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March 7, 2008

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid T-Shirts

Posted on March 7, 2008 at 3:19 PM • 6 Comments • View Blog Reactions

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I think the SFWA one is a reference to Margaret Atwood's comment that science fiction is all about talking squids in space (in support of her strange opinion that she doesn't write science fiction).

Posted by: Wim L at March 7, 2008 8:37 PM

Off-topic: Heathrow is going to start fingerprinting all *domestic* passengers.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/07/nheathrow107.xml

Posted by: moo at March 7, 2008 10:10 PM

Nice/not so good is a matter of personal taste. I like both shirts!

If a giant squid started attacking my town, I'd be singing "Go! Go! Godzilla!" But then, I'm a weirdo who listens to classical music and death metal, and reads about string theory while watching professional wrestling. There are so many interesting things in this world!

Posted by: Bob at March 8, 2008 2:19 PM

@Wim L:

That was "talking squid in outer space", specifically to distinguish sf from _Oryx and Crake_.

This being the internets, the meme then got totally out of hand to the point of developing its own site: http://www.talkingsquidsinouterspace.com/

Posted by: Petréa Mitchell at March 9, 2008 10:53 PM

I just saw this over on googlesightseeing.com
http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/03/11/giant-squid/

Could be...or not.

Posted by: Ole at March 11, 2008 10:31 AM

I have to admit I like the 2nd design immensely. Perhaps it is just personal taste, but having some experience with making t-shirts I'd say you were onto a winner there! Well done - will there be any more?

Posted by: Paul Baines at March 21, 2008 1:42 PM