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I kept thinking it would get better 

Revisado: 01-21-25

I’m not a big fan of fiction with implausible science. If you are, you might have a different opinion. 

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The bibliography of Carolyn Wells 

Revisado: 11-19-24

The above would be a more apt title. Only the last chapter really talks about the vanishing which was the main reason I bought the book. Perhaps this is the publishers fault. My understanding is they are largely responsible for titles. Now maybe this is just personal preference. If you’re a detail person, the kind of person who liked memorizing sports statistics as a kid, for example, this might be the perfect book for you. 

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Lots of mispronounced words 

Revisado: 09-26-24

Perhaps I’m too harsh. I might’ve liked this book better if I hadn’t already been familiar with many of the concepts. I continue to be puzzled by audiobooks with lots of mispronunciations. Doesn’t anybody listen to these things before they put them out for the public? 

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Too much detail not enough big picture 

Revisado: 07-13-24

If you love details this book is for you. It’s basically a blow by blow description of recent political machinations in Washington . I tend to be a big picture person rather than a detail person so maybe my review is unfair for those who are detail people.  it’s probably good from the standpoint of providing historical record. 

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Only partly about rhetoric  

Revisado: 04-03-24

The non-rhetorical parts of the book I could do without. It would’ve been nice, for example, if there was more about rhetorical techniques the Democrats could employ. Concerning the non-rhetorical parts, I wish I were smart enough to figure out how to fix the problems the author addresses but if her solution is everybody getting better at critical thinking, we’re probably all in trouble.  While Trump moved things along considerably, years of divisive tactics employed by minions of the ultrawealthy for their own gain made Trump possible.  Ditto, for those in power who ignored the interests and concerns of what became Trump’s base.

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An important book but not a fun one.

Revisado: 03-24-24

This book is necessary in a similar way to the way exercise or medicine is necessary. The country would be better off if everyone knew about the information in here; however, it is probably too complicated for many and  won’t keep even more people’s interest. 

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Clever plot 

Revisado: 02-16-24

The protagonist lived in a very different world than most people. If it’s true that truth is stranger than fiction, then maybe we get some insight into the different parts of reality that other people inhabit.  I don’t rave about everything.  I only give a couple of five stars per year.

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Good book, misleading title 

Revisado: 02-05-24

It’s an interesting book and contains  material I have not come across elsewhere. it could perhaps more accurately be described as: The commercial aspects of jazz from swing to fusion. For example, there is extensive treatment of the recording industry and the musicians union but early jazz such as New Orleans, stride and ragtime are not really discussed; except that  the first jazz recording is discussed in some detail.  Bob Dylan is discussed a bit but I don’t recall him ever mentioning Buddy Bolden.

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Bad narration good book 

Revisado: 01-24-24

Tim Wolfe is always a good antidote to dogmatic thinking and paying too much attention to “experts“ in non-objective fields.  While the nuts and bolts of architecture is certainly objective, the aesthetics are not.  Many mispronounced words.  don’t publishers ever check this stuff? 

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 I give very few five stars

Revisado: 01-22-24

Superior book, I give maybe one five star rating every two or three years. Bad narration though. The reader mispronounces a number of words I assumed all educated people were familiar with. Doesn’t anybody ever check these things? 

Here’s a gross oversimplification of the book. The far left has become obsessed with identity politics and virtue signaling at the expense of economic issues and winning elections. Economics is not unimportant to those the identity politics warriors profess to be in favor of helping.  So if they really believed the things they claim, they wouldn’t ignore the issues in this book.  it’s not a page turner but the ideas are extremely important. 

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