Episode · How I Write · 2025-03-26
Books mentioned on The Ultimate Guide to Writing with AI | How I Write
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Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Faith of Our Fathers: Being a Plain Exposition and Vindication of the Church Founded by Our Lord Jesus Christ
Discussed“So there is the objective quality of a book. That's the first one. And this is what everybody thinks about. So we'll take a book like Gibbons, the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. Okay, people tell me amazing book. They'll say the writing is is is really strong. It's been super influential. Sure, you know, maybe you got”
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon. Vol. 2. [-3-4].
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is a multi-volume historical masterpiece by Edward Gibbon that chronicles the trajectory of Roman civilization from its height to its collapse.
Discussed“So we'll take a book like Gibbons, the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. Okay, people tell me amazing book. They'll say the writing is is is really strong. It's been super influential.”
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“The” History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon is a classic multi-volume historical masterpiece chronicling the trajectory of Roman civilization from its height to its eventual collapse.
Discussed“So we'll take a book like Gibbons, the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. Okay, people tell me amazing book. They'll say the writing is is is really strong. It's been super influential.”
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The Power Broker
Robert A.
Discussed“Or they'll talk about The Power Broker. That's one of my favorites. The Power Broker by Robert Carrow. It is 1,344 pages. But David, I know it's long, but I'll tell you, Robert Caro is such a good writer.”
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Robert A. Caro's The Years of Lyndon Johnson Set
Robert A.
Discussed“Or they'll talk about The Power Broker. That's one of my favorites. The Power Broker by Robert Carrow. It is 1,344 pages. But David, I know it's long, but I'll tell you, Robert Caro is such a good writer. He does insane research, all that sort of stuff.”
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing East of Eden
“We send it out to like 30,000 people and uh we get some emails like, Yo, John Steinbeck never never wrote this quote in East of Eden. And I was like, it literally hallucinated the dang quote.”