Books - what are you reading? (Official Book Thread)

[Trav]

If they truly let James Patterson finish one of his books I assure you it wasn't James doing the writing but one of his dozens of ghostwriters. All of them being terrible writers of course.

Sony just bought the film rights to it too apparently

James Patterson Calls Completing Michael Crichton’s Final Novel ‘One of the Best Things I’ve Done’ (Exclusive)

After Michael Crichton's death, his widow enlisted esteemed novelist James Patterson to complete Crichton's unfinished final book. "I defy anyone to just figure out where Michael stopped and I started," Patterson says of 'Eruption', out June 3.

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[JoelB]

If you're a creative this is worth the read. I highlighted quite a bit while reading it, which I didn't expect to. There are some pretty good reminders on how to put yourself in a position to create your best work as opposed to forcing it.

 

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Just finished reading I, Robot by Issac Asimov. I was kinda in a reading slump so there were days where I didn't read at all but when I did pick the book up I was into the stories written. The last story made me think of our situation with AI and what it can lead to if we started to weave it into the government