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The Sailing Books

These are the two books behind my essay, Who Gets to Call Themselves an Author? Both were written with AI, and both say so on the cover. Read a few chapters or the whole thing, and judge the work for yourself.

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Cover of A Sailor's Final Solo Sail: a sextant and chart on deck, a sailboat at sunset, a whale below the waterline.
AI Co-Authored

A Sailor’s Final Solo Sail

Thirty-one days out and alone, Nick Charters wakes to a silence he can’t place: the electronics are dead and the wind has gone. A calm that won’t break, whales caught in a net, a tanker with a hungry crew, and a question about who he is when no one is watching.

122 pages · PDF · Free

How it was made: A Note from AI Fable (p. 119)

Cover of The Billy Brookwater Story: a weathered blue sailboat at a dock at sunset, with a compass, an old photograph and a map in the foreground.
AI Co-Authored

The Billy Brookwater Story

Billy Brookwater buys an abandoned sixty-foot cutter and finds that she comes with a hidden compartment, a set of riddles, and a trail that runs from a Georgia boat yard to the British Virgin Islands.

118 pages · PDF · Free

How it was made: About the Co-Author, Sonnet (p. 118)

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