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The Machine Stops
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The Sopranos
Carries a strong pull into music through after-hours and South Asia.
Television
The Wire
Carries a strong pull into film through surveillance and urban isolation.
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Music
Reputation
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
Music
Taylor Swift
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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The Arcades Project
Carries a strong pull into film through modernity and South Asia.
Essays
The Sacred and Profane
Carries a strong pull into film through modernity and longing.
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Television · Strong bridge
The Sopranos
1990s
A New Jersey mob boss in therapy. The show that invented prestige television.
Music · Strong bridge
Fearless
2000s
Fearless is a 2008 album associated with Taylor Swift and Big Machine Records. It keeps the music field anchored in recognizable listening lines rather than anonymous album slots.
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Film · Strong bridge
The Godfather
1970s
The Corleone family saga. Power, loyalty, and the corruption of the American dream.
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Essays · Strong bridge
The Arcades Project
1980s
Invasion of the Space Invaders: An Addict's Guide to Battle Tactics, Big Scores and the Best Machines is a 1982 non-fiction book on video games by the British author Martin Amis. The foreword is written by American filmmaker Steven Spielberg, also an arcade game enthusiast. Writing in The Village Voice, U.S. author...
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Television 2000s
The Wire
Baltimore's institutions examined season by season. The novel as television.
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Books 1880s
The Brothers Karamazov
Three brothers and a murdered father. Faith, reason, and the problem of evil.
Music 2000s
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift is a 2006 album associated with Taylor Swift and Big Machine Records. It keeps the music field anchored in recognizable listening lines rather than anonymous album slots.
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Film 2010s
Ex Machina
A programmer evaluates an AI. Consciousness, control, and the Turing test as thriller.
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Essays 1950s
The Sacred and Profane
The Sacred and Profane Love Machine is a novel by Iris Murdoch. Published in 1974, it was her sixteenth novel. It won the Whitbread Novel Award for 1974.
Books 1890s
The Time Machine
The Time Machine is a 1895 book by H. G. Wells, linked to United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and English. It keeps the reading field grounded in identifiable authorship and place.