Rob Reid (1) (1966–)
Author of Year Zero
For other authors named Rob Reid, see the disambiguation page.
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- Birthdate
- 1966-10-02
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- Darien, Connecticut, USA
Stanford, California, USA
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Cairo, Egypt
Warsaw, Poland
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (show all 7)
Los Angeles, California, USA - Education
- Stanford University (Arabic | International Relations)
Harvard Business School (MBA) - Occupations
- entrepreneur
- Relationships
- Webb, Morgan (wife)
- Short biography
- Rob Reid is the founder of Listen.com, which created the Rhapsody service, the world’s largest seller of online music until it was eclipsed (rather badly, he’ll admit) by Apple’s iTunes service. He is the author of Year One, a memoir about student life at Harvard Business School, and Architects of the Web, a business history of the Internet. He lives in the Los Angeles area with his wife, Morgan, and Ashby the Dog.
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Year Zero: A Novel by Rob Reid
Entertaining... John Hodgman does an excellent job reading the audiobook. I got really tired of all the Microsoft jokes by the end.
Funny concept, a bit long on execution. Would have made a first-rate novella; at novel-length, it dragged in places.
This was an entertaining story similar to The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It has some good laugh-out-loud moments. However, I cannot give it more than three stars because a) there is gratuitous foul language used, including taking the Lord's name in vain, and b) a fawning endorsement of Bill Gates's "humanitarian" efforts in the epilogue.
This is a super-fun mashup: part satire of Silicon Valley start-up culture and Internet culture; part thriller; part think piece about the pluses and minuses of a greater-than-human-level artificial intelligence (don't let that put you off). All wrapped up in witty text and delightful characters. I've shelved this as "planning to re-read", so it will likely be upgraded to 5 stars when that happens.
[Audiobook note: I SUPER-HIGHLY recommend getting the audio book version. It is read primarily by two first-rate voices and backed up by a whos-who of Internet celebs.]… (more)
[Audiobook note: I SUPER-HIGHLY recommend getting the audio book version. It is read primarily by two first-rate voices and backed up by a whos-who of Internet celebs.]… (more)
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- Works
- 5
- Members
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- Popularity
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- Rating
- 3.5
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- ISBNs
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