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After quite a bit of thought, I’ve placed the high quality audio version of John Smith – Last Known Survivor of the Microsoft Wars<\/a><\/em> up on Youtube. You can read the first few chapters here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The HQ version of the audio book is here<\/a>. If you are unfortunate enough to have HughesNet, ViaSat, or any other data capped Internet service provider I suggest you wait until I get the Standard Quality (SQ) audio up. It will be much easier on your abysmal data ration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After quite a bit of thought, I’ve placed the high quality audio version of John Smith – Last Known Survivor of the Microsoft Wars up on Youtube. You can read the first few chapters here. The HQ version of the audio book is here. 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