Jason Boog
Jason Boog is the editorial lead at Fable, a social reading platform for book clubs. He has authored 'The Deep End: The Literary Scene in the Great Depression and Today' and contributed to WITI. Additionally, he has held roles as the West Coast correspondent for Publishers Weekly and publishing editor at Mediabistro.
Recommendations
A unique memoir by Norm Macdonald, mixing tall tales with real life stories, comparing his style to Mark Twain and Hunter S. Thompson. Macdonald distorts his life through a funhouse mirror, including reimagining the 'Moth Story' in a new context. The book is described as a Matryoshka doll of Shaggy dog stories, presenting layers of stories within stories.
A book by Jason Boog exploring the literary scene during the Great Depression in comparison to today's.
A book by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, described as a masterpiece of human confabulation.
A 1999 book by Ted Cohen that discusses the philosophical underpinnings of jokes, including the Shaggy dog story.
Kevin Kelly's 2016 book predicting an AI distribution model that resembles OpenAI’s API access.
A free ebook collection featuring a story by Nigerian author Nnedi Okorafor, who developed the concept of "Africanfuturism," along with work by seven other African science fiction authors.
An accessible reading tool app featuring some of the best AI-generated voices, which instantly converts PDFs into audio experiences.
Editions
On Norm Macdonald, storytelling, and delivery
On games, cards, and confabulation
On AI, code, and the magic of a supercomputer at your fingertips
On Norm Macdonald, storytelling, and delivery
On writing machines, creativity, and on-demand AI
On quarantine, avatars, and building identity in virtual worlds
On the Great Depression, journalism, and different perspectives in history