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The E-Sylum: Volume 9, Number 9, February 26, 2006, Article 36 ENTRIES SOUGHT FOR NUMISMATIC UNCYCLOPEDIA Baseball fans will welcome a new book, recently published, "Baseball Uncyclopedia" (by Michael Kun and Howard Bloom). It depicts the best of the worst in baseball -- worst team name, worst uniform, worst player nickname. Lots of useless, but often humorous, information that would be intentionally deleted from the giant legitimate Baseball Encyclopedia (published by Macmillian). Now that's a book! It has over 2400 pages and must weigh six pounds. The Uncyclopedia is a series of short vignettes that challenges some of the myths of the game and offers an occasional chuckle. I doubt it weighs a pound. Well if baseball can have a uncyclopedia, so can numismatics. Is there a numismatic myth you would like to bust? Write it up. Got a funny numismatic story? Send it in. Got an irrelevant or irrational numismatic article. Don't hold back. Can you speak satire about coins or other numismatic items. Record it for print. Do you get all the laughs at the coin club? You should be ashamed of yourself -- but that's exactly what we want to put between covers (book not bed!). Uncyclopedias are a new trend. The term was coined by Wikipedia and is sponsored by the Uncyclopedia Foundation. If you would like to learn more about this blunted-edge trend click on: Uncyclopedia Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@coinlibrary.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum | |
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