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The AI/Pixie Just Kills It For Me

Revisado: 06-24-22

I know that this has been said several times already but I intend to repeat it.

The Pixie Rue just kills this whole story to the point that I couldn't finish it. I was interested in the story and everything else was pretty good. The MC is a bit of an idiot but that can be mostly overlooked as he is a teenager. I liked the dungeon mechanics and having to design a different floor for a new random mob is pretty interesting and I believe, could have tested the MC's creativity to the max. As for the narrator Travis Baldree, I dare you to find someone better!

HOWEVER! This AI/Pixie... how do I say this? I wanna slap a b!!@* every time she opens her mouth!

First of all, you are a guide to a new player for a "position" that has never been played before (a dungeon core); of-f'ing-course your new player is going to have a ton of questions! Refusing to answer, only telling the player after the fact, and flat out getting drunk to where you can't answer is just ridiculous!

(I realize I am going to sound like my mother here but bear with me)

Second! The innuendos towards a socially awkward (some would say a shut in) fifteen year old is just gross! Why would you have that in there? Surely as an a AI you (the game creators) are aware of who the player is as they had to sign the NDA and I am assuming you did some research to select particular people for to become the Cores. There is absolutely no reason that this fifteen-year-old MC should have received an AI that has that kind of personality.

And finally, the drinking and gambling. I mean, REALLY?! This is the kind of example you want to set to all the underage players in this game (I am betting that the MC is not the only core that is underage). Would you you like to throw in some porn too? Oh wait, their are sexual innuendos being used here too. Never mind, got that covered. The only thing missing is the drugs and I wouldn't be surprised if they show up later!

Okay, rant done. I really wanted to like this book but I cannot stand Rue! If you can get past her personality you may enjoy the story but I just couldn't.

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Too much Quantity, Not Enough Quality

Revisado: 04-01-13

I was hoping that this book would be a general overall read on the different aspects of ancient aliens and the evidence that people had gathered over the years. The problem was that while it did do this it also overwhelmed with just to much info.

My main problem with this book was that it tried to cover as many theories, examples of evidence, and ideas as possible but did not give enough information or really go as in depth on each of the topics as I would have preferred. I would have rather the author pick just a few examples and covered those a lot more thoroughly than what he did.

Overall, it was a good book but it just wasn't as helpful as I had hoped it would be. I had no problem with Kevin Foley and his reading though.

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Exactly what a Lay-person like me needed!

Revisado: 02-21-13

Where does A Short History of Nearly Everything rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This book has got to be one of my favorite books ever! The only thing I didn't like about the unabridged version was that I prefer hearing Bill Bryson read his own books. It just seems funnier to me. However, that was the only real complaint I had.

What did you like best about this story?

The best thing about this book is that it attempts (and succeeds in my opinion) to give the average non-scientist, everyday, regular person a brief explanation about basically everything that makes up the world around us.

I have always been a curious person but whenever I sat down to read about any of the sciences I could barely get past the first few chapters due to the book being way to dry or the fact that I couldn't understand most of the technical jargon. A friend of mine recommended this after I was ranting to her one day about the difficulties I was having. She told me that it would be perfect for me. A book about the sciences told from someone who had no experience in those fields. "He's normally a travel writer." she said. I told her that I would give it a try.

After a few more books that I attempted but couldn't finish, I picked this one up. Boy was I surprised! It was excellent! It's told by an author who has absolutely no background in sciences and so spent three years attempting to write a book for people like himself who had no real understanding of the world around them. Bryson talks about the history of science and the people who made the discoveries including some interesting quirks. There's nothing like receiving a Nobel prize for accidentally discovering cosmic radiation after you spent months trying to get rid of it so you could conduct your own experiments like Penzias and Wilson in 1964. Or discovering the first dinosaur bone, not recognizing that it was special and then losing it 100 years before the next one came around like the Reverend Plott.

Bryson succeeds in simplifying complex explanations down to something easily understood by the average person. If you have ever been interested in any of the sciences but can't bring yourself to read any of those mini-textbooks don't hesitate to pick up Bryson's Short History of Nearly Everything. I doubt you will be disappointed and you may even want to continue on to other books to find out more information.

Good Luck and Happy Reading!

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