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Okay - I couldn't get past how old it was

Revisado: 02-25-17

Very general information, most useful stuff was the questions to ask yourself. The biggest issue for me was getting over the way out of date references. This book was clearly made decades ago with a mindset from decades ago. If you're a women, be prepared for sexist examples throughout. If this has been updated to be more modern than I wouldn't have been distracted so much by the examples. The only saving grace was how really general they are.

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Strong start but weak finish

Revisado: 01-30-17

The book was okay. It had promise when I started it but I did not learn a lot of new stuff past the first chapter. The examples seemed to degrade in quality as well and I found myself disappointed by the end. It was still useful if you know nothing on the subject but I think I was expecting something with more information to learn from.

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Great performance, very basic story

Revisado: 08-21-16

I really enjoyed the voice performance, that was the best part of this audio book. The story isn't horrible, it just isn't good either. If you're a male computer nerd you may enjoy it more than others. Even though I consider myself one, I didn't enjoy it more. The light hearted behavior of all the characters made getting invested with anything in the story very difficult. There are no big reveals, surprises, or moments that make you think. This book is just a light hearted story without explanation or great detail of anything. I don't feel it is a necessary read.

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One of the best books I've had the pleasure of reading

Revisado: 08-15-16

I love science and history and this book includes both. It was extremely well written, flowing through all subjects, diverting, returning, and taking you from the start to the end in such a smooth way. For the very broad subject matter it does an amazing job giving you enough of each subject to grow your curiosity while teaching you something. Read this book. It is worth it.

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Entertaining, but nothing new for Sci-FI fans

Revisado: 07-30-15

I'm trying to be honest with myself on how I felt about this book. I enjoyed it, and listened through practically the whole thing in one sitting, but throughout the entire story I kept thinking how it just seemed to be a repeat of every science fiction plot that has taken place before. The funny thing is, the plot does this on purpose in a way, to sort of become a meta look upon itself and the genre, but there isn't a payout that elevates things to a new level in the end. Instead it just ends rather anti-climatically with one of the biggest science fiction stereotypes there is. Which I found a predictable disappointment. Only because it was the most obvious way to finish. Really what this book relies big on (similar to ready player one) is nostalgia. Nostalgia is good enough to keep me reading, but in the end when I reflect, it isn't enough to make me think it was a great read. Will Wheaton nailed it with the narration tho. Kudos to him.

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Buy this audio book NOW. Simply awesome.

Revisado: 07-12-15

I listen to a lot of audiobooks. I mean a LOT (lately it is 1 or so a day). This has been my favorite so far this year. It has everything that makes an amazing story and the performance by the narrator does a great job as well. I cannot think of anything to detract from the rating, it was that good. Give this a listen you will not regret it.

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If you love tech and security then this is the book for you

Revisado: 06-12-15

A great listen with the perfect narrator that brings out the serious and worrying tone from the pages to your mind. Only downer for me was that I wished some topics were talked about in even more depth, but that would nearly double this already lengthy book.

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Decent educational listen, but...

Revisado: 05-01-15

The book is driven towards European audiences. Although many of the terms defined are not country specific, many of the examples given are European focused. More then likely the type of people reading this book are going to be aware of European events, but for some they may find references to not really help. Enjoyable listen none the less.

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Great listen even if you're not into spy stuff

Revisado: 04-15-15

This was very fun to listen to while also being educational. I learned a lot I didn't know about how the these different terrorism organizations worked and the intelligence service work done to fight against them. I tried to listen and take the info with a grain of salt, although most of it is likely true, these sort of stories can easily include embellishments with no real way of knowing. One nagging thing for me was how quickly Storm went from believer to spy. I wasn't sold that simply a crisis of identity alone would cause that sort of change, but who knows...

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Quick listen and entertaining

Revisado: 03-18-15

I don't know why I never read The Time Machine until now, it may have been due to that horrific movie version released years back, it put me off from thinking the story was any good, but I found an instantly enjoyment of this book. The scientific theorizing that occurs in the opening conversation drew my interest right in and before I knew it I was over halfway complete. It was a quick listen overall and a good piece of classic scifi literature and the tale as if from a scientific observer was unique compared to other modern scifi reads

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