Sept. 2007 Books Read
By potatobiker on Oct 3, 2007 in Textual Innuendo
Books I read last month:
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman. Easily the best one of the September reads. A very interesting speculation on what might happen to the earth if humans suddenly blinked out of existance. Beautiful, unique, and thought-provoking.
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams. Yep. I never read it. I feel more “in” now that I’ve read it.
The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul by Douglas Adams. Like I was going to read the first Dirk and not the second?
Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet. Pretty good little book written by the guy on the Discovery channel’s “Brain Man.” You really gotta wonder if we all don’t have a little Asperger’s in us somewhere, and you’ll be amazed at how outgoing and independent Daniel forced himself to be.
Mysterious Island by Jules Verne. Read it because mom saw the TV movie and wanted me to do a comparative study of the movie, the book, and Lost. I determined that they practically made up the entire movie, which was very little like the book. The most that Lost has in common with the movie is that the movie took some Lost elements instead of the other way around. The most Lost has in common with the book is a cord going into the water, and people stuck on an island with one dog. The book is about settlers. By which I mean, real legitimate settlers who make an amazingly valiant effort to settle on the island. Includes LONG descriptions of how they made nitroglycerin from dugong fat and plants, and windows, telegraph cables, etc. Proved to me one thing: Modern man is ridiculously dependent on technology and could NEVER survive in the wild.
Dexter in the Dark by Jeff Lindsay. Totally different feel than the previous two books. Having recently read Dirk Gently, I thought of Dexter’s Dark Passenger as the alien ghost that inhabits Michael. It was more Dean Koontz than the previous two were, but still good. I can imagine some people who read the Dexter books for other reasons would be a bit disappointed.
The Canon by Natalie Angier. Another lovely little science book. Quick rundowns of many science basics and branches, with a light, cute feel. Only thing I didn’t like was the chapters should have had more internal breaking points.
