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Title: Turn of the Century by Kurt Andersen ISBN: 0-385-33504-0 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 11 July, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.23 (137 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: At Arm's Length, with the Occasional Chuckle
Comment: Anderson has done some admirable heavy lifting to present a just-in-time, high concept, bullet train of mild satire and cleverness. It takes awhile get used to and wade through the topical references to events, people, places, and things, both real and vividly imagined, that five years from now will make this novel seem like it was written in a dead language. Readers seem to have widely differing opinions about whether the characters are compelling,it's funny, etc. If you don't have any interest and affinity for the Fast Company/Hollywood/Web culture you'll hate it. I'm familiar enough with the worlds of the novel (at the grunt level anyway) to get the jokes and admire the imagination. But if you want a book that deals deeper with whether we lose our "soul" and connection to others by what we do for work, try JR, by William Gaddis (an author whose movie rights Anderson's character Ben Gould buys up in one of his "charitable" schemes). Overall, Turn of the Century is a too-long, although often amusing piece that relies so heavily on a reader's existing knowledge of the scene that I found myself holding the characters at arm's length. I prefer being a little more intimate.
Rating: 4
Summary: A clever,funny and unique look at NYC, LA and Microsoft
Comment: The author made more amusing and accurate observations in any two pages chosen at random than other books or magazines do in their entirety. He does not just name-drop, as some of the reviewers have claimed; rather, he sharply and often very funnily comments on TV, education, Wall Street, computers and their use, the kind of people who are involved in each of the above cited areas, families, love, relationships, the United States and the world. He casts a deadly accurate eye on various topics, most of which bring a smile or a nod by the reader. For example, there is a Howard Stern interview on the radio that is scripted exactly as I believe it would sound. It is true that the book is a bit long(and for that reason, I give it 4 instead of 5 stars), but the point is more than the plot. The incisive observations are worth the journey (to the Millenium), and there is a real story as he races to the finish line. I definitely think it is worth the time to read as there is no book like it.
Rating: 5
Summary: A meditation and satire on America's media culture
Comment: I picked up Andersen's long novel with hesitation but found it all but impossible to put down. His plotting is intricate but impeccable in terms of plausibility and every thread was quite satisfyingly resolved. His characters, down to the marginal bit players, are nailed in three dimensions. Finally, as a contemporary morality tale it will stand the test of time.
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Title: Whitegirl by Kate Manning ISBN: 0385337213 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 27 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Personal History by KATHARINE GRAHAM ISBN: 0375701044 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 24 February, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading by Sara Nelson ISBN: 0399150838 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 09 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Digital Fortress : A Thriller by Dan Brown ISBN: 0312263120 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Pub. Date: 05 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right by Al Franken ISBN: 0525947647 Publisher: E P Dutton Pub. Date: 29 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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