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Making a GN, LAST SHIP TO MARS (Henry Holt, 2026)
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And that’s even before the Jared Leto factor - a VERY GOOD reason NOT to pay to see this movie, but probably not the reason it bombed. I didn’t even know he was in it until recently. It bombed for a very old fashioned reason: there are good movies in theaters right now. People want new stuff.
I have too many library binding copies of NEXT STOP in my apartment and I’d love to give some away to actual librarians! If you are a school or public librarian, please message me and I’ll send you a copy! I’m covering shipping for this first batch ✌️
Studios continue to pursue the ever-shrinking audience of people excited to watch endless remakes of childhood favorites (that do not in content or tone or demographic meaningfully differ from the 500 marvel movies we’ve been choking on for the past 15 years) at their own peril.
you cannot have a decent experience of art if your primary focus is on whether it was "made for" you rather than what it means to you
you will not get cooties from a "boy book" or a "girl book." even if you are a woman or a man respectively.
"We already live in a world where you walk outside and there are billboards and signs that are obvious AI slop. That’s become part of our visual reality. To me, generative AI feels less like innovation than a symptom of a broader cultural and economic rot."
I like this kid.
