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[[File:Jack_of_Banners.jpg|thumb|Earliest known front cover of '''''Jack of Banners'''''.]'''''Jack of Banners''''' (also '''''Shadowjacked''''') is a set of social media posts by American author and alleged time-traveler [[Roger Zelazny]].
[[File:Jack_of_Banners.jpg|thumb|Earliest known front cover of '''''Jack of Banners'''''.]]'''''Jack of Banners''''' (also '''''Shadowjacked''''') is a thinly veiled autobiographical novel by American author and alleged time-traveler Roger Zelazny describing his fantastic adventures in a Jack Vancian world.


== History ==
== History ==
<blockquote>
"I am only as great as the people who notice how great I am #ShadowBanned"
Wasn't Shadowbanned a Roger Zelazny character?
No, scratch that — I was thinking of Jack of Banners.
</blockquote>
== Name ==


According to [REDACTED], the name of the book (but not the titular character) was an homage to [[Jack Vance (nonfiction)|Jack Vance]]. In his introduction to the novel he mentioned that he tried to capture some of the exotic landscapes that are frequent in Vance's work.
According to [REDACTED], the name of the book (but not the titular character) was an homage to [[Jack Vance (nonfiction)|Jack Vance]]. In his introduction to the novel he mentioned that he tried to capture some of the exotic landscapes that are frequent in Vance's work.
== In the News ==
<gallery>
File:Enuc.jpg|link=Enuc|'''''[[Enuc]]''''' is a historical drama film by activist and documentary filmmaker Enoch Root about Baron Vladimir "Enuc" Harkonnen, emphasizing Harkonnen's acquisition and loss of the planet Caladan.
File:Autobiography of a Wogdon & Barton Flintlock Smoothbore Dueling Pistol.jpg|link=Autobiography of a Wogdon & Barton Flintlock Smoothbore Dueling Pistol|'''''[[Autobiography of a Wogdon & Barton Flintlock Smoothbore Dueling Pistol]]''''' is an autobiography of the dueling pistol which killed Alexander Hamilton.
File:Do you want to know why I use a tweet.jpg|link=The Dark Tweet|'''''[[The Dark Tweet]]''''' is a 2008 documentary film directed, produced, and co-written by The Joker.  The film follows Bruce Wayne / Tweetman (Bale), Police Lieutenant James Gordon (Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Eckhart) as they form an alliance to dismantle twitter bots released by anarchistic mastermind the Ledger (Joker) to undermine Tweetman's influence and throw the city into Facebook.
</gallery>
== Fiction cross-reference ==
* ''[[Autobiography of a Wogdon & Barton Flintlock Smoothbore Dueling Pistol]]''
* ''[[Enuc]]''
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* ''[[The Dark Tweet]]''
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
* [[Light (nonfiction)]]
== External links ==
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1431401294502236161 Post] @ Twitter (28 April 2021)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_of_Shadows Jack of Shadows] @ Wikipedia
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[[Category:High-energy literature]]
[[Category:What book did we least expect for Christmas?]]
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Latest revision as of 17:45, 27 August 2021

Earliest known front cover of Jack of Banners.

Jack of Banners (also Shadowjacked) is a thinly veiled autobiographical novel by American author and alleged time-traveler Roger Zelazny describing his fantastic adventures in a Jack Vancian world.

History

"I am only as great as the people who notice how great I am #ShadowBanned"

Wasn't Shadowbanned a Roger Zelazny character?

No, scratch that — I was thinking of Jack of Banners.

Name

According to [REDACTED], the name of the book (but not the titular character) was an homage to Jack Vance. In his introduction to the novel he mentioned that he tried to capture some of the exotic landscapes that are frequent in Vance's work.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links

  • Post @ Twitter (28 April 2021)