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February 25, 2013 09:33 am PST
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Wiretap! 1955 pulp book cover carries timely warning
Anon sent in this high-res scan of Charles Einstein's novel, Wiretap!: "This 1955 book from Dell publishing was one of the first popular novels to address police wiretapping abuse. The technology of wiretapping recalls a much different era, when wires really mattered." The design is pure pulp, but its warning of mass surveillance is evergreen: [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/OeinApDsTNo/wiretap-1955-pulp-book-cover.html
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