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The Inventor and the Tycoon
- A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures
- De: Edward Ball
- Narrado por: John H. Mayer
- Duración: 15 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 65
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 67
One hundred and thirty years ago Eadweard Muybridge invented stop-motion photography, anticipating and making possible motion pictures. He was the first to capture time and play it back for an audience, giving birth to visual media and screen entertainments of all kinds. Yet the artist and inventor Muybridge was also a murderer who killed coolly and meticulously, and his trial is one of the early instances of a media sensation.
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2 out of 5 stars
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a challenge to listen to
- De Andy en 07-14-13
- The Inventor and the Tycoon
- A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures
- De: Edward Ball
- Narrado por: John H. Mayer
Terrible!
Revisado: 01-29-13
Would you try another book from Edward Ball and/or John H. Mayer?
No, absolutely not. Book drug on! It was very confusing as it is told out of sequence and you end up hearing the same event multiple times and included way too much irrelevant information. ***spoiler alert*** the author continually mentions this cool and meticulous murder and it is anything but. I kept thinking maybe he killed more than his wife's lover but apparently not. Also, the author continually mentions how the subject changes his name to "unpronounceable" Aedweard Muybridge but the narrator seems to manage just fine. It is also the name of a couple of kings so it is pronounceable and not just a made up name. We can't finish it, Two of us made it through 8 hours (long drive) and can't see how he can possibly drag the story out for another 8!
Would you ever listen to anything by Edward Ball again?
NO
What three words best describe John H. Mayer’s performance?
Ok
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
No.
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