Benny the Blue Whale, the forthcoming hilariously creative adult nonfiction book by bestselling children’s author Andy Stanton, has been selected as an ‘Editor’s Choice’ by The Bookseller.

In its highlights preview of new non-fiction titles to be published this November, The Bookseller writes:

“Is ChatGPT the end of the creative industries as we know them? An ethical quagmire from which there is no return? Such are the questions that propel Stanton’s first book for adults as he takes a ‘rollicking, metafictional journey’ through the until recently human art of storytelling.

Asking the bot to ‘tell me a story about a blue whale with a tiny penis’, a funny and surprising creative battle between man and machine ensues, in which Stanton shows all the workings in ‘a Pompidou Centre of a story’.”

Benny the Blue Whale: A Descent Into Story, Language and the Madness of ChatGPT will be released by Oneworld on 2nd November. Pre-order your copy here now.

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