Kristoffer

A joy from start to finish

Revisado: 01-26-23

One of my favorite books of all time, the imaginativeness, dry humor, and sense of wonder of Jonathan Strange and Mister Norrell, together with the excellent narration, brings me back to it again and again.

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Interesting and entertaining as always

Revisado: 10-30-22

Daileader is probably my favorite out of dozens of Great Courses lecturers I've heard, and he's still great in this. He's perhaps a little weaker of voice and a little drier in this than his earlier Medieval courses, but also more serious and heartfelt. The facts and the speculations he presents regarding Charlemagne make for thoroughly enjoyable listening and I will definitely revisit them.

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Solid Weir, with some satisfying twists

Revisado: 04-30-22

Like The Martian and Artemis, this is a story about a clever narrator character dealing with an extreme situation using science and ingenuity. Still, it's different enough but to feel like a carbon copy of those books. It's more of a sci-fi story, with some far-fetched ideas, but the plot is still consistent and "works". The narrator does a good job and the main character is a less annoying person than those of the aforementioned books. Overall, a good listen.

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Didn't grab me

Revisado: 09-13-21

I don't know what it was about this course that made it leave me so cold. I usually love TGC series like this, but here my attention kept wandering and I was looking forward to finishing it.
Perhaps the narrative felt disjointed, or the lecturers relied too much on visual aids unavailable on audio. I also felt the course hurried on forward to mammals, glossing over some parts of evolution I am more interested in. It's not bad, and the lecturers were all right, but I'm probably not returning to this one.

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Thoroughly enjoyable and quite informative

Revisado: 08-05-21

The lecturer is cogent, clear, enthusiastic and considers issues from both sides; the subject matter is both approachable and profound; throughout, it is entertaining. One of very few courses where I felt I wouldn't mind starting it right over again once I finished.

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A nice introduction

Revisado: 09-07-20

Though the subject matter is unquestionably fascinating, and the speaker enthusiastic and pleasant enough to listen to, I found this course unusually confusing - perhaps due to the large amount of unfamiliar names of places and peoples, and I had a hard time getting the big picture narrative. There is also a very large number of jarring sound edits (perhaps due to updates in the state of knowledge of this evolving area of science)

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Fascinating from beginning to end

Revisado: 07-22-20

An excellent tour of the philosophy of mind and its related sciences that manages to both cover most of the various approaches and issues off the field while still getting fairly deep into specifics. The lecturer is both engaging and objective and systematically states the arguments for and against each theory and position discussed; he explains the when and the who without getting needlessly biographical.
A great listen that I plan to repeat in the future.

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Great performance

Revisado: 03-23-20

Stephen Fry as always does a great job performing this book, though it is one of the weakest of the series. The plot is sluggish and has glaring holes and the main characters' behavior is irrational and annoying.

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Fun, informative and light

Revisado: 08-28-19

This introduction to dinosaur science is delightful - all participating scientists are very good and the contents are at a great introductory level. It's too short to really get into details however.

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Grand in scope, but a little too slow

Revisado: 08-24-19

This series finale throws the reader for curve ball after curve ball, becoming grander and grander in scope until the very end, on a level reminiscent of Olaf Stapledon. It's exciting and even heart-wrenching at times - but for all that, it feels to long. The book goes on for a long time after its dramatic climax and even though it still surprises, its pace slackens and it feels like a slog.
The narrator is okay but I find his emoting annoying and his characterizations so-so. Still, by all means get this book of you have read the preceding ones and wish to bring it to its conclusion.

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