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
Bloody Empire... Author: Robert Graves The angelic and demonic aspects of the human psyche have been explored by philosophers, artists ...
Family Secrets... Author: Lee Sandlin There are countless American family stories out there, featuring notable individuals and remarkable historic events. ...
Random Wanderings... Author: Bill Green Although scientists may not be a highly religious segment of the population, they still have ...
From Africa to Oxford... Author: Richard Dawkins What was it about your childhood that made you who you are? What ...
Patriot for Peace... Author: David Swanson Patriotism is a complicated concept. Love for one’s homeland can be so easily manipulated ...
Footnotes on the Forecastle... Author: David Foster Wallace What makes something funny? Is it the bizarre story, the unique characters ...
Power Hiking... Author: Jennifer Pharr Davis It’s a simple math problem. You want to hike the 2,181 miles of the ...
18 Foot Friend... Author: Lynne Cox Meaningful relationships with wild animals are rare enough – particularly when they occur outside ...
Freedom Denied... Author: Solomon Northup Great American heroes like Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass are known to anyone who was ...
Born to Run, Flip or Smash? Author: David Epstein Why is your favorite sports hero – be it Aaron Rogers, ...
Deeply Thoughtful... Author: Jack Handey It’s been a couple decades, but TV fans of a certain age may still fondly ...
Lone Star Literature... Author: Stephen Harrigan Other than a brief – and unpleasant – stop at George Bush Intercontinental Airport ...
Projectile Poetry... Author: Billy Collins When he published Ballistics in 2008, Billy Collins had already been in the poetry business ...
Wet Shoe Adventures... Author: David M. Carroll I’ve got a new favorite superhero. You may never have heard of him ...
High Flying History... Author: Richard Holmes I still remember being thrilled by Le Ballon Rouge as a kid. The short ...
From the Minds of Babes... Author: Paul Bloom Where does our sense of right and wrong come from? Is it ...
POTUS RIP X 3... Author: Sarah Vowell Can you name the first three US presidents killed while in office? How ...
Love and Laughter... Author: Billy Collins I probably need to expand my poetry horizons a bit, but I can’t get ...
Enlightenment Extinguished... Author: Mark Oppenheimer One could do worse than to concisely sum up the vast expanse of human history ...
Wide Open Spaces... Author: Ian Frazier Travel writing is one of my favorite genres, especially when it’s motivated by a ...
