Nicholas Kole Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Martin the Warrior
Brian Jacques
12 years ago today, Brian Jacques the author of the Redwall series passed on. Tonight I happened to finish this months-long tribute to his book Martin The Warrior, the first book I ever fell in love with, and it feels fitting Thank you with all my heart, Brian 💜 https://t.co/xfDsp3rsPi
Paperback, 2004
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Get Out: The Complete Annotated Screenplay
Jordan Peele
Even just taking “since power rangers in the 90s” as the timeframe- we’ve had Minecraft, Undertale, Ted Lasso, Spirited Away, Howl’s, Ponyo, How To Train Your Dragon, Psychonauts, Splatoon, Atlanta, The Incredibles, Get Out, everything Jordan Peele’S made, Guillermo, Wes Anders-
Paperback, 2019
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Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology
Neil Postman
Tech is not neutral, and it’s never “inevitable”. All design, including the design of AI art generators, is design with bias and context and if you’re interested in being radicalized by some good reading Technopoly by Neil Postman is a brain expander https://t.co/UrsTlBQM4w
Paperback, 1993
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Mossflower: A Tale from Redwall
Brian Jacques
I just got a package from the Illumiteers podcast as a thank you and when I opened it, it was a first edition of Mossflower signed by Brian Jacques himself (who passed in 2011) and I immediately burst into tears. What a treasure 😭 (If you’d like to hear our chat, check below) https://t.co/ZZFj9HVKTd https://t.co/IoBUc6mJCN
Paperback, 2002
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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
Neil Postman
@chrismtolles @jelleprins have grown not to see them. Have you ever read Amusing Ourselves To Death, or anything by Neil Postman? It was a game changer for me in terms of the way I see emergent tech. But yeah: these "AI" are being trained on the bodies of work of living artists, and taught to imitate.
Paperback, 2005
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