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Dune is a 1965 science-fiction novel by American author Frank Herbert, originally published as two separate serials in Analog magazine. …
With more than ten million copies sold, Frank Herbert's magnificent Dune books stand among the major achievements of the human …
Dune Messiah continues the story of Paul Atreides, better known—and feared—as the man christened Muad’Dib. As Emperor of the known …
Frank Herbert: God Emperor Dune Ca (1983, Berkley)
God Emperor of Dune is a science fiction novel by Frank Herbert published in 1981, the fourth in his Dune …
The Children of Dune are twin siblings Leto and Ghanima Atreides, whose father, the Emperor Paul Muad’Dib, disappeared in the …
A certain college girl who's loved books ever since she was a little girl dies in an accident and is …
For the first time in history, we have instantaneous access to the world’s knowledge. There has never been a better …
This book shows that atheism need not be only reactionary (against religion and God), but rather provides a clear set …
This book shows that atheism need not be only reactionary (against religion and God), but rather provides a clear set …
This book shows that atheism need not be only reactionary (against religion and God), but …
Just opened the book, read a couple of sentences... No real progress yet.
I became interested in this book because of a video on YouTube where an antheist was reacting to a pastor (?) commenting on these "atheist commandments". Funny thing was that they were basing this commentary on a CNN article about the book instead of actually reading the book... Kind of typical.
So, I decided to go to the source itself.
Just opened the book, read a couple of sentences... No real progress yet.
I became interested in this book because of a video on YouTube where an antheist was reacting to a pastor (?) commenting on these "atheist commandments". Funny thing was that they were basing this commentary on a CNN article about the book instead of actually reading the book... Kind of typical.
So, I decided to go to the source itself.
OKay book... But possibly a bit too "inside" in a way. Abramson was the Editor in Chief at the NY Times for part of the period this book covers... So there's a bit of a conflict there. Not to mention that all of the publications that she chooses to cover are on the East coast.
Would have been better if she had decided to follow a different paper, say the L.A. Times instead of the NY Times.
Then there is a side of this story that is missed.... At one point Abramson addresses the differences between the first and second attempts by the Times to implement a paywall. While her opinion is okay, it's definitely not complete. She does identify the iPhone as one difference, there were definitely bigger ones... For example Amazon Prime, Netflix and Spotify all happened between the two attempts to paywall their content... Meaning …
OKay book... But possibly a bit too "inside" in a way. Abramson was the Editor in Chief at the NY Times for part of the period this book covers... So there's a bit of a conflict there. Not to mention that all of the publications that she chooses to cover are on the East coast.
Would have been better if she had decided to follow a different paper, say the L.A. Times instead of the NY Times.
Then there is a side of this story that is missed.... At one point Abramson addresses the differences between the first and second attempts by the Times to implement a paywall. While her opinion is okay, it's definitely not complete. She does identify the iPhone as one difference, there were definitely bigger ones... For example Amazon Prime, Netflix and Spotify all happened between the two attempts to paywall their content... Meaning that the second time having a subscription service was more accepted.
I think this book could have been improved by following the changes in technologies throughout the whole timeline. It would have brought a lot of the issues and changes into better focus.
