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relentless grimdark

Revisado: 04-29-23

If you get a thrill when your doctor diagnoses stag four cancer, then you'll probably enjoy this novel. Otherwise, do yourself a favor and take a pass.

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Porn for the MeToo set

Revisado: 03-24-22

Giant helping of f**king, sucking , cruel sadism and general depravity. No much in the way of plot. Someone I usually trust recommended this book. I will not trust them again or even feel comfortable in their presence

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Lond, slow tale

Revisado: 06-16-20

Philosophy was more interesting than the science, but like the characters, none was well developed.

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Retro melodrama

Revisado: 05-25-20

This is not an audible but a radio style. Melodrama based on poor script and an array of sound effects. Like most TV, it stymies imagination.

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Delightful

Revisado: 01-25-19

Listening to sermons, like uninvited advise is often tedious. Listening to a parable is enjoyable, especially one as rich as this. Give a listen. It will make you happier, and closer to your fellow man.

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Rather have been gaming

Revisado: 05-16-18

The protagonist and reader were too immature for my taste. Constant recitation of game stats a bore. Plot was weak and slow moving, though
many characters were interesting.

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Lonely, bored, want sex?

Revisado: 06-21-08

The plot was sufficiently intriguing to get me to the end, but finishing left me with the unwholesome sense that I had wasted my time on trash. With the possible exception of one female NY journalist, the characters are caricatures. No insight into the human condition here. The plot is driven by conflict, deceit and lust--be prepared for a generous helping of explicit sex bordering on pornography. In the end, the bitter, vindictive curmudgeon turns out to be Prince Charming who falls profoundly in love with the heroine. Hey, was this one of those escapist romance novels written for lonely women frustrated by their love life and everything else?

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Still disturbing after all this time

Revisado: 04-13-08

Missed the original and want to experience the Viet Nam war? Denis Johnson does a remarkable job of recreating this psychotic episode in American history. If you're looking for understanding, you might not find it here -- though the forest spirit hypothesis works for me. If you're looking for closure, I'd look elsewhere.

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Not for adults

Revisado: 04-13-08

I don't know much about the 2012 phenomenon, and bought this book on the supposition that it would include an intelligent, imaginative, research-based exploration of '2012'. It's not that. It is rambling, irrational nonsense. Listening experience: imagine yourself duct-taped to a chair in a room with a teen high on pot and babbeling endlessly.

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The merchant class in the IT Age

Revisado: 06-08-06

Feel the need to become the next Bill Gates? Worried about your position in the rapidly changing world of commerce? Looking for ways to develop your over-populated, under-developed country? This book is for you. Good synthesis of current trends; dozens of anecdotes illustrating successful exploitation of a changing world.

Haven't yet concluded that money and power are the purpose of your being? Looking for a little wonder and beauty? Look elsewhere. My impression while reading this book is that the 'best minds' in the world are engaged in a highspeed race of battle bots hellbent on destroying one another before the race is over. When will it be over? Not an issue. This is commerce as an extreme sport. There is only the now!

A flat world is a suitable epitaph for the age of consumerism--a dead can of beer left after yesterday's party. Think I'll switch on the Discover channel and find a world that with a few waves.

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