Scott Horn

I can see why this is considered Twain's best

Revisado: 12-10-13

What made the experience of listening to Life on the Mississippi the most enjoyable?

Twain of course, and the narrator.

What did you like best about this story?

the mix of the factual with the narrative ability.

Which character – as performed by Norman Dietz – was your favorite?

all of them.

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

after the steamboat explosion

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what could I possibly contribute.

Revisado: 12-10-13

What made the experience of listening to The Guns of August the most enjoyable?

for a thorough treat, look at maps of the front lines while you're listening to the book.

What other book might you compare The Guns of August to and why?

A Distant Mirror, because her narrative skills are so amazing.

What does John Lee bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Clarity.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

The storm before the deluge.

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What a classic.

Revisado: 09-16-12

Somebody needs to make a movie here, although I doubt they'd match the mystery and insight of the story and its main character. Such perspective and wisdom in short story form I doubt has ever been exceeded.

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Love Zimmerman, don't know why.

Revisado: 09-16-12

Maybe it's because Zimmerman strikes me as so earnest, as if he refuses to influence the story with too much flair.

Why did I laugh out loud at something pretty slapstick, in this case the description of the carriage crashing? Because the characters are so vivid-not a surprise with Dickens.

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Immortal story, outstanding performance.

Revisado: 09-16-12

This narrator is one of those actors whose ability to read I deeply envy. Stresses, emphasizes in all the right places, as if he'd read the book dozens of times. Bravo, sir, whoever you are.

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A boring subject made vivid.

Revisado: 09-16-12

Probably can't get a clearer description of what went on with this free-for-all involving so many countries.

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Now a hardcore Camus fan.

Revisado: 09-16-12

I worship Dostoevsky, Kafka, Kipling, Conrad, Melville, and now Camus.

I simply could not get as much out of this book without its narrator, for I have not his ability to read. I worry that it influences me too much. At the same time he demonstrates there is no right way to read this book. One of course credits the author for this, and I think the narrator does so with his quiet, intense performance. Hope he's the guy that narrates The Plague.

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A thorough, rigorous study.

Revisado: 09-16-12

Most memorable part: The description of the elites' attitudes about people moving west. The now necessary fear of unsupervised, pioneering Americans becoming savages, moving away from the civilized east, ruining the desired European-style homogeneous social structure and consolidation of education, skills, culture, revenue, etc., is described so as to make the reader completely sympathize with these attitudes. The fear becomes understandable via the portrait of the difficulty of holding things together already. A brilliant study in how ideas of the past weren't necessarily crazy, foolish, bigoted, or simple-minded.

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Why do I like this book so much?

Revisado: 09-16-12

When they say Dostoevsky is like "voices in your head", none exemplifies this idea better than this book. Simply cannot put my finger on what makes the dialogue, and there is much here, so haunting.

I like to refer to artists like Dostoevsky as "raw geniuses", whose ideas are so powerful they seem to not care about keeping the reader interested. How could someone of this depth be hooked on the shallow sport of gambling? Not enough turmoil in his life already? Maybe I'll find out when I read/hear The Gambler.

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