• emizeko [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    unrelated but did you know its publishing deal remains the highest figure ever paid for a work of literature

    https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/03/23/hugo-inc/

    • thethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them]
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      3 years ago

      Thanks for sharing, that was really interesting! A cool $4 million for a book that could have just been banned entirely, transported by hand... literature was definitely cooler back then.