The World Without Us
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman is an interesting book and it is, please forgive the over-worn expression, also thought-provoking. However, after a few examples of what the world would be like without humans I was thinking, "All right already! I get it!" Perhaps the treatise would have worked better in slightly shorter form. Or perhaps I just have no attention span these days. When Weisman starts talking about the groups who are for beginning human extinction now - that freaked me out a little. Yes, it might be better for the planet, but are you nuts?! Our extinction is inevitable - why rush it?
Books: 9/100 = 9.0%
Pages: 1879/30,000 = 6.3%
Currently reading:
The Unabridged Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
Just After Sunset by Stephen King
Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Robert Maturin
Moonage Daydream: The Life & Times of Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie and Mick Rock
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Books: 9/100 = 9.0%
Pages: 1879/30,000 = 6.3%
Currently reading:
The Unabridged Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
Just After Sunset by Stephen King
Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Robert Maturin
Moonage Daydream: The Life & Times of Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie and Mick Rock
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer