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Erika (17788 KP) rated Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation in Books

May 17, 2018  
Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation
Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation
Blake J. Harris | 2014 | Computing & IT, Reference
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So, this was billed as the 'behind-the-scenes' look at the war between Sega and Nintendo. Now, I'm not sure where all of the invented conversations came from, but they struck me as odd. I imagine they were made up... Which you can't really do for something billed as non-fiction.
It was an interesting story, and shows very much why Sega is non-existent, why Nintendo keeps hanging on, and Sony that surpassed them.
  
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Tracey Thorn recommended The Cost Of Living in Books (curated)

 
The Cost Of Living
The Cost Of Living
Deborah Levy | 2019 | Biography, Gender Studies
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"This speaks very directly to the person I am right now. Observations from a woman in middle age on marriage, divorce, freedom, and countless other things. She notices everything and records it in an unconventional way. And for anyone writing non-fiction, it’s a masterclass in how to do it."

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William Finnegan recommended Life on the Mississippi in Books (curated)

 
Life on the Mississippi
Life on the Mississippi
Mark Twain | 2012 | Fiction & Poetry
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"Like Orwell, Twain is better-known for his canonical fiction, but he was also a genius of observation, and this early work, which is broadly non-fiction, about his early career as a riverboat pilot, is my favorite. It’s not uproarious, like “Roughing It,” but it dives deep into its milieu. “The face of the water, in time, became a wonderful book—a book that was a dead language to the uneducated passenger, but which told its mind to me without reserve.”"

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