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
Ocean mastery... Author: Carl Safina The word superlative scarcely does this impressive beast justice. One of the largest living reptiles, ...
The story within us... Author: Siddhartha Mukherjee It may well be the greatest science saga ever told. Featuring a cast ...
Ruminations on things future... Author: Chuck Klosterman Chuck Klosterman’s brain is one-of-a-kind. It’s some sort of (presumably) biologically-based logic-driven mental-machination ...
Read in moderation... Author: James Renner She simply disappeared. On February 9, 2004, after crashing her car into a rural ...
Alien x 8... Author: Sy Montgomery There’s no particular reason humans should be able to understand other animals. Truth be ...
Keyboard (in)justice... Author: Jon Ronson Pitchforks and torches used to be the tools of choice. But as we’ve become more ...
Sympathy for the devil? Author: Ted Levin Rattlesnake defenders. There may be no smaller minority in America. But despite the ...
If you build it... Author: Janna Levin The usual superlatives fail. Even extra tremendous superlatives don’t do the topic justice. ...
Bird of death... Author: Max Porter When their wife and mother dies suddenly, the dad and two boys live on. ...
Silent Hero... Author: Denis Avey Why? It’s the question that immediately jumps to mind before you even open the book. ...
Prehistoric jerky... Author: Björn Kurtén What did woolly mammoth taste like? I assume it tasted like chicken, but modern humans ...
A Patriot in Moscow? Author: Ted Rall Patriotism. Not of the “my country right or wrong” variety, but something based ...
Agony in a very small package... Author: Justin Schmidt They’re the pain experts. The bees, wasps and ants – also ...
Feel the burn... Author: Bill Streever Heat. The monosyllabic title didn’t inspire much enthusiasm in this reader. But much like ...
Darkness personified... Author: Bryan Cranston Who’s your favorite drug lord? I haven’t actually met any, but if I was forced ...
A collection of gems... Author: Carlo Rovelli Seven Brief Lessons on Physics. The title is completely self-explanatory. But as it ...
Reality and nothingness... Author: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong It seems like a long time ago, but for television viewers of a ...
Searching for a home... Author: Matthew Desmond Calling 9-1-1 will get you evicted. I’m sure I’m not the only reader ...
Teenagers can be murder... Author: Kate Summerscale Robert Coombes wasn’t your average cold-blooded killer. He was an active and bright ...
Allies, not enemies... Author: Ed Yong We’re just guests here. For the first three billion years of life on Earth, ...
