M. R. Harrah

Wish I had actually read this in high school

Revisado: 03-31-13

What did you like best about this story?

The characters are complex and well-developed.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The scene where Gene is outside Finny's hospital window.

Any additional comments?

We all were supposed to read this when I was in the 10th grade and like so many other books, I didn't bother and just read Cliff's notes and faked my way through. My loss. This is a good book with deep, emotional themes about coming to understand yourself and who you are.

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Not atheist food

Revisado: 03-31-13

What would have made Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens better?

It's hard to say, because I was hoping for different material than I found, and the error is mine.

If what you want is to read elegant writing about a variety of topics - particularly reviews of other people's work - and you like the writing style of Hitchens, I imagine this would be a fantastic book, and judging from the reviews of others, my suspicions are well-founded.

But I was looking for material similar to "God is not Great" and was disappointed. Again, my error.

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Definitely not Vonnegut's best work, but ok

Revisado: 03-31-13

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

I have been going through Vonnegut's catalog (slowly) and got to this one. I'm glad I read other things he had written before this, or I might have falsely concluded that "I don't like Vonnegut." As it happens, I read Slaughterhouse before this (like most readers, I'd imagine) and so I was more disposed to enjoy this.

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

I thought it was kinda weak and didn't live up to the premise.

Was Player Piano worth the listening time?

Yes, but again, I'd say check out other things by Vonnegut if you are new to him.

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Enjoyed this and learned some things

Revisado: 03-31-13

What did you love best about Thank You for Arguing?

The material was not presented as a dry lecture, but was peppered with fun anecdotes, interesting asides, self-deprecating humor, and witty comments.

Any additional comments?

A lot of good information about rhetoric and how to make a persuasive argument for what you want.

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Misleading title

Revisado: 11-18-12

Is there anything you would change about this book?

I would have liked it to include more incidents and information about how things we take to be facts cease being so. The book was far more about the accretion of new facts and how we can predict that than it was about the retirement of old facts that are no longer considered true. Of the discussion that there was about facts going away, it was more about facts that were not actually proven to be errors...they tended to just become obsolete and irrelevant but still basically true.

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Narrator is terrible

Revisado: 08-11-12

Would you try another book from Stephen Hawking and/or Michael Jackson?

I would read another book by Hawking but will be avoiding other books narrated by Jackson.

What other book might you compare A Brief History of Time to and why?

Readers might consider "A Universe From Nothing" by Lawrence M. Krauss. It's also related to cosmology and brings complicated science to the masses...Krauss's book has the advantage of being more current, and being read by the author himself.

What didn’t you like about Michael Jackson’s performance?

He has an obnoxious tendency to pause mid-sentence and even mid-phrase, to include uh's and er's, and use strange inflection as if he were unfamiliar with and bored by the material.

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Narrator is terrible

Revisado: 08-11-12

Would you try another book from Stephen Hawking and/or Michael Jackson?

I would read another book by Hawking but will be avoiding other books narrated by Jackson.

What other book might you compare A Brief History of Time to and why?

Readers might consider "A Universe From Nothing" by Lawrence M. Krauss. It's also related to cosmology and brings complicated science to the masses...Krauss's book has the advantage of being more current, and being read by the author himself.

What didn’t you like about Michael Jackson’s performance?

He has an obnoxious tendency to pause mid-sentence and even mid-phrase, to include uh's and er's, and use strange inflection as if he were unfamiliar with and bored by the material.

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