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The Great Gatsby at 100
- De: Sheila Liming, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Sheila Liming
- Duración: 2 h y 48 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 23
In the six lectures of The Great Gatsby at 100, you will join Sheila Liming of Champlain College to revisit the context and culture of the Roaring ‘20s, which inspired the story of the mysterious Jay Gatsby and his disastrous pursuit of Daisy Buchanan. As you’ll discover, while Gatsby is framed as a love story, it’s also a story of the American experience, revealing the unspoken rules of wealth and class and the false promises of self-made success in a world of Old Money privilege.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Warning: A Woke Perspective
- De P. Steele en 04-23-25
- The Great Gatsby at 100
- De: Sheila Liming, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Sheila Liming
Warning: A Woke Perspective
Revisado: 04-23-25
This should should be titled "A Neo-Marxist Look at the Great Gatsby Through the Lens of Class, Race, and Gender."
The author presents many interesting observations and theories (including the unquestioned assertion that narrator Nick is "queer" and that he had sex with Mr. Mckee). This audiobook is an interesting work, but it should be branded as what it is: a postmodern look at Gatsby through modern academic "theory", rather than a straight-up retrospective on its 100th anniversary.
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Neuromancer
- De: William Gibson
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 10 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9,182
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 8,036
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 8,043
Twenty years ago, it was as if someone turned on a light. The future blazed into existence with each deliberate word that William Gibson laid down. The winner of Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Awards, Neuromancer didn't just explode onto the science fiction scene - it permeated into the collective consciousness, culture, science, and technology.Today, there is only one science fiction masterpiece to thank for the term "cyberpunk," for easing the way into the information age and Internet society.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Story? Classic. Narrator? Ugh.
- De Sage en 11-11-14
- Neuromancer
- De: William Gibson
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
A perfect voice for Gibson...but...
Revisado: 04-29-17
Where does Neuromancer rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Neuromancer is one of the greatest and most influential SF novels of all time. It should be required reading. The Audible reviews faulting the narration by Robertson Dean make me wonder if the listeners have actually read Gibson's novels (I have, all of them, many times). Dean's voice is perfect for Gibson's noir future, with the notable exception of his female characters, who all sound like breathless southern belles. Given Molly's prominence in the novel, this is a real shortcoming. But Dean's rendering of the text, and all the male voices, including the ethnic accents, is so good that I'm willing to overlook this failing and simply revel in Dean's evocation of Gibson's dark cyber world.
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