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The Savage Detectives VI: Reading with AI

Posted on March 28, 2026 by Jon

As an experiment (and in preparation for an upcoming discussion of reading with AI, in the context of reading The Savage Detectives), I thought I would ask ChatGPT a few questions about the book, and see what it came up … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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2666 II: Machine Reading

Posted on January 27, 2026 by Jon

Upon reaching the end of “The Part of the Crimes,” it is hard to see how it could have stood on its own. And yet, according to the note that prefaces the entire novel, that was Bolaño’s plan, communicated just … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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AI, The Savage Detectives, and Verbosity

Posted on November 9, 2025 by Jon

My wife, Fiona, is reading The Savage Detectives. In fact, she was given the book, by a friend, some seven or eight years ago, but at the time–perhaps a little intimidated by the novel’s length–she didn’t get much further than … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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