Bioshock Rapture, John Shirley
Bioshock Rapture, John Shirley
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Bioshock: Rapture

Author: John Shirley

Narrator: Jeffrey Kafer

Unabridged: 13 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/25/2012

Synopsis


It was the end of World War II. FDR's New Deal had redefined American politics. Taxes were at an all-time high. The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki had created a fear of total annihilation. The rise of secret government agencies and sanctions on business had many watching their backs. America's sense of freedom was diminishing . . . and many were desperate to take that freedom back.

Among them was a great dreamer, an immigrant who'd pulled himself from the depths of poverty to become one of the wealthiest and most admired men in the world. That man was Andrew Ryan, and he believed that great men and women deserved better. So he set out to create the impossible: a utopia free from government, from censorship, and from moral restrictions on science, where what you gave was what you got. He created Rapture—the shining city below the sea. But this utopia suffered a great tragedy. This is the story of how it all came to be . . . and how it all ended.

About John Shirley

John Shirley has written novels, short stories, TV scripts, screenplays, lyrics, poetry, songs, and nonfiction. More than forty of his novels have been published. Many of his 200 or so short stories have been compiled in eight short-story collections. As a musician, Shirley has fronted his own bands and written lyrics for Blue Öyster Cult and others. He currently lives in Vancouver, Washington, with his wife, Micky Shirley.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Federico on September 29, 2024

Would you kindly read a myriad of books? World war, nuclear bombs, dictatorships, destruction, massive poverty slowly devastating the world in the mid-twentieths century. A man with a vision. A city with full liberties and complete autonomy, away from the dangers, vices, restrictions and dubious m......more

Goodreads review by Holden on September 23, 2011

This is the single best video game inspired piece of literature I've ever read. It stays incredibly true to both games (striding to connect them in ways the games were unable to do) and flushing out much of the world and answering many things I wondered about from the game. I always wondered why the......more

Goodreads review by Maciek on May 19, 2015

Welcome to Rapture - the world's fastest growing pile of junk! For those who have not played Bioshock, this book will probably not be very appealing; for those who did, it will be very disappointing. I am a big fan of the original Bioshock, which is the only reason why I read this book - and it's......more

Goodreads review by Olethros on December 07, 2020

-Lo más habitual es que la literatura genere productos audiovisuales, pero el marketing cruzado cambió un poco el sentido de la tendencia a partir de los años ochenta.- Género. Ciencia ficción. Lo que nos cuenta. El libro BioShock: Rapture (publicación original: BioShock: Rapture, 2011) nos presenta a......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on June 07, 2013

Honestly, when I picked this book up, I was expecting (and hoping for) a rather dumb book based on a video game that I could read for a few hours' entertainment. I was surprised by how GOOD I actually found this book to be. You don't have to be familiar with the Bioshock games for this to be a good bo......more

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