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A Little Salty

Revisado: 11-23-23

Too much salt can ruin an otherwise great dish. Too much sarcasm can do the same to an otherwise great book, and this book come perilously close. The authors’ messages can also be hard to hear at times over the sound of their axes grinding against white Europeans. But worth the read, full of tantalizing historical nuggets and interesting reinterpretations. Valuable.

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Best of Three Worlds

Revisado: 02-21-23

The Dispatcher series is immensely satisfying for three reasons. First, Scalzi is in top form. Second, Quinto voices it perfectly. And third…I am frankly in love with the 3-4 hour length of the pieces in this series. Long enough be satisfyingly detailed and fleshed out, yet short enough to eliminate long digressions, expositions, red herrings, dead-end subplots, and the other indulgences of novel-length writing. Short story/novella is the perfect form for audio book consumption, and Scalzi has mastered it. All meat, no filler.

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A little gem

Revisado: 11-08-19

Consider spending the short time it takes to listen to this little gem. Light, unpretentious, direct and to the point, well balanced, with excellent, non-dogmatic illustrations of Buddhism’s main points. It fills without being filling. I’ve recommended lots of books to family and friends, but this one I’ll consider giving as a gift, because it seemed like a gift to me when I was done.

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Useful

Revisado: 02-27-16

What made the experience of listening to Is the Universe an App? the most enjoyable?

The Lanes put together an accessible and entertaining overview of current theories of consciousness.

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

James Killavey, at least in this book, has one of the strangest reading cadences and end-sentence inflections I've ever heard. I put the chances at about 50/50 he's an AI.

Any additional comments?

One of the Lanes has an annoying preoccupation with a particular East Indian guru and a contemporary writer who espouses mystical dualism. A little of these two goes a long way, and they are used more than a little.

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An easy, engaging listen with surprising insights.

Revisado: 01-09-12

What did you love best about The Joy of Living?

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche makes what is often an exotic and esoteric subject very accesible thanks to his familiarity with Western culture and concerns.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Rinpoche illustrates the basic points of Tibeten Buddhism and meditation practice with his own life experiences... which really are interesting and engaging.

What about Eric Swanson and Jason Scott Campbell ’s performance did you like?

The read is natural, well-paced, and unaffected.

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