Science-Book Challenge Update
I just finished reading Edward O. Wilson's The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth. My book note is here. It was a charming little book, oddly written in quasi-epistolary, addressed to a generic Southern Baptist pastor. It's more or less a series of essays recounting reasons why humankind might wish to forestall its current headlong rush to kill off Earth's species of animals and plants with such unseemly haste. I found it appealing and interesting but oddly naive in tone.
The Science-Book Challenge 2008 is about two months old now, one-sixth elapsed. Currently we have 11 challengers that I know about; you can find them listed on this Science-Book Challenge page along with links to their book notes as they appear. So far there are six new book notes under the auspices of the Challenge, very nearly what we'd expect for the average rate over the course of the year.
As long as it's 2008 it's not too late to join the Challenge. Click the tablet at right to read the amazingly undemanding rules, sign on or remain anonymous, but start reading!
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on Thursday, 28 February 2008 at 22.08
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Ack – I still haven't reviewed anything for this challenge!!! I'll get one done soon; I have a few underway, and am enjoying the variety.