So I went ahead and bought "The Anscestor's Tale" at The Strand while I was in New York. It's by Richard Dawkins, whose "The Blind Watchmaker" changed my brain for good. (I mean that both in the sense of "in a good way" and "permanently") It's loosely structurally based on The Canterbury Tales, in that it's a pilgrimage from one place to another ( Read more... )