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An insightful look at the greatest superheroes

Revisado: 09-17-12

If you could sum up Superman in three words, what would they be?

Insightful Superman history

What other book might you compare Superman to and why?

The Ten Cent Plague as a parallel history about the comic book medium with this book about a major franchise that propelled it to prominence.

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

A fan's enthusiasm at the character while conveying the tragedy of how the character's creators were treated.

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

The life of Jerry Siegal as a writer with a special kind of imagination but burdened with a business naivety that sabotaged his chance at the full material success that should been his due.

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A convincing look at humanity's social evolution

Revisado: 12-08-11

Where does The Better Angels of Our Nature rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This a powerfully fascinating book where Pinker shows, with very thorough evidence, that human nature has changed for the better over the centuries. In short, Pinker will prove to you how we have, if still incompletely depending on culture and region, become more peaceful, just and civilization after a fashion. In that, the author gives a detailed look at the history of violence in society that will make you blanch at the bloody antics done by our ancestors and the psychological research trying to explain it. Just hear the reader read out how medieval people found

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

I was heartened for at least one element of the human race, even while I wanted to give those sadists in the past a taste of their own medicine.

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