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Brad Griffith's avatar

Such an interesting juxtaposition- the humility in Eco's library and the arrogance of AI.

Chia-Chia Lin's avatar

Not sure how that could be anything except horror. But that bookplate!

Alexander Chee's avatar

It’s faintly if not strongly demonic but also funny?

Chia-Chia Lin's avatar

Haha I can't tell if you're talking about the documentary or the bookplate

Karina Anastasia's avatar

I love reading about your literary dreams. It’s like stepping into a magical realist world. And thank you for bringing attention to the harms and downright weirdness of AI. I look forward to each of your newsletters.

Alexander Chee's avatar

Thank you so much.

Elliott Turner's avatar

Loved this! The "old library" at the Universidad de Salamanca had an amazing, moment in time layout and amazing to think of Unamuno famously dissing the Franco forces in there. Borges has an amazing short story about the infinite library and staircases and whatnot, feels a bit Harry Potter and Netflix Squidgames tbqh

Alexander Chee's avatar

Now I want to visit that library also. I need to dig that story out, it comes up so much of late.

Elliott Turner's avatar

when you visit USAL, they have a massive cool goth siding with a frog that when you see it, you are going to fall in love. I never saw it, and just had to dance the nights away at the chupiteria and Camelot (discoteca) in a never ending tragic carousel of situationships. Poor me.

Alexander Chee's avatar

I will look for the frog. And maybe Camelot! What a great name for a disco…

Elliott Turner's avatar

yeah it had some decent EDM, but Capital in Madrid was multistory and had barely dressed dancers of all genders on elevated platforms. That was the hotspot.... iheard... from a sketchy pal or two who went there

Elliott Turner's avatar

I am still on Twitter with a burner ragebaiting Nazis with nuremburg and Dresden pics AND also following USal (Universidad de Salamanca) and some amazing pics. Unamuno said in very Castillian third person plural "Vencereis mas jamas convencereis" (TW I am too lazy to learn gringo keyboard shortucts for accents)