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
The Life Story of Cancer... Author: Siddhartha Mukherjee Cancer affects everyone, either directly or indirectly, and given the seemingly indiscriminate ...
British Aristocrats in the Wild West... Author: Peter Pagnamenta When I think of American pioneers, I envision Laura Ingalls and ...
Christopher "Courageous"... Author: Christopher Hitchens What do you do when you know that you probably only have a year or ...
Caveman Cognition? Authors: Thomas Wynn and Frederick Coolidge What would it be like to get into the mind of your ...
Wash Your Hands... Author: Carl Zimmer What defines life? The discussion has gone on for millennia, but ever since their ...
The Molecule of Life... Author: Sam Kean It used to be so mysterious, but everybody now knows that our DNA ...
Hero, Villain or Just Incompetent? Author: Laurence Bergreen He’s one of the most honored individuals in the pantheon of American ...
Morbid Ruminations... Author: Dick Teresi An aging journalist, Dick Teresi is going to die, just like the rest of us. ...
Keep the Saturn in Saturnalia! Maybe you’re like me. I’m perfectly happy to admit that we all need a way ...
Rationality as Illusion... Author: Daniel Kahneman Despite what you see on TV or read in the newspaper, humans are generally ...
Hoarder of Heads... Author: Simon Winchester Photographer: Nick Mann It’s ok to admit it. You’ve always wondered what the skull ...
A Musical Trip to Vienna, 1824... Author: Harvey Sachs Time travel may never exist, but it’s still fun to imagine ...
The Next Human Pandemic? Author: David Quammen Plenty of people have considered humankind’s demise. A rare month goes by when ...
Teen Drama with an Evil Twist... Author: Simon Rich A wimpy, overweight, self-conscious eighth grade boy – bullied by the ...
Chemistry is Everywhere... Author: Hugh Aldersey-Williams Do you like to read about science? Does the fact that Argentina is named ...
Measuring the Universe... Author: Mark Anderson In its perfect form, science isn’t supposed to be competitive. But human nature frequently ...
Ancient Horror from the Depths... Author: Kenneth Gass It may have been quite some time since you’ve been reminded of ...
The Living Ancients... Author: Richard Fortey Acclaimed author and paleontologist Richard Fortey has chosen a new way to travel back ...
Every Rock Has a Story... Author: Jan Zalasiewicz Slate rock. Maybe some of the most boring words in the English ...
101 Meetings in a Circle... Author: Craig Brown There are 101 famous people in this book. Most of them never ...