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Interesting, but just too dated. Plus the audio book was unabridged so just seem to go on and on. But now I know the origin of Grok. ]]>
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Got the audio CDs at B&N for 14.95. After hearing the first half hour or so I fear my purchase was too rash. ]]>
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bookshelves: sci-fi
I see why this tops many sci-fi lists. It's incredibly immersive and has a Shakespearean feel to it at times. The author spends an incredible amount of time on the most subtle detail--inflection of a syllable, a thought that flashes through a character's mind, which the character then puts away in pursuit of a bigger objective, etc. Yet it never seems plodding despite its nearly 500+ pages. You get both sci-fi goodness and a very intelligent story about a royal family that, on the brink of destruction, reinvents itself to ultimately meet its fate. I may even get another book in the series, really, it was that good! ]]>
I really wanted to like this book, but it ended but being a "book that would never end" book for me. It just kept going and going. The author tried to keep it suspenseful, make a captivating story around the already fascinating topic of cryptography and Enigma (no, I'm serious) but unfortunately maybe the author was too good at capturing the bleak English WWII atmosphere and it carried on into the tone of the book so much that I was yearning for sunshine after 300+ pages of unending dark skies and gloom. It does make me want to read more about Enigma though, so I guess that's something. ]]>
"I am fortunate enough to not have seen the movie...I didn't even know there was a movie till reading some goodreads review."
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Don
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bookshelves: computer-science
I wrote the ASP Primer chapter. So five stars. ]]>