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 enlarge | Authors: Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow
Publisher: Hyperion
Category: Book
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Rating:  436 reviews
Sales Rank: 2
Format: Roughcut
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 1401323251
Dewey Decimal Number: 004.092
EAN: 9781401323257
ASIN: 1401323251
Publication Date: April 8, 2008
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 Very inspirational & uplifting... July 25, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Goodbye, Randy Pausch...Our hearts and prayers go out to your family. I'm sure they are very proud of the contributions you have made to the world. Thanks you so much.
A Sad Day July 25, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book was amazing and as Randy Pausch has died today 07/25/08, I feel compelled to read it again to remind myself of the wonderful lessons I learned throughout the book.
 Not Impressed July 25, 2008
9 out of 34 found this review helpful
My mother bought this book for some light beach reading and I decided to give it a try. It was preachy, boring, and really lacked the subtlety necessary to pull off something like this. I actually disliked Randy by the end of this book. If you like being force-fed cheesy cliches for an extended period of time, then this is the book for you.
 Simple and sweet July 24, 2008
17 out of 27 found this review helpful
I tried very hard to like this little book. I instinctively appreciate Randy and feel sorrow for his plight. He gives the impression as being very much an honorable guy, a good father and the college professor I never had but always wanted. Nonetheless, the book seems to be written for the simple of mind. Perhaps a life with college students had given Randy a fondness for straightforward homilies. There was nothing in the book that is either fresh or profound. The insights presented are Hollywood superficial.
The book's constant regressing to Disney, Star Wars, and Star Trek may be attractive to the college student. However, finding weighty insights from the ethos of a Jedi is an effort in futility. The book does give some comprehensible perceptions of the popular academic culture. Through analysis the book shows that the superficial and fallacies of concept of the Hollywood culture can be misconstrued as being full of deep and profound meaning. That being said, there are those that need such metaphors for a life's anchor and for those this book is ideally suited.
I hope nothing but the best for Randy and his family. If the reader is looking for a light book that reads like a screen play and isn't too mentally tasking than this is the book for them. If on the other hand the desire is for a profound and penetrating analysis of life's lessons and the meaning of existence than the reader will be disappointed.
This is a must read for EVERYONE!!!! July 24, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Randy Pausch is an incredible human being. Most people faced with his diagnosis would sink into a big pit of self pity. He was amazing before he became infamous with his Last Lecture and even more so now. This book (and his actual lecture) will put your life in perspective. This book provides a little insight to one of the world's true role models. We should all strive to be like him. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. He'll have you laughing through your tears and leave you going WOW!
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