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That Harp Guy @thatharpguy.bsky.social

"De Figuris Veneris," also known as "Manual of Classical Erotology," a scholarly work by Friedrich Karl Forberg, published in 1824. I was 8. A few years later I took four years of Latin.

aug 12, 2025, 7:03 pm • 2 0

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Alex @dancinghedgie.bsky.social

Isaac Asimov's "The Martian Way". I was 5. Frank Herbert's "Dune". I was 8. (And then my 5th grade English class spent a year reading and analyzing it.)

aug 12, 2025, 7:19 pm • 0 0 • view
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DragonBear @foeclan.bsky.social

I read that as you were 8 in 1824, when it was published. :)

aug 12, 2025, 7:32 pm • 1 0 • view
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That Harp Guy @thatharpguy.bsky.social

I'm old.

aug 12, 2025, 9:03 pm • 0 0 • view