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Bioshock: Rapture

Bioshock, Book 1

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Bioshock: Rapture

By: John Shirley
Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
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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.

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The perfect book to set the scene for the first game. I absolutely loved it!

A must if you love the BioShock games

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I like that all the characters we meet in the book get a full story and aren’t just removed for the sake of the games plot. It’s good for the book to steer clear of many of the games characters for the most part as it lets them focus on the characters they’re trying to create and set the scene of rapture.

Beautiful look into the decent of rapture before we find it in the game.

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overall the narrator was good and you could tell who was who he put passion and energy into it. the story itself is I think a brilliant telling of rapture from start to finish it was good to get some more details on characters and they use a fair bit of material from the games while listing to this I was doing a play through of both 1 and 2 and the book was on point. loved it of you like the games you will love this book.

perfect set up for the games.

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loved the franchise, this book really hit it home. If you've played the first Bioshock game, give this a listen, even if you haven't, there aren't any real spoilers considering timelines.

I cried.

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Excellent book. Anyone disliking this must not actually enjoy the world of Rapture. You get a satisfying, sad and fascinating look at the beginning and end. The book essentially starts from conception to the beginning of the first game. It's such a great immersive supplementary experience to the game and it'll make you wanna replay it. I actually already started another play through.

Though the performance is laughable at times, like wow there's a lot of accents in this book, but the narrator tries and does so many different voices I gotta give him props for that.

Would recommend 100% for anyone who is genuinely interested in the world building and philosophy behind Bioshock.

Straight into the world of Rapture

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