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Kurt Vonnegut's lost board game published

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JoeDaDude ◴[21 Oct 24 00:35 UTC] No.41899694[source]▶
The path to getting this game published was not easy. At one time, Barnes and Noble rejected the idea of publishing and selling the game because “Not enough people know who Kurt Vonnegut is” [1].

[1]. https://web.archive.org/web/20211201220314/https://www.getre...

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Daub ◴[21 Oct 24 05:33 UTC] No.41900945[source]▶
> "Not enough people know who Kurt Vonnegut is”

Barnes and Noble can go take a flying fuck at a rolling donut [1]

[1] Vonnegut, Kurt. "Slaughterhouse-Five, or, The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death". Delacorte Press, 1969. p147

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1. JoeDaDude ◴[21 Oct 24 11:54 UTC] No.41903149[source]▶
Indeed! Why [doesn't Barnes and Noble] take a flying fuck at the mooooooooooooon? [1].

[1]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slapstick_(novel)#Anthropologi...