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2 unusual facts about Sol Yurick


Sol Yurick

Appearing in Datamation, a then-leading trade magazine focused on enterprise computing, "The King of Malaputa" (translation: bad whore) predates by at least 15 years Neal Stephenson's better-known novel, Cryptonomicon (1999) and its imaginary island nation, Kinakuta, which has been set up for use in anonymous, computer-based banking activities.

The Warriors: Street Brawl

The Warriors: Street Brawl is a beat 'em up scroller video game created by CXTM. It was released on the Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, and Xbox Live Arcade in Summer 2009. It is based on the 1979 movie The Warriors, which in turn is based on the 1965 novel of the same name written by Sol Yurick.



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