Mark Twain Audio CD Collection
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“The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” — Mark TwainMark Twain (1835-1910) was the first American writer to capture the unique and colorful vernacular of his country’s populace. Instead of striving to perfect any particular literary form, Twain strove to precisely imprint on paper the colloquial speech, mannerisms and experiences of the American people.Twain’s books earned him an enduring reputation as a satirist and humorist, but he also wrote great short stories. These stories, wit
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FIRST TIME ON AUDIO…An Unabridged Novella Unavailable In Any Collection! Tapping into our primal fears of modern technology that made Cell a #1 bestseller, Stephen King sets his sights on the latest high-tech gadget in UR, in which a mysterious e-book reader opens a disturbing window into other worlds. Reeling from a painful break-up, English instructor and avid book lover Wesley Smith is haunted by his ex-girlfriend’s parting shot: “Why can’t you just read off the computer like everyone
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Stories from another era,
This collection presents a few of your favorite Clemens stories, just as they must have been read aloud by generations of enthralled readers. I enjoyed it greatly and wish the rest of his works were offered in the exact same format.
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|Some stories great, some not so well done.,
Life on the Mississippi is done wonderfully.
The Jumping Frog of Calveras County is done
with such an affected “old codger” accent that
it’s not funny at all, which is almost impossible
for that story. Everything else spans the
range.
The CD is a compilation of several actors,
which doubtless explains the variability.
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|Stephen King- Still Near the Top of His Game,
Stephen King has graced us kindle owners with a bit of surprise. Coming out a few weeks early, UR downloaded to my Kindle this morning and 90 minutes later I had devoured its 1737 locations.
UR settles into a space somewhere between a short story and a novella. The premise is simple but fascinating. After a mild mannered college professor orders a Kindle, he is met with a pink Kindle that downloads books not only from Amazon.com, but from Urs. Each of the more than 10 million Urs seem to represent a different reality where authors have written different books. Ever wanted to read the unpublished Hemingway book, or six Poe novels? King explores the possibilities and in the process makes every literary mind jealous.
Of course, being King, things start to go wrong and become disturbing when the professor finds out that the pink Kindle can also download newspapers from different Urs. I’ll let you discover the rest on your own.
Ur moves quick and features some cameo appearances by past King characters that will leave the most cynical CR smiling. It falls short of five stars simply because it is measured against other great King novellas and novels, but UR is a great diversion for any King fan.
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|Great Story! And I’m not even a fan!,
I usually don’t even think of Stephen King when I go looking for something to read on my Kindle. That changed today. I’m sure you all remember the condition you were in when you walked out into the “real world” after seeing Star Wars for the first time… snapped-back from a total imersion, allmost dizzy from the exposure to thoughts and possibilities at the edge of your imagination! I have seen a few of the movies made from Mr. King’s books and while intertaining, I never put too much thought to the stories involved. Perhaps I should -read- some of those stories. Another reviewer said this story, “UR” should be included with new Kindles. I say it should by required reading for anyone who reads from a portable device!
Well done Mr. King, I’m your newest fan!
And yes, I did press the “Next Page” key, both at the end of the story AND on the Experimental page
(review writen on a Kindle!)
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