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LONDON, I AM *IN* YOU. I'll be interviewing @danielkraus.com in seven hours at the British Library, so enough time for me to head off to my favourite second-hand music shop at Notting Hill, sign my books at the BL shop and generally mooch around.

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 6h

A yes, the infinite personalized music problem, a scourge that has plagued humanity since the dawn of time! AMAZING!

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Nexus Point News @nexuspointnews.com · 12h

Austin Abrams and director Brian Duffield at a ‘WHALEFALL’ screening.

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Richard Humphries @rhenryhumphries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Daniel Kraus’ ANGEL DOWN ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A breathless, almost stream-of-chaotic-consciousness powerhouse of a novel.

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Daniel Kraus @danielkraus.com · 28/09/2026

I am so buried in research, but desperately wanna get to these two.

God’s country by Percival Everett and in the distance by Hernan Diaz

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Daniel Kraus @danielkraus.com · 28/09/2026

Yes. Every scene is the best scene. Be thrilled to write it.

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Daniel Kraus @danielkraus.com · 28/09/2026

If I could be handed a horror franchise to fold into a new idea of existential awe it wouldn't be FRIDAY THE 13TH (too specific) or ELM STREET (even more specific) but HALLOWEEN, as the nondescript Shape is tailor-made to reflect the masklike iterations of suburban nothingness. Gimme the keys.

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Matthew @fineplan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

They keep older presentations archived and watchable — there are great folks like Daniel Kraus there. #booksky libraryc.org/anythinklibr...

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it’s jack again @waferbiscuits.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Read “Angel Down” 💙📚 My mouth is dry and I’m pacing circles in my carpet. Disgusting, splendid prose with a structural format that would never fucking work with any other author. I feel sick. Reading it feels like hallucinating in a queasy thrill of wonderment. Fuck.

The book’s cover, featuring a simple smoke and red design that gives off a surreal, uneasy feeling. The title and author’s name glows a bright white.

Synopsis: Private Cyril Bagger has managed to survive the unspeakable horrors of the Great War through his wits and deception. But his survival instincts are put to the ultimate test when he and four other grunts are given a deadly mission: venture into the perilous No Man’s Land to euthanize a wounded comrade.

What they find amid the ruined battlefield, however, is not a man in need of mercy but a fallen angel, seemingly struck down by artillery fire. This celestial being may hold the key to ending the brutal conflict, but only if the soldiers can suppress their individual desires and work together. As jealousy, greed, and paranoia take hold, the group is torn apart by their inner demons, threatening to turn their angelic encounter into a descent into hell.

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Daniel Kraus @danielkraus.com · 27/09/2026

Step 1. Enter Whale Bus. Step 2. No exiting Whale Bus until coming to terms with Dad.

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Erin @fujoshi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Reading Whalefall

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Maddie Rae Gun @maddieraegun.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

So does the 4DX Whalefall have real tentacles? I’m asking for a friend 🥺💖

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Dana @thatdana.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

You know I had to find a bookstore or two on vacation. Found this fun one from @danielkraus.com at Galveston Bookshop. Couldn't pass it up. #Booksky

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Dylan @dillythekid.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Spooky season is well underway.

The Living Dead by George A. Romero and Daniel Kraus.

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Daniel Kraus @danielkraus.com · 25/09/2026

Writing my western epic with Morricone shaking the walls, there's just no finer feeling.

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The Common @commonmag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"When I write a book that receives nothing but rave reviews, I get a little suspicious— does this mean I’ve lost my edge? Part of me will always believe I’m not doing my job to the fullest unless I’m alienating some readers." Read the full interview with Daniel Kraus below! buff.ly/yzLgMXr

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The Post-Pulitzer Rush: Becky Siegel Spratford interviews Daniel Kraus

DANIEL KRAUS <br> When sales flagged, I'd simply have to write myself out of author jail. I'd have to write something so good that the publishers would be like, “yeah, we can't *not* give this guy a…

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Avishai ✡️ Weinberger @avishaiw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

From @danielkraus.com’s Partially Devoured

The first time you see a movie you say, "I like it." You're not quite sure why. Watch it a second time. You will either like it again or not like it. If you like it again, you will start to look at why you like it. That's where the understanding comes from. I tell you, I promise you, the fourth time you watch it, you weep. The fifth time you watch it, you're analyzing. The sixth time, all of a sudden, you get it.

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Leo @prayfourleonardo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🎬 Nuevo poster de 'WHALEFALL', de Brian Duffield, protagonizada por Austin Abrams, Josh Brolin, Elisabeth Shue, John Ortiz, Jane Levy y Emily Rudd. En cines el 16 de octubre. #Whalefall

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Kameo @kameoapp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

New teaser for "Whalefall". Following the death of his father, Jay Gardiner goes diving off the central Coast of California in search of his remains, but is swallowed by a massive sperm whale. In theatres on October 16.

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Aimee Ogden @aimeeogdenwrites.com · 24/09/2026

“Whalefall” by Daniel Kraus. My nominee for book club, wildly fun to read and made for a lively discussion (where I enjoyed having some zoological expertise)

Book cover: a scuba diver surrounded by spooky pale green light is about to get eaten by a sperm whale whose jaw is agape as it rises toward him

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Daniel Kraus @danielkraus.com · 23/09/2026

Brolin / Kraus / Abrams (Not pictured: Duffield, Beaky, Whale) Go see WHALEFALL on Oct 16. A truly rare thing: an intensely unusual & risky & original big-budget production.

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American Cinematheque @amcinematheque.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Make a movie about being trapped inside a whale & naturally, we’re gonna ask you which film you’d watch if you were trapped inside a whale . . . 🐳 Brian Duffield joins us tomorrow on the AC Podcast to discuss his upcoming film WHALEFALL + program the film festival of his life!

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Daniel Kraus @danielkraus.com · 23/09/2026

Brolin / Kraus / Abrams (Not pictured: Duffield, Beaky, Whale) Go see WHALEFALL on Oct 16. A truly rare thing: an intensely unusual & risky & original big-budget production.

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TERRORFLIX II @terrorflix2.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Austin Abrams swam with real sperm whales to prep for being swallowed by one in "WHALEFALL". “It was amazing to be in the water with these mythic creatures.” In theaters October 16.

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Sky Draco (DERGTOBER!! 🎂) @skydracoblue.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Oh Whalefall my sweet child. Everywhere I go there is my favorite book. Right. There.

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Quinn 🌸 | kh replay & fom gamin' @sycophancy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

finally got around to finishing Whalefall in time for the movie release next month. cant wait to ugly cry in the theatre

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Bloody Disgusting @bloody-disgusting.com · 21/09/2026

Austin Abrams swam with actual sperm whales to prepare for being swallowed by one in WHALEFALL. "It was amazing to be in the water with these mythic creatures," Abrams says in a new featurette today. In Theaters October 16.

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Noel Thingvall @noelct.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#Booksky Finished Whalefall, by Daniel Kraus. Vivid and engrossing. Much more of a literary work than I expected, with its meditations on memory, trauma, strength, and survival, and the blurring of time and perceptions. Up next, Wildwood, by Colin Meloy.

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Daniel Kraus, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Angel Down (Atria), threw the ceremonial first pitch at Wrigley Field during the Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates game on September 11. (Atria)

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Richard Humphries @rhenryhumphries.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Daniel Kraus’ WHALEFALL Propulsive, cinematic writing with zero fat that drives like engine cylinders. Having had issues with my own father, the emotional core seized my heart in a vice with what has & may happen in our relationship. A must read.

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Daniel Kraus @danielkraus.com · 20/09/2026

Well goddamn

Polygon ranks Angel down as the best book released since 2020

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Book Nerd @booknerdy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Try his Pulitzer winning “ Angel Down.” Thank me later 😁 @danielkraus.com

Pulitzer winning Angel Down by Danial Fraus

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ScreenRant @screenrant.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#AustinAbrams still can't believe the technical feats the crew was able to pull off to bring #Whalefall to life. 🛠️ #TIFF #TIFF2026 #redcarpet

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Ring Ring Ha Ha She/They @bizmichael.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

That is EXACTLY what I’m telling you

Some chick in front of a poster for whalefall

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Daniel Kraus @danielkraus.com · 21/09/2026

Oh it’s real all right, I climbed into the stomach myself.

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Erin Golsen @erininkentucky.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Good morning Womble! I'm currently reading Whalefall by Daniel Kraus, another excellent recommendation from my son--tense and fast-paced so far! Also listening to More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity by Adam Becker.

The cover of the book Whalefall by Daniel Kraus, depicting a tiny diver hovering just above the open maw of a massive whale.

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Nie czytasz? Nie idę z Tobą do łóżka! @nieczytasz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

- Mordercą nie jest Alice - Iris Starling. - Kroniki Amberu t. 1 /barwione brzegi/ - Roger Zelazny. - Big Short. Wewnątrz machiny zagłady - Michael Lewis. - Zapłata dla Flecisty - George A. Romero, Daniel Kraus.

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Johnny Mains @johnnymains.co.uk · 21/09/2026

Just over a week to go before I interview @danielkraus.com at the British Library! An in-person ticket can be bought for £16 and you can also view the interview online - those tickets are from £5. events.bl.uk/events/ameri...

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American Writers’ Week: Daniel Kraus | British Library

A rare chance to hear from one of the most adventurous writers of our time, recently awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Angel Down. This astonishing cinematic

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Daniel Kraus @danielkraus.com · 20/09/2026

What are the best bluesky accounts to follow for #WPBL news & commentary?

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Daniel Kraus @danielkraus.com · 20/09/2026

Cubs released a new pic of my first pitch. I’m just going to keep posting these.

Me on the mound at Wrigley Field giving two peace signs.

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John L. Walters @johnlwalters.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Whenever someone smart says, ‘I asked ChatGPT and it said xyz,’ I’m reminded of Baldur Bjarnason’s excellent article ‘The LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based Large Language Models replicate the mechanisms of a psychic’s con.’ softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme... #quitgpt #TheAICon @baldurbjarnason.com

The intelligence illusion seems to be based on the same mechanism as that of a psychic’s con, often called cold reading. It looks like an accidental automation of the same basic tactic.

By using validation statements, such as sentences that use the Forer effect, the chatbot and the psychic both give the impression of being able to make extremely specific answers, but those answers are in fact statistically generic.

The psychic uses these statements to give the impression of being able to read minds and hear the secrets of the dead.

The chatbot gives the impression of an intelligence that is specifically engaging with you and your work, but that impression is nothing more than a statistical trick.

This idea was first planted in my head when I was going over some of the statements people have been making about the reasoning of these ‘AI’.

I first thought that these were just classic cases of tech bubble enthusiasm, but no, ‘AI’ has both taken a different crowd and the believers in the ‘AI’ bubble sound very different from those of prior bubbles.

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Ryan Pfeil @ryanpfeil.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Reading “Whalefall” by @danielkraus.com again since the movie is coming out next month. It’s somehow better the second time. Vivid and rich and emotionally resonant. And legitimately horrifying in parts.

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Cyndi Gradel @cyndigradel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Look what just became available on my Libby shelf! I’m still in the hospital and I really needed something to lift my spirits. Whalefall by Daniel Kraus 💙📚🎧

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