Episode · This Week in Startups · 2022-08-19
Books mentioned on Apple's new feature & potential ads business + more HBO Max layoffs & chaos | E1538
New segment alert! J+M debut "Little Big Things" to highlight a unique new feature from Apple (1:46), before breaking down the company ramping up its ads business and what that means for consumers.
Jason Calacanis discussed A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin. Lon Harris discussed Fire & Blood by George R. R. Martin, Fire and Blood by George R. R. Martin, The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, and The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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A Game of Thrones
A Game of Thrones by George R.
Discussed“I read all the books like I'm like plowing through them I I did not know going in that they did not end and so I'm like I'm in the what I wear the fifth book and I'm like getting you know they're huge and it's getting smaller and smaller the amount that I've left to read”
Where to get it
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Fire & Blood
Fire & Blood by George R.
Discussed“and the crazy thing about this new show is it's based on one of the books he wrote like one of the spin-offs that he wrote after he was finished with the main books this is Fire and Blood the like Targaryen history of the Targaryen Dynasty spin-off that he did”
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Fire and Blood
Fire and Blood by George R.
Discussed“and the crazy thing about this new show is it's based on one of the books he wrote like one of the spin-offs that he wrote after he was finished with the main books this is Fire and Blood the like Targaryen history of the Targaryen Dynasty spin-off that he did”
Where to get it
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The Silmarillion
The Silmarillion by J.R.R.
Discussed“because I just different because Lord like that's the rights to to adapt that books story whereas Amazon bought like the simarillion related stuff that they're adapting so it is like we can have a bunch of different Lord of the Rings Middle Earth projects going because they're different Tolkien stories in the same setting”
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The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R.
Discussed“because I just different because Lord like that's the rights to to adapt that books story whereas Amazon bought like the simarillion related stuff that they're adapting so it is like we can have a bunch of different Lord of the Rings Middle Earth projects going because they're different Tolkien stories in the same setting”
Where to get it
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The Hobbit
The Hobbit by J.R.R.
Discussed“opportunities include exploring additional movies based on iconic characters such as Gandalf Aragorn Gollum Galadriel Ellen Ewan and other characters from the literary works of J.R.R Tolkien and some of those are also in the earlier writing so they can be in the rings of power but they could also be in Hobbit and Lord of the Rings stories”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“there's eight Harry Potter films seven books but they split the seventh movie into two so definitely Hallows one and two and then there are three Fantastic Beasts movies that have come out after uh that she wrote”