The Ars Skives: Random Words for Random Nerds, Making Throwaway Rhymes for Throwaway Times - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 13 : 9798301667282

Editeur : Independently published, 2024

Synopsis

Warning! Here Be (Rude) Dragons!

This book does contain some naughty words. It’s mainly bad poetry, a few naïve opinions and a smattering of wishy-washy idealistic nonsense, but a little swearing did creep in, despite absolutely no effort at all to prevent it.

If you like poetry you’ll probably find my attempts at rhyming and scansion far more offensive than the occasional profanity, but you have now been warned, so proceed at your own effing peril.

Foreword

Herein, gentle reader, you will find a collection of short poems, rhymes and the odd song or two originally posted by myself in the comments sections of various Ars Technica articles.

A few have been slightly edited and tidied up since their original publication; they're not much better now, but at least I don’t think there are any typos. There is a mix of Ars’ American and my British English, but anything that looks like a typo is actually clever artistic expression, OK?

I would be the first to admit that the quality varies; some stand out as being not very good, and I hope you’ll enjoy those, as the rest are all worse. In my defence I can only say that they were mostly written in a matter of minutes, so I could post them near the top of the comment threads, and thus annoy amuse as many people as possible. Also I suck at poetry.

Covering an eclectic range of topics, there really is something here for almost everyone to dislike, and as they span a period from 2012 – 2024 some of the older, more topical ones may now make little or no sense. So, no change really.

Preface – A Myopic Synopsis

Imagine putting Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking, Elvis Presley and John Denver, John Keats and William Shakespeare, and Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg into a very large mincer – and mincing them. Yuck, right?

Then imagine a very large, hungry pig eats that mince, and consequently produces a huge, steaming turd. This book is that turd. Only smaller. Please wash your hands after reading.

Celebrity Endorsements!
This book doesn’t have any! However …

Dr Brian Cox, well known scientist and musician, once said "amazing!"

Dr Brian May, well known musician and scientist, once said "brilliant!"

Please note: Neither of these gentlemen made these statements in reference to this book, which is hardly surprising, what with them never having heard of it. However in this post-truth society I seem to find myself in, where a large percentage of my brethren disregard what they consider to be inconvenient facts no matter how glaringly obvious they are, I didn't want to let a little thing like veracity stand in the way of what seemed like a good line.

Indeed I respect and admire the work of both chaps, and wouldn't want to besmirch their reputations by associating them in any way with this book. Unless of course I found it funny – which I did. I am very childish.

Brian Griffin, well known aspiring liberal author, and also cartoon dog:

“The Ars Skives is the most Magnum of Opuses, a veritable redefinition of the zeniths that can be achieved in the literary arts. Reflecting as it does every facet of human existence, with observations as wry and humorous as they are insightful, this tome of genuine significance and magnificence exemplifies the transcendental nature of human consciousness”.

“Containing within its brief pages far more than the entire sum of all human knowledge, readers are taken on a thrilling, inspiring and uplifting journey through all of creation and beyond, as viewed through the eyes of its greatest living poet and savant”.

Please note: I might have imagined Brian Griffin saying this – he is an imaginary dog, you know.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798301667282
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 210
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg