Benny the Blue Whale, the “scholarly, childish, fascinating and hilarious” (Chris Addison) new book by bestselling children’s author Andy Stanton, has been praised in a review by The Observer.

In the review, which you can read in full here, Hephzibah Anderson writes:

“When Stanton’s techie cousin introduces him to ChatGPT – AKA ‘the magic what happened next machine’ – he’s captivated by the idea of angst-free creativity. Accompanying the absurdist results of his AI collaboration (or should that be confrontation?) are lengthy footnotes that find him diving deep into the mysteries of narrative.

Entertaining and alarmingly relevant, provocative and philosophically satisfying, it’s ultimately a profoundly human text.”

Benny the Blue Whale: A Descent Into Story, Language and the Madness of ChatGPT is out now. Grab your copy here or, better, via your local bookshop or Bookshop.org.

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