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Surface Detail
Iain M. Banks
“my favorite depiction; you have to read this book; it's literally the greatest science fiction book possibly”
“have you read surface detail by ian banks surface detail is my favorite depiction of a su oh wow you have to read this book”— Grimes
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Elden Ring
FromSoftware (inferred)
“it looks way too fun; it's so fun it's so good it's so nice”
“we do have virtual worlds like video games elden ring have you played all right you haven't been really afraid of playing that game literally it looks way too fun”— Grimes
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I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
Harlan Ellison (inferred)
“you should read that”
“have you read the sci-fi short story i have no mouth but i'm a scream good title no oh man i mean you should read that”— Grimes
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My Neighbor Totoro
Studio Ghibli
“it's just like a fantastic film; it's like great art and it's so imaginative and it's so beautiful”
“we recently watched uh totoro with him studio ghibli yeah um and it's just like a fantastic film”— Grimes
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Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
Rian Johnson (inferred)
“i think it's the best uh star wars film”
“star wars episode eight um i know a lot of people have issues with it personally for on the record i think it's the best uh star wars film”— Grimes
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Cloudlifter
Cloud Microphones (inferred)
“oh yeah the cloud lifter there you go there you go you know your stuff have you ever used the cloud lifter”— Lex Fridman
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The Player of Games
Iain M. Banks
“what have you read uh just the player of games i i read that um titles can't be copyrighted so you can just steal them”— Lex Fridman
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Bethesda (inferred)
“wandering places like elder scrolls like skyrim just exploring uh these landscapes in another world and then you get experience points”— Lex Fridman
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Fortnite
Epic Games (inferred)
“instead of like having you know blowing each other up with nukes they're having like a giant fortnight battle yes uh to just to decide this”— Grimes
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Hardcore History
Dan Carlin
“dan carlin actually has this um um episode of hardcore history uh on painfultainment oh that episode is fucked it's dark”— Grimes
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Battle Angel: Alita
Robert Rodriguez (inferred)
“when i watched um battle angel elita and they were like the martian technocracy and i was like yeah martian technocracy”— Grimes
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Ableton Live
Ableton (inferred)
“i do want to ask you about ableton live i'll tell you about ableton because ableton is sick no one asks no one ever asks about ableton”— Lex Fridman
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
William L. Shirer (inferred)
“going to bed reading like part four of the rise and fall of the third reich or whatever like i got like dense ass history”— Grimes
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Novacene
James Lovelock
“c have you did you read uh nova scene yet by james lovelock you're doing a lot of really good book recommendations here”— Grimes
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