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Very interesting story

Revisado: 03-22-22

A different version of this book used to be on audible. It was slightly longer and had a different narrator. Both versions are good. I like the story so much I got both versions :) The original version isn't available on audible.com anymore.

I highly recommend this book.

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The author is an insufferable braggart

Revisado: 01-01-21

The author is an insufferable braggart. He doesn't seem as even-keeled as most spies I have read about.

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A Captivating Listen

Revisado: 01-03-16

What made the experience of listening to Final Voyage the most enjoyable?

Like a masterful storyteller at a dinner party the author recounts the intriguing details of each disaster without getting bogged down providing an exhaustive litany of names, dates, and non-pertinent historical asides. This book is very captivating a casual listener like myself.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Final Voyage?

One particularly startling story in the book is that of the collision in the Halifax Harbor of the SS Mont-Blanc, a French vessel carrying a dangerous cargo of explosives and the Norwegian SS Imo. This accident resulted in the largest man-made explosion prior to the development of nuclear weapons.

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A witty and sardonic tome on the Gulag System

Revisado: 08-11-13

Would you listen to The Gulag Archipelago, Volume l again? Why?

I have listened to it several times. It's a frightening portrayal of a hypocritical system and a browbeaten society that together were complicit in locking up a vast number of their fellow citizens who did nothing wrong.

The authors wit in describing the insanity of what he went through often makes me laugh.

What did you like best about this story?

On of my favorite parts of the book was where he described the the show trials of the scientists.

It's like bizzaro world. Engineers are held in scorn. Even the lowliest janitor would think nothing of giving a good smack upside the head of an Engineer. Meanwhile, in the Gulags the hardcore criminals are the kings. They sit around all day joking and playing cards while all the wrongly imprisoned average citizens are forced to do hard labor.

Imagine if the government randomly grabbed people on their way to work and threw them in the middle of Attica where the guards would curse them and force them into hard labor while all the other inmates stood around and laughed.

I think Reagan was very precise when he called Russia the Evil Empire.

Have you listened to any of Frederick Davidson’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Yes, I like Davidson's work and this is no exception. I doubt I would have listened to this so many times if it were not for Davidson's excellent narration. I think he speaks with a tone that the author would approve of.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It just blows me away. It's hard to come to grips that this is a true story. It sort of reminds me of Orwell and Rand, but in this case it's not fiction.

Any additional comments?

"Oh, Bertrand Russell! Oh, Hewlett Johnson! Where, oh where, was your flaming conscience at that time?"
— Alexandr I. Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago, Harper & Row, 1974.

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Best of the Best

Revisado: 08-09-07

iWoz is one of my favorite audible books of all time (on par with "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"). Its very inspiring. I wish I could have listened to this 15 years ago while I was taking computer architecture and digital logic in college. Its nice to know about the people actually inventing and really doing the stuff you read about in textbooks.

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interesting history

Revisado: 08-09-07

The first hour was a little tedious unless you are interested in hearing about a bunch of guys and the size of their budgets. Once it got in to the technical details of the work being done at PARC it got really good. Note that "iWoz" is a much better listen but I still give this book 4 stars.

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An Excellent and Informative book

Revisado: 05-18-04

You learn not only about the science of the human genome but you learn about the competition that went on between the private sector and government funded projects. I found the story of Dr. Venter very interesting. After listening to this audio book I am eager to learn of new discoveries and new drugs that are made possible by the mapping of the human genome. Guess I'll have to get a subscription to Scientific American now.

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Author interjected herself too much into the book

Revisado: 05-18-04

The author was more interested in writing about herself than in telling the story of the AOL/TimeWarner merger. I felt like I was listening to a sorority girl/teaching assistant in the creative writing class at some university.

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One of the best audio books ever

Revisado: 04-20-04

I really enjoyed this audio book. The true story was captivating. I couldn't wait to listen to each CD. The narator was great also. I am sad that its over.

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Captivating

Revisado: 04-05-04

I enjoyed this audio book. It exposed me to a time and place that I did know about. Like some of the other reviewers I found the narator a little anoying at first. Sometimes she read very slowly with long pauses in between sentances. It was like she was reading a sentance, then going out for lunch, coming back and then recording another couple of sentances before taking a nap. I bet she couldn't tell you a thing about the book after she was done recording it. She didn't even have a Chinese accent. However, I got used to the narrator and in the end it didn't distract me from the facinating story.

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