Scott Alan Thompson Jr

Losing Michael Brooks was and is devastating to the Left

Revisado: 07-09-24

An absolute shame that such a brilliant and compassionate mind like his was taken too soon. His voice would be essential these days (this review being written during the 2023-2024 Israeli genocide of occupied Gaza). We all should try and be more like him. As Michael often said “Be ruthless to systems, but be kind to people.” RIP.

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Actual Laws and History Not Apartheid Propaganda

Revisado: 12-02-23

The detailed research in this book is impeccable. The author dispassionately evaluates the state of international law regarding historical Palestine at different points in time from the 1800s to today. Each legal snapshot is wildly different, but arranged together it is easy to see a narrative thread emerging from the sequence of events. Without judgement, the author examines the many “peace deals” that have been foisted upon Palestinians and why each was ultimately rejected in the name of justice and fairness. This book, released the year before the 2023 atrocities committed by Israel against Gaza and the West Bank, highlights exactly the circumstances that would go on to spark violence. I am humbled by this book, and I encourage everyone to be humbled by it, too.

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AI is already writing our books!

Revisado: 06-16-23

Like others said, this could have been written by my friend Chad Gepettee. Save your credits

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Dear goodness the music/babel interludes render this pointless

Revisado: 06-13-22

This book is ruined by the production decision to have every plot point/chapter break be punctuated by borderline racist “babel-ings” and laser sound effects. All the momentum is eaten up by these obnoxious stingers, which is a shame because the audio quality is already so poor you’d think it was recorded in the 80s on a TalkBoy tape recorder, in a closet, on the moon.

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Book is good. Techno music is torture.

Revisado: 11-05-21

Seriously the intermittent terrible techno music is loud and obnoxious. Probably the worst choice for an audiobook I’ve ever experienced. It wasn’t even connected to the story, which is about an aging rock star…

Dark and spooky story though. Simple and effective.

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A MUST-read even if it’s an old edition!

Revisado: 03-08-19

So many people foolishly analyze current events in the global south (especially Venezuela) as if they happened in a vacuum. The endless extractionism and large scale genocide in Latin America has everything to do with the ongoing events there.

WARNING: this is the much older version but the book spans many hundreds of years so it’s content is equally as good, for what it covers.

By the way I bet Obama didn’t end up reading this after all.

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MUST-LISTEN

Revisado: 06-08-18

This book is an essential narrative telling of the unbroken thread of intentional, overt, and systematic racism stretching throughout the entire history of this country. Far right thinking in this country evaluates everything in a vacuum. As if there hasn’t been an incessant white force subverting the life and liberty of millions human beings solely because of the color of their skin. This should be taught to middle schoolers as an antidote to the whitewashed imperialist propaganda most conservative schools provide.

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Great sci-fi mired in deeply misogynistic text

Revisado: 03-02-18

The Foundation Series is one of my favorite sci-fi properties and I enjoyed the first two books immensely; though the increasingly sexist tone of the second book foreshadowed this third book. Women are less than an afterthought in Asimov’s mind. Female characters lack even the most basic of human feelings and motivations, and they all are “exhausted by explanations” or not interested it ‘stupid scholarly pursuits’ as it were. Where Asimov thinks he is being feminist by featuring a ‘strong’ woman, he instead is patronizing with unparalleled condescension. Apparently Asimov’s future of humanity is one where women’s participation in society barely improves beyond suffrage for eons. This series could really use a gender progressive reboot as a show or movie. Don’t @ me bro

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One of the best books I’ve read this year!!!

Revisado: 12-11-17

This book is fantastic! Despite being historical nonfiction, it reads like the most thrilling of fictional narratives. The level of detail is *staggering*. Scott Brick nails the performance as per usual. Excellent all around.

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Bummer that it’s abridged

Revisado: 11-08-17

Excellent content and performance but it would be nice to get even more detail from the print edition

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