Atrocity Guide | The Cyber Fiction Saga of Horse_Ebooks and Pronunciation Book @AtrocityGuide | Uploaded 5 years ago | Updated 1 hour ago
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.
Patreon: patreon.com/atrocityguide
Twitter: twitter.com/AtrocityGuide
Subreddit: reddit.com/r/AtrocityGuide
Orbis Obscura: reddit.com/r/orbisobscura
Sources:
@Horse_ebooks: twitter.com/horse_ebooks
Horse-ebooks website: web.archive.org/web/20100209173452/http://horse-ebooks.com
The Atlantic write-up: theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/09/-horse-ebooks-is-the-most-successful-piece-of-cyber-fiction-ever/279946
Vulture write-up: vulture.com/2012/01/the-ballad-of-horse_ebooks.html
Webcomics: horseecomics.tumblr.com/Pronunciation Book YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCT9uWfM5hvVlAPzl7KMlSvA
r/TheDays: reddit.com/r/77days
Battlestar Galactica Reboot Theory: dailydot.com/parsec/fandom/battlestar-galactica-reboot-pronunciation-book
Bungie Theory: themarysue.com/pronunciation-book-theory
Bear Sterns Bravo: http://www.bearstearnsbravo.com
Comprehensive Wiki: 77days.fandom.com/wiki/Pronunciation_Book
Susan Orlean article: newyorker.com/magazine/2014/02/10/man-and-machine-susan-orlean
Polygon article over BSB: polygon.com/2013/9/24/4767700/bear-stearns-bravo-the-fmv-adventure-game-launched-from-internet-memesThe Mary Sue article: themarysue.com/bravospam
This is My Milwaukee: youtube.com/watch?v=yXnPT1qH8qE
Alan Tutorial: youtube.com/user/alantutorial/videos
Music:
Comfortable Mystery 1 - Film Noire by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100287
Artist: http://incompetech.com
Lightless Dawn by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (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 (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 (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
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.
Patreon: patreon.com/atrocityguide
Twitter: twitter.com/AtrocityGuide
Subreddit: reddit.com/r/AtrocityGuide
Orbis Obscura: reddit.com/r/orbisobscura
Sources:
@Horse_ebooks: twitter.com/horse_ebooks
Horse-ebooks website: web.archive.org/web/20100209173452/http://horse-ebooks.com
The Atlantic write-up: theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/09/-horse-ebooks-is-the-most-successful-piece-of-cyber-fiction-ever/279946
Vulture write-up: vulture.com/2012/01/the-ballad-of-horse_ebooks.html
Webcomics: horseecomics.tumblr.com/Pronunciation Book YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCT9uWfM5hvVlAPzl7KMlSvA
r/TheDays: reddit.com/r/77days
Battlestar Galactica Reboot Theory: dailydot.com/parsec/fandom/battlestar-galactica-reboot-pronunciation-book
Bungie Theory: themarysue.com/pronunciation-book-theory
Bear Sterns Bravo: http://www.bearstearnsbravo.com
Comprehensive Wiki: 77days.fandom.com/wiki/Pronunciation_Book
Susan Orlean article: newyorker.com/magazine/2014/02/10/man-and-machine-susan-orlean
Polygon article over BSB: polygon.com/2013/9/24/4767700/bear-stearns-bravo-the-fmv-adventure-game-launched-from-internet-memesThe Mary Sue article: themarysue.com/bravospam
This is My Milwaukee: youtube.com/watch?v=yXnPT1qH8qE
Alan Tutorial: youtube.com/user/alantutorial/videos
Music:
Comfortable Mystery 1 - Film Noire by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100287
Artist: http://incompetech.com
Lightless Dawn by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (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 (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 (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
