Episode · This Week in Startups · 2023-12-05
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Jason Calacanis discussed The Shining by Stephen King. Also mentioned: Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Shining
The Shining by Stephen King is a classic psychological horror novel about a struggling writer descending into madness while caretaking an isolated winter hotel.
Discussed“I moved over from Dolly to chat GPT and in that same thread I asked it to make me a sequel to The Shining. That's my very next tweet. And it did an amazing job.”
Where to get it
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Fifty Shades of Grey
Fifty Shades of Grey by E.
Discussed“Yeah uh now if you try to sell the fanfiction it turns out 50 Shades of Gray which became a huge movie franchise worth a lot of money. It started, my understanding is as Twilight fanfiction.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Twilight
“It started, my understanding is as Twilight fanfiction that was Twilight erotica. So there is a great company called wadan company Canadian company.”