{"id":114,"date":"2008-07-23T07:00:50","date_gmt":"2008-07-23T11:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=114"},"modified":"2008-10-20T23:18:59","modified_gmt":"2008-10-21T03:18:59","slug":"buck-rogers-pop-up-book-1980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/07\/23\/buck-rogers-pop-up-book-1980\/","title":{"rendered":"Buck Rogers Pop-Up Book (1980)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/buck1.jpg\" alt=\"Buck Rogers\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>&#8220;The year is 1987 and NASA launches the last of America&#8217;s deep space probes. In a freak mishap Ranger 3 and its pilot Captain William &#8216;Buck&#8217; Rogers are blown out of their trajectory into an orbit which freezes his life support systems and returns Buck Rogers to Earth 500 years later.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Check out this sweet book my wife found last week in a library overstock sale! It&#8217;s a Buck Rogers pop-up book from 1980. Its 28 years old, looks brand new, and has sixteen pages of pop-up action. I took a few pictures to share, so here you go!<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Also, I&#8217;ve included the Buck Rogers theme song for your listening enjoyment. I love this theme! If you can&#8217;t play it, <a href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/audio\/buck_rogers.mp3\">right click here to download it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"audioplayer_container\"><span style=\"display:block;padding:5px;border:1px solid #dddddd;background:#f8f8f8\" id=\"audioplayer_1\">Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/shockwave\/download\/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&amp;promoid=BIOW\" title=\"Download Adobe Flash Player\">here<\/a>. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">AudioPlayer.embed(\"audioplayer_1\", {soundFile:\"aHR0cDovL29uY2V1cG9uYWdlZWsuY29tL2F1ZGlvL2J1Y2tfcm9nZXJzLm1wMw\"});<\/script><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/buck2.jpg\" alt=\"Buck Rogers\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/buck3.jpg\" alt=\"Buck Rogers\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/buck4.jpg\" alt=\"Buck Rogers\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You gotta love some Erin Gray action! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-114\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/07\/23\/buck-rogers-pop-up-book-1980\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-114\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/07\/23\/buck-rogers-pop-up-book-1980\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/07\/23\/buck-rogers-pop-up-book-1980\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/07\/23\/buck-rogers-pop-up-book-1980\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-114\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/07\/23\/buck-rogers-pop-up-book-1980\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The year is 1987 and NASA launches the last of America&#8217;s deep space probes. 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