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El Reg extends a Large Hadron Collider-sized thank you to everybody who entered our Randall Munroe Thing Explainer book quiz. We received more than 600 entries but there could be just five winners. Those receiving a copy of Thing Explainer signed by Munroe are: Simon Reveley Jim Thurston Chris Wilkinson Ben Gaines Simon …

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  1. Efros

    Thing Explainer

    Not that it needs it, but I highly recommend this book for the young nerds in your life. I bought it for myself and it has now been nicked by my 12 year old grandson. Looks as if I'm going to have to get another copy for myself.

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  2. Anonymous Coward
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    Ugh

    I just went to Amazon to find that a hardback copy of this book costs £5.09 but the Kindle download version is £10.99

    Greedy fuckers.

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    1. James 51
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      FAIL

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      Blacklibrary are charing more for some ebooks over paperback as well.

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      1. THMONSTER
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        "Blacklibrary are charing more for some ebooks over paperback as well."

        Ideal if you have money burning a hole in your pocket then!

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    2. auburnman
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      The stores selling for anything under a tenner are highly likely to be scammers trying to cash in over Christmas. I ordered a few as gifts* day 1 and they were £11.89.

      *Plus one for me of course.

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    3. Efros
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      TBH the material is not that conducive to ebook format. there is a foldout drawing every other page just about.

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    4. Matthew 3
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      At least part of that difference is accounted for by VAT - ebooks are taxed and real ones aren't.

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  3. adnim
    Joke

    I might need psychiatric help, or glasses.

    I read..."You get to ask him stiff. No biggie"

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    1. AndyS
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      Re: I might need psychiatric help, or glasses.

      Aren't you going to tell me whose voice you read it in too? Or what tune is now going round your head?

      Alternatively don't, I hear Reddit welcomes comments like that.

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  4. Craig 2

    I love XKCD, mainly because of the fact that I don't "get" some of the jokes so it turns into a learning experience :)

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