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Molly Broder's avatar

Congratulations, Jon. I look forward to reading The Mechanic but I know my review could never be as thorough as this AI generated one. Impressive.

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Jon Austin's avatar

Thanks Molly! Maybe not as thorough - the damned thing IS 600 pages after all! - but infinitely more valuable!

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Jeffrey Smith's avatar

Add me to the list of reviewers as well, and son in law Jamie. He loves a good sci-fi read. Now - on to the movie rights!

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Jon Austin's avatar

Thank you! I will absolutely take you up on that!

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Stephanie Thayer's avatar

AI reader review—what a neat idea!! Looking forward to reading (and reviewing) the book when you’re ready!

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Jon Austin's avatar

Coming in April in paperback and on Kindle! Thank you!

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Todd Zerin's avatar

Wow. This is really deep. Have not read sci-fi in many moons. I am a user of Genesis, but I am overwhelmed at the capability of Chat GPT 4.5 based upon its review of The Mechanic. And I think you definitely have to put a snippet of that review on your back cover! Let me know, and I will do anything I can to assist with marketing.

And my daughter is sitting here and heard me say that. Her comment.. "what do you know about marketing?" 😂

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Jon Austin's avatar

Thanks Todd! It is a little spooky these days with the speed at which the apps are evolving.

And don't feel bad about your daughter's comment. When I hired one of the folks helping me with the marketing they said, "You're a PR person, aren't you? You must know all about marketing and promotion." I had to explain to her that most of work is in anti-promotion!

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Paul Omodt's avatar

Awesome take here Jon. Love the AI generated review about a novel exploring AI. Can’t wait to read it and give it a human review. Cheers!

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Jon Austin's avatar

Hey!

Good, bad or indifferent, I'm looking forward to what you think!

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