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
Paranormal creativity? Author: Leonard Shlain There’s no denying that he was a remarkable man. Given the incredible diversity he displayed ...
Peaceful Optimism... Author: John Horgan Are most of your friends, neighbors and co-workers in favor of war? Do they seem ...
Sweet Home Wisconsin... Author: Michael Perry It’s a pretty common fantasy. Purchase a quaint farmhouse in the country, one accompanied ...
Death on the wing... Author: John A. Baker “I saw my first peregrine on a December day at the estuary ...
Feeble Fable... Author: David Duchovny Best known as paranormal detective Fox Mulder and womanizing novelist Hank Moody, award-winning television actor ...
Adventures in Ambulation... Author: Jim Reisler Most of today’s sports fans probably don’t realize that even before Philo T. Farnsworth ...
Roy and Rocky on the road... Author: Nic Pizzolatto If you like dark dramatic fiction, featuring ethically challenged protagonists with ...
Hubris or Heroism...? Author: Louise Barnett Where do your sympathies lie? Are you a Custerphile or a Custerphobe? Ever since ...
Scalpels ready? Author: Sam Kean A smile can reveal so many things: pure joy, utter malevolence or complete indifference. But ...
Miner Miracle... Author: Héctor Tobar I don’t believe in miracles. But, despite my skepticism, I can’t think of a better ...
Age Before Beauty... Author: Rachel Sussman We’re all getting older. One year at a time. But some earthlings have been ...
Pity the bird... Author: Helen MacDonald Humans have been fascinated by wild animals since the beginning of time. But it’s ...
Barnyard Justice... Author: Scott Martelle Famous people. Infamous people. Ordinary people with a remarkable story. Any of these can serve ...
Quantum Questions... Author: A. Douglas Stone While Albert Einstein is popularly regarded as the undisputed “greatest scientist of all time”, ...
Germination Genius... Author: Thor Hanson Are they dead or alive? Even with a magnifying glass it’s impossible to tell if ...
Adventures in corrosion... Author: Jonathon Waldman Sometimes you can tell a book by its cover. Over a lifetime of reading, ...
Rain, I don't mind... Author: Cynthia Barnett Is it going to rain today? Here in the meteorologically capricious Midwest, this ...
Have cane, will travel... Author: Jason Roberts Humans have been explorers since the dawn of time. Ever since our Homo ...
"Let there be water!" Authors: Jan Zalasiewicz & Mark Williams They cover almost three quarters of our planet, providing the ...
The war on sanity... Author: Johann Hari Anyone paying attention is likely to recognize that the modern “war on drugs” ...
