

Sum
Tales from the Afterlives
Author: David Eagleman
Narrator: Anonymous
Unabridged: 2 hr 38 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 06/08/2010
Categories: Fiction
Author: David Eagleman
Narrator: Anonymous
Unabridged: 2 hr 38 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 06/08/2010
Categories: Fiction
I am a fan of Dr. Eagleman and amazed at the body of work he has amassed thus far in his life. So, I thought, this is by Dr. Eagleman, and I will enjoy it. I have not. I managed to get about halfway through it. I did have a basic idea of the premise of the book beforehand. It is not terrible, but did not hold my attention even though it is a relatively short book. I just could not get into it for some reason. I will likely finish listening to it at some point...just not right now.
This book blew me away; I underlined and starred dozens of sentences and typed them in to my friends on email. Sum tells 40 vignettes from the afterlife, but you quickly figure out that (a) the stories are mutually exclusive (if one is true then the others cannot be), and (b) the stories are not abo......more
David Eagleman - image from his site You do not have to be a subscriber to any of the more common religions in this world to harbor some notion, some hope, that there might be a form of personal existence beyond death. Eagelman has come up with forty possible post-mortem futures and offers them up......more
5★ “Everyone is a brother to all, and for the first time an idea has been realized that never came to fruition on Earth: true equality. The Communists are baffled and irritated, because they have finally achieved their perfect society, but only by the help of a God in whom they don’t want to believe.......more
Now I've read Sum twice. First on a plane flight in one big sitting, then years later one story a day for 40 days. Honestly, the first way was better. The stories that are good are really, really good. But none of them have much staying power, so the emotional rollercoaster of reading them one after......more
My favourite video game of all time is a homemade 2D platformer on the little-known Yaroze—a black, programmable Playstation—called Time Slip. In this game you are a snail with a one-minute lifespan who has to use his time on screen to stand on buttons that open doors to other parts of the level......more