If you’ve seen the movie Earth Girls Are Easy that’s where I thought this book was going. A motley bunch of aliens bumbling around Earth trying to assimilate our culture and instead standing out like the Three Stooges. It turns out to be a lot more than that. Although creative, original and funny ...
Ein recht unterhaltsamer Ausflug in die Untiefen des Copyrights im Musikzirkus, und wie tief es die Erdbewohner im restlichen Universum in die Bredouille reiten kann... die immer wieder zu lesenden Vergleiche mit Douglas Adams sind meiner ganz bescheidenen Meinung nach dann doch an den Haaren herbei...
Ein recht unterhaltsamer Ausflug in die Untiefen des Copyrights im Musikzirkus, und wie tief es die Erdbewohner im restlichen Universum in die Bredouille reiten kann... die immer wieder zu lesenden Vergleiche mit Douglas Adams sind meiner ganz bescheidenen Meinung nach dann doch an den Haaren herbei...
What a joyride. I haven't laughed this much since Douglas Adams and Jasper Fforde. Rob Reid really hit a nerve with this one, poking fun at copyright law, coming up with creative and hilarious alien culture and just sweeping us away in a laugh-out-loud story filled with footnotes, one-liners, and a ...
Un libro simpático y divertido. En varios momento coquetea peligrosamente con volverse predecible pero es demasiado genre savvy para eso.Sufre un poco de señalar referencias innecesariamente, considerando el público que está atrayendo (¿De verdad se tiene que explicar un Rick Roll?) pero también tie...
7/23/2012: I really wanted to enjoy this book more. I had very high expectations, and while this is a good summer read I wanted more. If you enjoyed the "Hitchhiker's" satire you will like this too. And if you know music, and lyrics, you will enjoy the multitude of understated references to band...
My third first reads win.Rob Reid founder of Listen.com, which created the Rhapsody service. Blows us into other planets where aliens start downloading music illegally. The funny dialogue and the travel between planets and use of Stereopticons is a ride you wish you were onboard. A Computer nerd Sta...
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