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The Second Coming of Steve Jobs

By: Alan Deutschman
Narrated by: Charles Stransky
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Publisher's summary

From the acclaimed Vanity Fair and GQ journalist–an unprecedented, in-depth portrait of the man whose return to Apple precipitated one of the biggest turnarounds in business history. With a new epilogue on Apple’s future survival in today’s roller-coaster economy, here is the revealing biography that blew away the critics and stirred controversy within industry and media circles around the country.

©2000 by Alan Deutschman
(P)2000 Random House, Inc.

Critic reviews

"A fascinating portrait of the Apple Computer founder…A mesmerizing, outstanding read, this book crackles with energy. Some of the passages will make your mouth drop open."--Dallas Morning News

"Deutschman illuminates the attributes that have made Jobs not only a success but also an influential innovator in two major industries. THE SECOND COMING…includes fascinating details about Jobs…anyone interested in the culture of Silicon Valley should find it well worth a read."--San Francisco Chronicle

"Alan Deutschman’s delicious Steve Jobs biography is a psychological profile with a fruit-flavored iMac punch line. The book is a pleasure to read, but not surprisingly, Jobs wishes you wouldn’t."--Chicago Sun

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    5 out of 5 stars

Wonderfully interesting from a UNIX person

I really didn't know much about Apple and/or Steve being a UNIX person the last twenty years or so. With that in mind, I found this book fascinating esspecially the insights into Steve himself and the people and history behind Pixar. Great stuff..

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  • Overall
    2 out of 5 stars

I Don't Know

To copy Jobs' style of leadership would probably be a disaster. After listening to his "come back," it sounds more like he lucked out with Pixar. I certainly was not impressed. Perhaps success at a young age hindered his maturity.

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  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars

Great Book!

Fantastic listening! I loved it. Curse words and all. Great insight to the life of this Genius.

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  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars

Interesting history that ends too soon

This book traces Steve Job from his getting kicked out of Apple to his triumphant return to Apple. I wished it had dealt more with why Jobs had been forced out of Apple and I really wish it had covered some of the recent Apple developments (the new iMac, OS-X, the iPod and the iTunes store, the G5, etc). The book was written before these developments, so it's no fault of the author's, of course, but I finished The Second Coming of Steve Jobs wishing for the inside story behind these developments. I have to agree with some of the other reviewers that this book slights Jobs' contributions -- while Jobs doesn't sound like a fun guy to work with, it's hard to deny that under Jobs the last few years Apple has been the cool computer company to beat (in terms of technology and design, not market share).

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  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars

Incredible ongoing story

Amazing story, not only of Steve Jobs, but of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs in general. Fascinating reading which, I feel, is quite objective, describing and giving equal time to the good and the bad.

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  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars

Excellent book!

The author is also an excellent narrator. I wish he would read more books. The book itself is also very well done. It is interesting and filled with lots of good tid bits. The book si both amusing and informative. Of course after reading it you will wonder how Jobs ever managed to accomplish anything with his huge ego and obvious lack of talent in anything. But obviously bluster and abuse can take you far.

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  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars

Very interesting read

I learned alot about Steve Jobs I never knew before.

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  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars

Genius or weirdo?

Appropriately, I listened to this book on an iPod. As much as I have heard about Steve Jobs over the years, this was fun to listen to. Even so, at times it was more than I ever wanted to know about Jobs. There was a little too much weird personal information in this book. Fortunately, I came away continuing to like Apple computers even after reading about Job's life and idiosyncrasies.

I especially liked hearing about Pixar, the founders and how the business developed. I also liked hearing about how the author thought Jobs developed his sense of style and design. The true test of this book is would I read it again? Yes, I would. Maybe not right away, but it is definitely on the repeat list. The business development and Job's negotiating skills are fascinating. I might skip the parts about his girlfriends, his relationship with his children, and his weird eating habits.

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  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars

Insanely great. =)

Just makes me love him even more. ^_^

- Xidius

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  • Overall
    1 out of 5 stars

Great story poorly told

This book is poorly written, repetitious, with hackneyed language. It attempts to paint a personal picture of Jobs, but ends up by reading like an overlong Vanity Fair article. There is a germ of a fascinating story here, but the Second Coming is not up to the potential.

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