one could instantly recognize by their format, type, logo, spine. And since Pabel was one of the major places to look for science fiction, fans would develop an eye for the Pabel look." Well said indeed. Although I don't necessarily like the design, it's nevertheless Branding properly done - all across the Pabel range at that time. 1:26:46 PM     |