The Cyber Fiction Saga of Horse_Ebooks and Pronunciation Book

The early 2010s witnessed two enigmatic internet mysteries: the Twitter profile Horse_eBooks, and the Youtube channel Pronunciation Book. Over the following years, these two gradually became stranger, eventually coalescing into a reveal which was more bizarre than any could have anticipated.

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Sources:

@Horse_ebooks: https://twitter.com/horse_ebooks
Horse-ebooks website: https://web.archive.org/web/20100209173452/http://horse-ebooks.com/
The Atlantic write-up: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/09/-horse-ebooks-is-the-most-successful-piece-of-cyber-fiction-ever/279946/
Vulture write-up: https://www.vulture.com/2012/01/the-ballad-of-horse_ebooks.html
Webcomics: https://horseecomics.tumblr.com/Pronunciation Book YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT9uWfM5hvVlAPzl7KMlSvA
r/TheDays: https://www.reddit.com/r/77days/
Battlestar Galactica Reboot Theory: https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/fandom/battlestar-galactica-reboot-pronunciation-book/
Bungie Theory: https://www.themarysue.com/pronunciation-book-theory/
Bear Sterns Bravo: http://www.bearstearnsbravo.com/
Comprehensive Wiki: https://77days.fandom.com/wiki/Pronunciation_Book
Susan Orlean article: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/02/10/man-and-machine-susan-orlean
Polygon article over BSB: https://www.polygon.com/2013/9/24/4767700/bear-stearns-bravo-the-fmv-adventure-game-launched-from-internet-memesThe Mary Sue article: https://www.themarysue.com/bravospam/
This is My Milwaukee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXnPT1qH8qE
Alan Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/user/alantutorial/videos

Music:

Comfortable Mystery 1 – Film Noire by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Lightless Dawn by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100655
Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Clean Soul – Calming by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300033
Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Invariance by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100847
Artist: http://incompetech.com/

“Night Music” by Kevin MacLeod

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