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61. How to Psyop Your Way to a Bestseller: Douglas Scott Wreden, Doug: A DougDoug Story, and the Meow Book
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library.
"Doug, Doug Doug Doug Doug Doug. Doug Doug Doug. Doug."
- Douglas Scott Wreden, Doug: A DougDoug Story (2025)
"Meow, Meow Meow Meow Meow. Meow Meow Meow. Meow."
- Sam Austen, Meow: A Novel (2022)
Both Meow: A Novel (Sam Austen, 2022) and Doug: A DougDoug Story (Douglas Scott Wreden, 2025) are often described as “books that behave like platforms.” Their shared achievement is not simply thematic novelty, but a rigorous exploitation of two psychosomatic mechanisms—semantic satiation and entrainment—that recalibrate reading into a…
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