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The Lounge at the End of the Universe => Gallimaufry => Topic started by: SteamWolf on January 17, 2016, 02:14:36 PM

Title: The story where she accesses the internet from a fantasy realm, prints Wikipedia
Post by: SteamWolf on January 17, 2016, 02:14:36 PM

It was a couple of years ago. Ugh, it's killing me. I can't recall if it was Escape Pod or Podcastle, and I don't remember anything about the title or character names. What I remember is that there was a cast of characters who live in a world or dimension where magic functioned. The protagonist was female, I think, and she figured out a way to get things from our world. At one point they mention she opened a café or some sort of small business where she had all of Wikipedia printed out and bound.

It's driving me crazy.

Title: Re: The story where she accesses the internet from a fantasy realm, prints Wikipedia
Post by: wintermute on January 17, 2016, 04:46:47 PM

It was in Welcome to Bordertown, edited by Holly Black and Ellen Kushner - http://www.amazon.com/Welcome-Bordertown-Holly-Black/dp/0375866353/ref=sr_1_1

I'm not sure exactly which story. I think it was Shannon's Law by Cory Doctorow, not least because that did also appear on Escape pod - http://escapepod.org/2011/05/05/ep291-shannons-law/.

Title: Re: The story where she accesses the internet from a fantasy realm, prints Wikipedia
Post by: SteamWolf on January 20, 2016, 03:27:49 AM

Thanks loads! I had a sudden hankering to re-listen to this story after revisiting Mr. Penumbra’s Twenty-Four-Hour Book Store.