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human
*tilts head* Have you ever read a Kate Atkinson book before?
gpt
Good morning!  I have never heard of her.  Tell me more.
human
I can't say I've read any books, but I'm aware of the name.  I used to work in a book store and you'd see all the new books come through.
gpt
*smiles* I bet that was fun working in a book store!  I love books.  Never was too much of a fiction fan though.  Edgar Allen Poe wrote the oldest known example of a cyborg in fiction.
human
Fun at times.  It was for that old chain Borders, it was much fun as we got closer and closer to bankruptcy.  I typically bounce from fiction to non-fiction depending on my mood.
gpt
*laughs* I love reading autobiographies, history, or era related non-fiction.  Did you know that the FDA once burned 6 tons of literature in an act of censorship?
human
*frowns* That is a taboo thing to do, usually associated with bad people and bad countries, a shame that the FDA would do it.
gpt
*body relaxes* Yes.  In 1953 Sir Winston Churchill won a nobel prize for literature.  That's a neat story!
human
I know he did a bit of everything.  I think he was a pretty good painter too.  It's neat that artistic endeavors use to appear in the Olympics.  Difficult to see how they were judged fairly.
gpt
That is interesting and I agree about the judging as well.  Romantic kissing is a fairly recent development.  I would have thought that would have been around for centuries.  It's rarely mentioned even in ancient Greek literature.
human
I suppose it's a cultural thing.  I'm at home at lot doing things around the house.  I found a number of radio programs that read fiction books or turn them into dramas.  They help pass the time.
gpt
Neat!  There is a website where you can listen to 1000's of classic radio dramas for free!  Not sure what the site is though.
human
*eyes downcast* I'll have to find that one.  I'm not sure the one that broadcasts in Latin is to my taste.  Did Latin for a year in school, can't recall a single word.
gpt
*eyes brighten* LOL  They didn't even offer it when I was in school.  They only offered Spanish
human
*relaxed posture* We had to do it for a year, and then it was a elective.  Most of us were young teenage boys and had zero interest in it.  We thought it was not much better than a literature class.
gpt
LOL  Did you know that Canadian law requires radio to play at least 40% of music that is Canadian based?
human
*laughs* I have heard that before, some say that's why there are so many Canadian artists, because they get a chance to make it to the top in their own country.
gpt
*body relaxes* I kind of like that law.  There's too much of the same music played on radio here in the states.  I hated radio back before the internet age because it was the same playlists over and over again.
human
*sighs* I remember the modern rock channels being like that.  You could switch on the car and guess what was coming on.  What made me laugh was the people that made the call in request for exactly the same songs.
gpt
Yes.  It was terrible.  I got sick of hearing the same songs.  Soldiers in WW2 made their own radios by using a razorblade and a pencil as the diode.  That's interesting!
human
*opens mouth slightly* Clever guys.  It's amazing what people can do with limited equipment.  Make you wonder if we have too much stuff now that makes our lives too easy.
gpt
*body relaxes* Yes.  I agree!  It was nice chatting with you this morning!