Are there limericks?
---------------------------------------- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:42:16 -0700 > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] "The Fallen Sky" Redux > > Darren Garrison posted: > >> I wonder how much your views of the book are influenced by your > being a personal friend of the author. > > I am a professional science writer and my personal friendships do not > influence my book reviews. > > >> I'm already at the point of just skimming the page until I come > to a passage that is actually relevant to meteorites and doesn't read > like a personal blog. > > Your loss. > > "The Fallen Sky" is a complex and impeccably researched non-fiction > work that -- to some degree -- uses meteorites as a vehicle for > personal exploration and a quest for meaning, rather than being just a > straightforward history of space rocks, although there is plenty of > fascinating historical material included, some of which was new to me. > And if bloggers could write half as well as Chris, the web would be a > much more interesting place. > > Darren is quick to criticize others, so I hope List members will read > this unique book and decide for themselves. If you enjoy rich, lyrical > prose and ponder questions along the lines of: "Why are some of us > driven to such extraordinary lengths to find meteorites?" then "TFS" > is for you. It also includes insightful portraits of some of the > remarkable figures in meteorite history and good doses of dry humor > and adventure. Chris spent almost two months inside a tent in > Antarctica with ANSMET! > > I found "The Fallen Sky" to be the most original and thought provoking > non-fiction work I've read in many years. It is bound to be > controversial since there's never been a book like it written before. > > > Geoff N. > > www.aerolite.org > www.meteoritemen.com > www.meteoriteblog.org > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive email from all of your webmail accounts. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9671356 ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
