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Margot helps you tell your stories... better.

Revisado: 01-05-21

I found this one of the best storytelling audible books I have ever listened to, as Margot is profoundly expert at her material AND her delivery. She's a storyteller telling a story about how to tell stories better. Practical and just perfect.

I am starting this all over again to work on her directed exercises. I also think this will help my fictional work too, though Ms. Leitman explicitly states that is NOT her aim in this book.

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Good Story... GREAT NARRATOR!

Revisado: 03-11-20

Damn, John Castle brings this story absolutely alive. Stellar narration, he affects compelling accents and characterization. I'll seek his narrated projects out.

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Honored soldier but lacks context.

Revisado: 07-10-19

I enjoyed this book, but it lacks broader context. Roy's bravery is startlingly clear. Whilst I appreciate the book, I crave more information about SOG, the conflicts in Laos and Cambodia, and more information about SOG missions. Without this context, the book in uni-dimensional and too narrowly focused.

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fascinating history but told melodramatically.

Revisado: 07-10-19

The history of Pappy Gunn is riveting. Bruning's telling is fiercely melodramatic and damn near maudlin. Personally, I'd have preferred less melodrama, but your taste may differ. I enjoyed hearing about such a diversely skilled pilot, soldier and engineer. I love how it weaves together the context of pre-ww2, ww2 proper and post-ww2 tales.

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About one machine

Revisado: 10-29-18

This tells what happens in the creation of ONE computer. It was complete, it gave a thorough breakdown of how it happened, and it was interesting. It didn't describe other computer development.

It is hard to extrapolate any useful lessons from this account. I liked it, but I would have LOVED if it had posited how this story could be used to guide new development or teams. That would have been more compelling.

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Loved this in my teens, didn't like it now.

Revisado: 08-20-18

The protagonist is whiny beyond description. "Oh my lot in life. Sigh."
I guess I responded to this as a teen, but as an adult it exhausting to listen to.
(go back in time, teen-rating: 4 stars, 3 stars, 4 stars)

And the story abruptly ends. It's a trilogy, I know that,
but I can't find it in me to subject myself to the whiny tone
for 2 more books just to find out what happens.

The performer really accentuates this whiny tone. Don't know if I should reward or detract for this.

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Excellent intro to storytelling

Revisado: 08-06-18

I bought the kindle and audible version of this, because I figured my absorption would improve with two modes of delivery. Why? Because this primer on storytelling is great. Does it preach formulaic storytelling? It does. But for me the process of Learn the Rules, apply them successfully, and ONLY THEN break them is my personal process.

We all learn differently. I prefer structure then breakout. If you learn this way, this primer on storytelling is great. McKee's Story is a broader study, with more background and history. Save The Cat! is succinct. Less broad history and more procedural instructions. Also Blake Snyder is teaching a narrower type of storytelling, specifically for Film. McKee's can be applied more broadly, although it too focuses mostly on Screenwriting.

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Better than general fare sci-fi.

Revisado: 04-05-18

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

Fun and thoughtful.

What about R.C. Bray’s performance did you like?

Excellent voice performance. Not distracting in any way.

Any additional comments?

This books avoids some of the more tired aspects of current science fiction. I like Military Sci-Fi as much as the next one, but I like narratives that ask a little bit more and explore ideas that are deeper than "grunts at war in space." Infinite will linger longer than other novels I've listened to lately.

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No conclusions

Revisado: 04-02-18

A good recap of one class of Y Combinator, but no broad conclusions about efficacy or methodologies for innovators to follow.

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Good story, some explanation would have been nice

Revisado: 02-16-18

Core conceit/premise is left fundamentally unexplained. So it’s more speculative fiction than science fiction. But if you accept this premise, the story is truly excellent.

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