I'm not a fan of Dawkins' views on religion, but as editor of this book he has done a fine job; it clearly makes a difference that he is writing about topics he knows and likes, and his introductory pieces to each extract are informative and often self-deprecating ( Read more... )

We have spent a romantic evening reading Andrew Rilstone's fisking of Richard Dawkins:

Where Dawkins Went Wrong
Some More of Dawkins' Greatest Mistakes
Final and Clinching Proofs
Who Is This Dawkins Person Anyway
Well, That Just About Wraps It Up For Dawkins
Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Dawkins But Have Been Forced to Find Out
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Well, I've spent the morning happily putting all 400 of our children's books onto my LibraryThing catalogue. (Which takes my total book tally to 2869; wonder when I will break 3000?)

I'm sorry to go on about the UnSuggestions, but some of them for classic children's books are too good not to share:

Green Eggs and Ham, by Dr Seuss - Unsuggestion: ( Read more... )