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Tag Archives: audiobook
Prepare to Meet Thy Doom
Prepare to Meet Thy Doom: And Other True Gaming Stories © 2015 David Kushner ~ 5 hours, read by Wil Wheaton Masters of Doom enthralled me, covering the genesis of modern PC gaming through its history of id software. Prepare … Continue reading
Locked In (and Unlocked)
Lock Inand Unlocked, a bonus novellapub. 2014 John Sclazi336 pagesRead by Wil Wheaton It looks, from the outside, like a simple case. There’s a body with a knife in it, recently planted. There’s a man in the room who was … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, science fiction
Tagged audiobook, digital world, John Scalzi, science fiction
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The Perfect Thing
The Perfect Thing: How the iPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture, and Coolness pub. 2006 Steven Levy 304 pages I’ve never had an iPod, but given that Audible was doing a sale this week and that I seemed to be doing an … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged Apple, arts-entertainment, audiobook, business, goods/services, history, Steven Levy, technology, Technology and Society
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Ready Player One
Ready Player One© 2011 Ernest Cline354 pagesAudible presentation read by Wil Wheaton,runtime 15 hr 46 min Who knew that School House Rock could save the world? When an eccentric genius dies and leaves a will laden with eighties pop culture … Continue reading
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Tagged arts-entertainment, audiobook, digital world, science fiction
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Of China and Narnia
Late last week I finished China Wakes, the account of two married American journalists in China during the 1980s and early 1990s. They found China frustratingly difficult to judge; as much promise as its economic liberalization showed, the political and … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged 2017 Discovery of Asia, audiobook, China, history, Narnia
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Redshirts
Redshirts: A Novel With Three Codas© 2012 John Scalzi320 pagesAudible presentation read by Wil Wheaton, runtime 7 hrs 41 minutes. “I’m not even supposed to be here! I’m just Crewman #6. I’m the guy in the episode who dies to … Continue reading
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Tagged audiobook, humor, John Scalzi, science fiction, Star Trek
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Masters of Doom
Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture© 2004 David Kushner,Audible presentation read by Wil Wheaton, runtime 12 hours & 43 minutes334 pages I wasn’t playing PC games in the early nineties when Wolfenstein 3D, … Continue reading
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Tagged arts-entertainment, audiobook, digital world, goods/services, history
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The Prisoner of Azkaban (Audio)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 10 discs, approximately 12 hours.© 2000 J.K. Rowling, Listening LibraryPerformed by Jim Dale Last week I finished listening to my first audiobook, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. I don’t know why … Continue reading
The Chamber of Secrets (Audio)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Audio)Read by Jim Dale; Written by J.K. Rowling© 1999, Listening LibraryEight discs, approximately nine hours.Preview the author reading: A few weeks ago while perusing an issue of National Geographic, I heard a rather … Continue reading