{"id":151,"date":"2014-06-17T01:20:55","date_gmt":"2014-06-17T01:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/?p=151"},"modified":"2014-06-18T12:09:04","modified_gmt":"2014-06-18T12:09:04","slug":"kickstarter-projects-worthy-of-your-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/?p=151","title":{"rendered":"Kickstarter Projects Worthy of Your Attention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/warpo\/legends-of-cthulhu-retro-action-figure-toy-line\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-157\" src=\"https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/cthulu_figure_large-217x300.jpg\" alt=\"cthulu_figure_large\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/cthulu_figure_large-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/cthulu_figure_large.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a>Given all the horrible Kickstarter projects run by wealthy celebrities who shouldn&#8217;t need help from the little people like you and I, it is nice to see some proper literary projects, like a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/weiner\/augie-and-the-green-knight-a-childrens-adventure-b\">children&#8217;s book<\/a> by Zach Weiner, of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/\">Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal<\/a> fame, and some kick-ass <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/warpo\/legends-of-cthulhu-retro-action-figure-toy-line\">Lovecaftian action figures from the 70&#8217;s and 80&#8217;s TV show <em>Legends of Cthulu<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/weiner\/augie-and-the-green-knight-a-childrens-adventure-b\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-156\" src=\"https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/augie-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"augie\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/augie-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/augie.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>It is also worth noting that Augie and the Green Knight has already raised so much money that it will include an audio book read by Ellen McClain (that&#8217;s the voice of the Jaeger AI in <em>Pacific Rim<\/em>, if you didn&#8217;t know, and more importantly GlaDOS in Portal).\u00a0 Now go and pledge, so my book gets printed on acid-free paper!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Given all the horrible Kickstarter projects run by wealthy celebrities who shouldn&#8217;t need help from the little people like you and I, it is nice to see some proper literary projects, like a children&#8217;s book by Zach Weiner, of Saturday &hellip; 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