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
You've been warned... Author: Matthew Inman I’ve lived with cats my entire adult life, yet I still find that the ...
Choose to Believe... Author: Sean B. Carroll Everyone who chooses to believe in evolution knows that Homo sapiens resides on ...
Birds on the Brain... Author: Luke Dempsey There are two extremes to adventure writing. At one end, there’s the writer ...
Native Homeland Security... Authors: Bob Drury and Tom Clavin Warriors like Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse and Geronimo may still be ...
Mad Dogs, Englishmen and SPAM... Author: Luke Dempsey The suspicion has been voiced by others on numerous occasions and I ...
Going Underground... Author: Sudhir Venkatesh It’s so obvious that it barely requires any evidence – a quick glance at one ...
King of the Poles... Author: Stephen Bown Their names are forever linked in history. A little over a century ago, ...
Death Visits Everyone... Author: Marion Winik Statistically speaking, odds are that half of all the people you ever meet will ...
Nature Doesn't Suffer Fools Gladly... Author: Laurence Gonzales A frequently cited adage, when it comes to surviving in the wilderness, ...
Words and Wrangling... Author: Christopher Hitchens Political essay writing has become a bit of a lost art. As discourse has ...
What's in your recycling bin? Author: Adam Minter In the past decade or two, as humanity’s impact on the environment ...
Toil and Drudgery... Author: Michael Ian Black Writing about one’s entirely ordinary life isn’t easy. Doing so with humor and ...
Bombs Are Easy... Author: Daniel Clery We rely on it every day, even if we may not think about it ...
Sex and the Single Bird... Authors: Tim Laman and Edwin Scholes It’s all about sex. So much of what’s beautiful ...
From Sea to Land and Back Again... Author: Carl Zimmer The theory of evolution has one small problem. It’s an ...
Inconceivable! Author: William Goldman A swashbuckling pirate, a beautiful princess, a horrible dungeon, plenty of magic and eternal true love. ...
What's in your grocery cart? Author: Bill Keaggy We all do it. Given the inevitable turmoil of modern existence we ...
Out of this World... Author: Tracy K. Smith I don’t know how anyone decides who deserves a poetry award. Since ...
From Boa to Bass Bait... Author: Thor Hanson It’s such a simple object that it rarely receives a second thought. ...
Fit to Print? Author: Alain de Botton No matter where you are on the political spectrum, everyone agrees that a ...
