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Pike FTW

Revisado: 04-21-25

Excellent narration. Hard to even remember at times that this is voiced by just one person. Thank you Pike for bringing your craft to these books!

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An excellent sequel masked as a prequel

Revisado: 04-15-25

I’m looking forward to rereading the whole series after finishing book 4. An excellent piece that operates on a level that most speculative fiction authors could only hope to achieve.

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An excellent reading of a classic

Revisado: 11-04-23

Yes, Offerman has done it again, son of a gun. Thank god Christ got pushed out of that holy vagina so that Offerman would one day bless us with his fine character, taste, and style.

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excellent

Revisado: 11-04-23

Learn shit! All of these are worthwhile. What is less worthwhile is writing the minimum

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Offerman delivers Twain with excellence

Revisado: 07-31-23

Offerman lands the performance, and Twain’s book is interesting to visit from the vantage of the 3rd millennium.

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F*ucking great

Revisado: 02-15-22

Excellent hard sci-fi. I have little doubt this this work, alongside The Martian (I’ve not read Artemis, but now I think I will) will be highly regarded for some time to come.

I’d recommend The Martian first. They aren’t connected, but I think you’ll see why. Get the original reader, not the Wheaton one. (Though, yes, often Wheaton is great.)

Thank you Mr Weir. Please go right on writing! I look forward to enjoying whatever you decide next to share.

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Excellence.

Revisado: 10-07-19

Sometime English major here. One of my all time favorite contemporary authors, and this my (so far) favorite work by her (of the half dozen or so that I’ve read). Start it and get into Part 2 before deciding whether or not it’s for you. But hell, if you’re the sort who judges a book before getting a third in, you’re probably better off sticking to genre fiction anyway.

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Has the news cycle got you down?

Revisado: 01-16-19

Are you feeling pessimistic about the prospects for our species? Do you believe narcissism and harmful attitudes prevail and will continue to prevail?

If so, or if you see so many who are so downcast and aren’t sure what to say, I recommend this book.

Perhaps his writing isn’t the best. Perhaps he may seem heavy handed at times. But this work reminds us of what is true, how are reason is our greatest asset, and of what we are capable of when we meaningfully use our tools of kindness, compassion, and reason to guide our participation in the world and in those institutions that demonstrate what we are capable of as a species.

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One of my all-time favorite audiobooks

Revisado: 08-12-18

If you enjoy Harry Potter, and would love something more mature...
If you enjoy British literature, especially authors such as Dickens or Jane Austen...
If you appreciate the use of "magic" is great stories...
If you are a fan of Lev Grossman's Magician's series...

If any of the above apply to you, I feel it is highly likely you will deeply appreciate this book, especially the audiobook version. In fact, I consider the audiobook version of Clarke's book to be a finer experience than reading the book. I often _dissuade_ friends from reading this and instead tell them to experience the audio. So far, I've logged ZERO disappointments.

Hope you enjoy it!

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Excellent

Revisado: 08-06-18

This book is an excellent partner to Foster’s “This is Water”. Foster describes the importance of understanding how we choose to think. This book gives you tools to think well. Leave behind self-help guides, books like this will yield for more benefit.

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