Dave DriftlessGeorge Bounacos2017-03-07T11:17:44-07:00
About Dave
The obsession began as a wiry teen.
While the lovely young fillies would beg Dave to come out and play, he was up in his room with his books.
Asimov, Bradbury and Clarke were so prolific that he never ran out of options and Tolkien’s world was so complex that repeated readings were always on the agenda.
The affair progressed to compulsion with reading lists and wish lists and constant strategizing; eventually evolving on to hoarding so many volumes he could never hope to actually read them all. Alas, adult responsibilities intervened and the passion became quiet for many years. Despair not, as the old flame still smolders and lately the graying bibliophile has regained some of the old fanaticism, focusing on more mature, but equally nerdy topics.
It’s rare for a science, nature or history book to fail to pique his interest and he’s developed a new enthusiasm for writing about his reading experiences. It’s clear that this love affair was meant to last.
Dave’s Reviews
This land isn't your land... Author: Steve Inskeep Over the decades, there hasn’t been a shortage of stereotypes when it ...
There's no excuse for murder...? Author: Kevin Davis It’s so basic that most of us learned it as children. You’re ...
Blood for Oil... Author: David Grann They were the wealthiest people on the planet. Left to subsist on a small ...
The starman reveals all... Author: Neil deGrasse Tyson He was one of my childhood heroes. The genius behind the popular ...
Evermore... Author: Laura Lee Huttenbach What’s the most incredible thing you’ve never heard of? I’ll admit that the question is ...
Pure evil... Author: Cormac McCarthy It seems like an overly simplistic cop out. When a movie or novel’s protagonist comes ...
Burning with love... Author: Monica Hesse You might not even know it’s there. It's just a narrow spit of land, ...
A night of mourning... Author: George Saunders He only made it to age eleven. Stricken with typhoid fever in early ...
Set your clock back? Author: James Gleick To when would you go? If a device could take you anywhere in ...
Evolution and Ethics... Author: Greg Graffin Ethicists have been guided by the natural world for millennia. But it’s a practice ...
Dirt is destiny... Author: Paul Bogard When’s the last time you walked barefoot anywhere? Outdoors? In some natural area? The ...
A murder of wits... Author: John Marzluff Can you tell how smart somebody is by looking at their brain? Probably ...
Treachery or treacle? Author: Billy Collins Superstardom and poetry. Somehow, one man has implausibly brought together these two exceedingly incompatible ...
Centennial electoral turmoil... Author: Gore Vidal What happened in 1876? Everyone knows that the United States celebrated the centennial of ...
Two-wheeled travelogue… Author: Tim Moore Bravery is a strange thing. While it’s generally considered one of humanity’s more admirable traits, ...
Eastward Ho! Author: Stephen R. Bown The overused adjective “great” doesn’t really do it justice. Despite the rather stale name, ...
Vivid visuals... Author: Lauren Redniss Not every science writer starts by creating her own font. But then, Lauren Redniss isn’t ...
Germs are hell... Author: Elizabeth A. Fenn Epidemic? What epidemic? It’s an unsettling part of American history that you may ...
Violent fame... Author: Norman Mailer It was more than forty years ago, so long ago that Geraldo was still cool. ...
Double digits... Author: Chuck Klosterman Is this really worth writing about? It’s a question that pops into my mind quite ...
