“An ambitious, labor-of-love illumination of a city’s soul, celebrating the uniqueness of San Francisco without minimizing the price paid for the city’s free-spiritedness… the author encompasses the city’s essence… Talbot loves his city deeply and knows it well, making the pieces of the puzzle fit together, letting the reader understand…Talbot takes the reader much deeper than cliché, exploring a San Francisco that tourists never discover. Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror, and Deliverance in the City of Love. I found it hard to put down Season of the Witch.' - San Francisco Chronicle “A gritty corrective to our rosy memories…enthralling, news-driven history.smart and briskly paced tale. Even people who were there might take away something new, and for others, the book offers a comprehensive introduction to the era.” -Booklist “Talbot presents gripping accounts of both crime sprees and football showdowns.

In exhilarating fashion, Talbot clears the rainbow mist and brings San Francisco into sharp focus.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review) Speculating about what would have happened had AOL and others stayed independent businessesĪnd much discussion on how to grade this one…ĭavid: Season of the Witch by David Talbotīrian: A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age by Rob GoodmanĮbay vs.“Exhaustive research yields penetrating character studies…Talbot incisively relates the atmosphere of service in the Haight…In a surprising ending, Talbot convincingly suggests that imperfect new mayor Dianne Feinstein resurrected the city’s heart as it rallied around the 49ers. /rebates/2fp2fSeason-Witch2fTalbot-David2fA17243164248&.com252fp252fSeason-Witch252fTalbot-David252fA1724316424826afsrc3d126SID3d&idbooksamillion&nameBOOKSAMILLION. Why the money dried up for AOL after their merger with Time WarnerĪOL and its value in the post-Time-Warner era Time Warner in a down-to-the-wire war for a merger with AOL Steve Case foreseeing the coming era of broadband, inspiring AOL to pursue working with a cable companyĮbay vs. How AOL pioneered a number of internet paradigmsĪOL’s persistent money troubles and bailouts from other companies Who doesn’t remember the soothing sounds of 56k modems and the timeless phrase, “You’ve Got Mail”? Join us all as we unpack how one of the biggest ISP’s of the 90’s tried to take over the world… and fell far short.Įxplaining just what it is that AOL did at the height of their popularity

The cool gray city of love was the epicenter of the 1960s cultural revolution. On this extra-long episode of Acquired, Brian McCullough from the Internet History Podcast returns to discuss perhaps the most (in)famous merger of all time: AOL - Time Warner. Season of the Witch is the first book to fully capture the dark magic of San Francisco in this breathtaking period, when the city radically changed itself - and then revolutionized the world.

Season of the witch by david talbot