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
Sports from the Left... Author: Dave Zirin As political discourse in the US has grown increasingly strident, it’s not surprising ...
Animals Have Feelings Too? Author: Barbara J. King Maybe it’s just my egotistical imagination, but it often seems that my ...
My Sparklepony Is Uniquer Than Yours... Author: Chris Kluwe There are some things in life that are particularly memorable the ...
Pants On Fire... Author: David Swanson For the most part, Americans like to think of themselves as a peace loving ...
Biodiversity by the Half Dozen... Author: David Liittschwager Miniscule is the rule. It’s not necessarily obvious until you think about ...
Traditional vs. Modern... Author: Jared Diamond What are the best things about living in a modern civilization? It’s not hard ...
The Past Lives On... Author: Sanford Tweedie Sometimes adventures just happen to people, other times they go out of their ...
America's Great Novelist Speaks Out... Author: Mark Twain The list of noted advocates is a short one, including Woody Allen, ...
Morality's Origins... Author: Frans de Waal When Michael Jackson dangled his 9 month old baby off the fourth story balcony ...
Caskets and Closets... Author: Alison Bechdel I was a skeptic. I didn’t really think that the graphic novel genre was ...
Snidely Whiplash Lives! Author: Chuck Klosterman I’m confident that at least a few people really hate Chuck Klosterman. Maybe many. ...
Star City, We Have a Problem... Author: Jerry Linenger It may be the most dangerous of occupations, claiming the lives ...
Drama Drowns in the Details... Author: Stephen Harding It was May 1945. Hitler was dead and Germany’s total and unconditional ...
Fire vs. Freedom... Author: Ray Bradbury Consistently appearing on lists of the top ten science fiction novels of all time, ...
Cold, Colder, Coldest... Author: Lynne Cox You’re allowed a cap, goggles and a standard swimsuit. That’s all you get if ...
Young Love in Alabama... Author: John Green What should teenagers read? My answer is anything that captures their easily diverted ...
Go Northwest, Old Man... Author: Philip Caputo Concision is an under appreciated art form. Authors may have much to say, ...
Deadly Business... Author: Robert Kolker Sex sells. The delivery methods and technology involved may change, but it seems unlikely that ...
Science by Popular Opinion... Author: Richard Dawkins The Alabama Insert reminds me of one of my favorite quotes from Jim ...
The River Abides... Author: Wade Davis Given his highly accomplished world-wide travel resume, as well as his experience as a ...
