Started next book in the Dresden Files series, Ghost Story by Jim Butcher. This is book 13, and is pretty unique so far. The previous book “Changes” has changed quite a bit, and now we are living those changes.

Can’t put it down, want to see how it develops!

My previous book, Streams of Silver covers 2 bingo squares: Title: [X] of [Y] and Off your TBR pile (hard mode).

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?

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  • JaymesRSMEnglish
    2·
    5 days ago

    ChatGPT describes the hypothetical book thusly (this sounds like a book that I would pick up based on it having an interesting description, but later be disappointed by, also somehow the main characters name is the same as the author?):

    In the sprawling neon megacity of Aurix, memories are currency, and forgetting is a service you can buy. “Delete & Repeat” is the motto of MemEdit Inc., where Creator once worked as a senior technician scrubbing trauma, rewriting truth, and building better lives—for a price.

    But one morning, Creator wakes up in a blank apartment with no ID, no connection to the memory grid, and no digital footprint. Surveillance doesn’t see her. Her former coworkers don’t remember her. She doesn’t appear in any registry—not even her own memories show her face in the mirror.

    As she begins a dangerous search for who deleted her and why, Creator uncovers a subnetwork of “ghosts”—people wiped clean by the system—and a conspiracy to control not just what people remember, but who is allowed to exist at all.

    Now, Creator must decide: is she rebuilding her past to reclaim her identity—or rewriting the world to forge a new one?

    the cover of a fake book called Deleted by the author Creator. The cover of Deleted by Creator is dark and moody, with a strong sci-fi and dystopian aesthetic. The central focus is a young woman’s face, seen from the shoulders up. She has short, dark hair and a solemn, intense expression. Her gaze is direct, as if she’s looking right at you. Her features are soft but serious, and she appears to be in her 20s. Across her face and body are glitch effects—horizontal lines that distort parts of the image, as if her presence is breaking apart digitally. These glitches are made of flickering, pixelated static in shades of blue, red, and green, suggesting that she is being erased or corrupted by a computer system. Behind her, a futuristic cityscape fades into view. The background is filled with vertical lines of blurred neon lights, possibly skyscrapers or digital screens, glowing in cool tones of blue with touches of red and orange. The setting feels cyberpunk—urban, high-tech, and shadowy. At the top of the cover, the author’s name—CREATOR—is printed in a tall, clean sans-serif font in pale gray. The title—DELETED—is large, bold, and centered at the bottom, in all caps. The text looks slightly worn or pixelated, echoing the glitch theme. Below the title, in smaller letters, are the words “A NOVEL.”

    • fujiwood@lemmy.world
      3·
      4 days ago

      Wow, that is alarmingly good for AI.

      I’m sure a competent scifi author could write a really good book from this prompt.

      If I wasn’t so concerned about the future for humanity, I would be impressed.