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... non-fiction read for June
July
Fiction: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Non-fiction: The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
August
Fiction: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Non-fiction: I didn’t have an outstanding non-fiction read for ...
... of the following nine non-fiction novels:
Into the Wild
The Glass Castle
Three Cups of Tea
A Long Way Gone
The World Without Us
The Soloist
The Hot Zone
Gang Leader for a Day
Blink
I'm guessing that Into the Wild, A Long Way Gone, The Soloist, and Gang Leade ...
Mebbe you're one of the folks alluded to in THE WORLD WITHOUT US who actively wish for the extermination of the human race and actually post recipes on-line for barbeque sauce that would go well with human flesh?
I read that section with my mouth hanging open. That's one internet search I won' ...
... obinson
6. Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
7. Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto
8. World Without Us by Alan Weisman
9. Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
10.
I thought The World Without Us was a hopeful book.
Robert
Re-reading Alan Weisman's THE WORLD WITHOUT US .
Scary and depressing but fascinating reading. Sobering non-fic and lots of fodder for misanthropes like yers truly. And don't forget to check out his multi-media website, it's well worth the visit.
... probably of the solar system, and maybe of the universe. I hope to get a better picture of the Manhattan described in The World Without Us .
Paris: The Secret History by Andrew Hussey. For no good reason I am a Francophile. Here's to my good taste.
I have a 25% coupon for Borde ...
Challenge dates: October 1, 2009 - October 1, 2010
Here are my categories and some preliminary titles for 2010. Might as well really ...
So, classics I would recommend include both fiction and non-fiction
Fiction
Monkey Wrench Gang
Non-fiction
The world without us
Have you got recommendations for the group?
The World Without Us was one of my favourites from last year. I found the end to be a little too preachy, though, and I was really disappointed that for Weisman, it all seemed to boil down to population control. But the rest of the book was completely fascinating!
... this was a real treat for me to hear one of my favorite authors reading my favorite book of hers. Five stars.
#34 The World Without Us by Alan Weisman - finally finished even though I started it for a book discussion that was in June. Chilling account of not only what the Earth ...
"What had happened to them?
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
"A lot of electrical work was needed-- was he available?"
... (skim reading: If anyone who knows me thinks I have missed something important, please tell me).
I really want to read The World Without Us every time I see it mentioned and yet I've picked it up in a couple of bookshops and never got it. I really must make the leap.
... - juvenile; this is the first book in the 'Sisters Grimm' series and I enjoyed it quite a bit; recommended
252. The World Without Us by Alan Weisman - nonfiction; the ultimate dystopian book - every human being on the face of the earth is gone - so what happens to what is ...
Adding to the other nonfiction I have going on right now, I am starting The World Without Us by Alan Weisman.
I just borrowed The World Without Us by Alan Weisman from the library. The first few chapters that I've read are certainly thought-provoking.
He doesn't go into why humans disappear, but he looks into what could happen after we were gone. I had never really thought about how much daily and ...
... on an attitude of relaxation however I do have some obligatory reads.
Darling Jim
Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting
The World Without Us
Dancing in the Streets
Exit Ghost
I really am reading the first three sort of simultaneously.
#10 The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
My list of books to look at/buy is now in my library under, appropriately enough, Wish List.
#32: The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
As I mentioned, it took me a long, long time to finish this book. There was so much in it -- it seemed like I could only take it a piece at a time and then I would have to spend time absorbing and considering before I could move on to the next topic -- ...
#74 rstuckey : Thanks for the compliment on my blog :-) I came across The World Without Us , I believe, when I saw Weisman on the NBC Today Show talking about the book. The History Channel also had a show that was based on the book's concept and research which was fascinating, but not ...
I like your website.
I know it's late but you are the only other person I have "met" that has even heard of the book The World Without Us . I saw Alan Weisman on The Colbert Report promoting the book and I picked it up like a month later because I like that kind of stuff. Glad to see that you ...
I've been wondering whether to leap out and buy The World Without Us so I'll be very interested to see what you think.
... a job is when I'm torn between a book I want to read and a book I have to read. Several weeks ago, I purchased a copy of The World Without Us and I have been dying to read it. Unfortunately, I also have a pile of books I am committed to read and review, so it's going to have to wait. When I ...
#100: I look forward to seeing your thoughts on The World Without Us . It has been residing on the Continent for a while now.
... was its unusual setting -- otherwise, it's another one of the same from her.
Would you believe that I am STILL reading The World Without Us and STILL haven't finished it. The semester is ending, so I'm busy, but a month on one book is almost unprecendented. I will say, though, that the book ...
... Mom's Guide to Growing Your Family Green . I'm not terribly surprised by that, given I rated The World Without Us 5 stars, and I have a few parenting books. I'm looking forward to reading it and hopefully being able to use some of the tips in it.
... My favorite Narnia of all, had a great message that we are not promised to WIN the good fight, only told to FIGHT it.
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman - 5 stars. I've really begun to look at my own shopping and recycling after reading this book.
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by W ...
... by Josh Bazel in honor of librarianlost's birthday
May 12th is Earth Abides by George R. Stewart
June 9th is The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
July 14th is Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert and is the day before pamur's birthday
We decided that our original selection ...
I am currently reading #09, The World Without Us by Alan Weisman.
... I have read three other books but only half way, then got bored, and put them back on my bookshelf. One of those included The World Without Us . I liked the idea but I didn't like the execution, it made me sleepy.
Please dont laugh at my measly book total right now! I'm sure to catch up with ...
... on it at the bookstore because I could always pick it up next time, and now the bookstore's closed :'(
I've finished The World Without Us and Dexter in the Dark, and am getting ready to start Silas Marner and Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day after him. I doubt I'll get to Wuthering H ...
I finished The World Without Us by Alan Wesman (review In the Shadow of Mt. TBR ), and found it very fascinating and extremely readable. It's shocking to realize the impact we humans have had on this ...
I finished The World Without Us by Alan Wesman (review In the Shadow of Mt. TBR ), and found it very fascinating and extremely readable. It's shocking to realize the impact we humans have had on this ...
... only one I liked.
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As for my own reading this coming week, I'm currenty reading The World Without Us by Alan Weisman, which is a thoroughly fascinating and intelligent look at how long would it take for nature to reclaim the world if humans were to ...
Hi thekoolaidmom! Enjoy The World Without Us , it is very interesting. I read it last year and really liked it. There's a few things that will make your jaw drop, I'm sure. Very thought provoking.
... Ernest Kurtz
58. Lincoln's Dreams, Connie Wills
59. The Secret of Lost Things: a Novel, Sheridan Hay
60. The World Without Us , Alan Weisman
I think that's it! June - October 6th. I might have missed one or two and there are 5 waiting to be read on the counter and 2 ...
... think the world is going to end...
Everything ends it is just a matter of when.
But more importantly,
What will The World Without Us be like? ;)
... into I truly enjoyed it. I like Roth's writing style, very Faulkner-esque. I'll have to read more by him.
Up next is The World Without Us by Alan Weisman. I've really been looking forward to reading this book. It sounds very interesting.
I'm still in the same spot of From the Corner ...
... into I truly enjoyed it. I like Roth's writing style, very Faulkner-esque. I'll have to read more by him.
Up next is The World Without Us by Alan Weisman. I've really been looking forward to reading this book. It sounds very interesting.
I'm still in the same spot of From the Corner ...
... Charlaine Harris - Zo goed als dood
3.6 Martin Shane - De madji slaat terug
3.7 Martin Shane - Strijd om Death Valley
3.8 Bart Debbaut - Tralies
3.9 Rudy Soetewey- Moord
4 Nooit eerder gelezen ...
... US and Americas : Michael Byers - Intent for a Nation
*GF Human ecology, Anthropogeography : Alan Weisman - The World Without Us
GT Manners and Customs (General) : Michael Pollan - The Omnivore's Dilemma
HC Economics History and Conditions : Paul Collier - The ...
... Great Minds Behind Them by Clifford Pickover;
June 9th is The Earth Abides by Russell Kirkpatrick;
July 14th is The World Without Us by Alan Weisman; and,
August 11th is eat pray love by Elizabeth Gilbert
and as some of you know I just started reading Watchmen and wouild be ...
... by Josh Bazel in honor of librarianlost's birthday
May 12th is The Earth Abides by Russell Kirkpatrick
June 9th is The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
July 14th is Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert and is the day before pamur's birthday
eta to add dates and make it read a ...
... in places, and certainly odd, but one of the better post-apocalyptic novels in my opinion.
I have finally given up on The World Without Us by Alan Weisman. This book started out entertaining and unique, making the first half difficult to put down. Unfortunately, it quickly became very ...
Great categories. I may add The World Without Us and The Geography of Hope to my climate change category as well. I have at least four rereads there now that I will probably never get to.
I'm hoping you'll post reviews of these as well as your poverty/development books. I read Natural Capita ...
... of the books on my Amazon wish list are way over the #10,000 mark. However, I did get my first order today. I received The World Without Us by Alan Weisman, Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky, and The Good Mother by Sue Miller.
I also received The Inklings by Humphrey ...
I'm currently reading The World Without Us by Alan Weisman which is about what would happen to the world if humans simply vanished. It's a captivating read and really makes you think about your place on Earth.
... They are The Nine by Jeffrey Toobin; A Needle in the Right Hand of God; The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough; and The World Without Us by Alan Weisman. I am currently reading The American Journey of Barack Obama, (by the editors of LIFE magazine, contrary to what the touchstone ...
Ishmael
The World Without Us
Under the Sea Wind
A Walk in the Woods
... anatomy.
The Canon by Natalie Angier - overview of one or two main topics in several fields of modern science.
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman - investigates humanity's effect on the planet by theorizing about what would happen if all humans instantly disappeared.
1491 ...
51. The World Without Us , Alan Weisman
The was a really interesting book, all about how our human creations will crumble and disappear after we're gone. The premise of the book is what would happen if all humans disappeared from the world suddenly, but I figure that a lot of the facts in ...
Re-reading Alan Weisman's THE WORLD WITHOUT US .
Originally picked it up as a library book but now I've got a copy of my own. What would the earth look like if humanity suddenly disappeared? How long before cities/civilization reverted back to nature?
Great website too:
http://www.worldwi ...
... The Endurance Expedition Finished Mar 16
ii. Founding Brothers Finished Mar 30
iii. Longitude Finished Mar 31
iv. The World Without Us Finished April 27
v. Eleanor Of Aquitaine: A Life Finished May 23
vi. James Tiptree Jr: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon Finished May 27
vii. ...
The books I've completed for my 50-Books Challenge are listed first in the order read. The remaining books include: Books I've bought and haven't read yet, some books I want to finish, plus books recommended by other LT-ers. I was going to wait until Jan. 1st to begin, but I got snowed in, so m ...
Currently reading The World Without Us by Alan Weisman. Pretty interesting IMO.
... literary inclination, I recommend that you read one of the following books:
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
Small Wonder by Barbara Kingsolver
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
The first three are non-fiction, the last is a novel. ...
... Brotherhood of the Disappearing Pants - Joseph Minton Amann (256)
191. In Defense of Food - Michael Pollan (244)
192. The World Without Us - Alan Weisman (324)
193. The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs - Jack Gantos (185)
194. Then We Came to the End - Joshua Ferris (387)
195. Stealing Li ...
Please do! Any books from the Southern Hemisphere in there? I've read an article in Scientific American based on The World Without Us . It looks interesting.
The World Without Us - Alan Weisman (read 2007)
... Spring, Refuge and possibly Sand County Almanac were included. I did buy one book off the list based on the review - The World Without Us by Alan Weisman.
I wonder if it would be uncool to scan and post the two pages as PDFs (clickable thumbnails, of course).
After a long hiatus, I'm back. This month, I've picked up where I left off a while ago, with The world without us and have also gone through the beak of the finch.. and now am ploughing through hot, flat, and crowded.
The World Without Us - Alan Weisman
I've been away from the group a while, but still reading.
Right now it's The World Without Us and Going Global. In that order: first down, then up. Hoping my mood will follow.
SqueakyChu (11): I read A Decent Cup of Tea and it was charming. Had a copy once, but it's not in my catalog. Ma ...
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman.
So... If human beings vanished, what would happen to Earth? And how long would it take?
A really strange thought experiment, but fascinating.
... got back from a mini-break in Kelowna, BC, home of one of my favourite bookstores (Mosaic Books), where I picked up:
The World Without Us , Alan Weisman
Kiss the Joy as it Flies, Sheree Fitch
and from their discount section:
the Odyssey, Homer
Beyond the Coral Sea, Michael Mor ...
monthly trip to B&N today... brought home Beastly by Alex Flinn, Deadline by Chris Crutcher, The World Without Us by Alan Weisman, Ex-Libris by Anne Fadiman, and Watchmen by Alan Moore.
... in my LT library)! But I couldn't pass up the biography of John Barrowman, Anything Goes. Or the hardcover copy of The World Without Us that was on sale. Or any of the rest of them, for that matter.
Hi, my name is Lisa and I'm addicted to book buying.
... forward to reading it.
and a purchase from Walden's (I was a good girl, only bought one book.... and ordered another): The World Without Us by Alan Weisman. I've been wanting to read this book since seing the History Channel's show based on it. The idea that nature is just waiting in the ...
... Tale
The Tide of Empire
The Way of a Ship
Stardust
Sailing from Byzantium
Sailing Alone Around the World
The World Without Us
Ysabel
From Third Place Books
Persian Fire
The Alchemyst
Pirate Coast
From Elliot Bay Book Company
A Riot of our Own
From a ...
22. The World Without Us
Overall, this was a disappointing read for me. There were very interesting parts, such as learning where in the ocean all of our plastic is going, and that pre-Columbus America was so wooded because the Native Americans had wiped out woolly mammoths, etc, that ate woody ...
4. Lighthousekeeping by Jeanette Winterson
5. The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
6. The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell
7. The Hard Facts of the Grimm's Fairy Tales by Maria Tartar
8. Dracula by Bram Stoker
9. The Awakening by Kate Chopin
10. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft ...
... by Bram Stoker
For my personal reading, I'm working on: Lighthousekeeping by Jeanette Winterson
and The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
... and belief in an American religion, Mormonism.
The Making of the Atomic Bomb, Richard Rhodes- Title says it all.
The World Without Us , Alan Weisman- What might happen on Earth if all the humans disappeared.
Am currently reading The World Without Us . I'm gleaning a few new things here and there, but much of the info is not new for me since I've read a fair amount of environmental books.
... - Nabokov 3/17/08
6. Screwtape Letters - Lewis 3/25/08
7. Christ The Lord: The Road to Cana - Anne Rice 4/2/08
8. The World Without Us - Alan Weisman 4/?/08
9. The Secret Message of Jesus – Brian D. McLaren 4/28/08
10. The Pleasure of My Company – Steve Martin 5/6/08
11. The ...
... Al Gore's The Assault on Reason, something by Vandana Shiva (I didn't have a particular title in mind), and The World Without Us (which I knew the subject of, but not the author.)
Gore's book was shelved under History and Government>Political Science>Government and Politics, ...
... prescient given the subsequent occurrances of Katrina, Rita and others.
Halfway through Mayflower
Finishing up The world without us
Started Eco-Economy
... And at some point getting around to finishing
Alexander Hamilton
Mao: The Unknown Story
The Adventure of English
The world without us
A Peace to end all peace
The role of scientific revolutions
Oooooh. The World Without Us ! I'm on the lookout for that one. Let us know what you think about it when you read it.
we just did:-)
My last few books I bought:
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman. I bought it because it was featured in the most recent issue of World Literature Today.
Remember Me by Trezza Azzopardi. It was marked $3. It was a terrific book and I can give this copy to friends.
Anne St ...
... (And for all we know, it had these a billion years ago. Is it so horrible to simply bring them back?)
As the recent The World Without Us makes clear, much of what we think of as "natural" beauty was at least partly created by humans. I'm even going to count God on my side here. He ...
... Jhumpa Lahiri (dipping)
Gibson Girls and Suffragists: Perceptions of Women from 1900 to 1918 by Catherine Gourley
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
and a few others. They're all so different, it's not hard to multi-task.
... to go From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler , The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle , The World Without Us The History of Love .
... Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
18. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
19. Lyra's Oxford by Philip Pullman
20. The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
21. The Fantasy Writer's Assistant and Other Stories by Jeffery Ford
22. The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
23. Seven Touches of M ...
I'm (finally!) in Nigeria with Half of a Yellow Sun as well as beginning to explore what The World Without Us might be like.
#78 DeAnnW
I didn't realize The World Without Us was a book. I love the series on cable...forget which channe, History Channel, I think... Yet another addition to the ever growing BM wishlist. 329 people want it there... :-D
I'm reading The World Without Us at work and Portnoy's Complaint at home.
Halfway through Middlemarch which gets better and better. Also beginning Alan Weisman's The World Without Us , an environmental narrative.
... the Wake by Per Petterson (author of the brilliant Out Stealing Horses).
A Plea for Eros by Siri Hustvedt
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
Fifth Business by Robertson Davies
A pretty nice haul, all in all.
... books yesterday. It seems odd that it's been so long between finishing books; but these both took a while to read.
30) The World Without Us , by Alan Weisman.
31) 1634: the Baltic War, by David Weber and Eric Flint.
...
For fun, I'm somewhere in the middle of 'alexander hamilton, justinian's flea, a peace to end all peace, and the world without us .. .im sure theres another in there i'm forgetting.
though not NF, i just finished The Kite Runner for book club.
whew!
... up on any of them. Not counting rereads (Wicked, The Crucible) my three favorites were:
1) The Left Hand of Darkness
2) The World Without Us
3) Chasm City
... but overall I've been reading some good books. In the order I read them:
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
Black Ships by Jo Graham
My Life in France by Julia Child
The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte (not quite done, but ...
Issues
1. Memo to the President Elect by Madeleine Albright
2. World Without Us by Alan Weisman
3. Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads to Another by Phillip Ball (finished)
4. Checkbook and the Cruise Missile by Arundhati Roy
5. Every War Has Two Losers by William Stafford (fini ...
In no special order
The Remains of the Day
The Flame Trees of Thika
A Civil Action
The World without Us
The story of Lucy Gault
The World without Us by Alan Weisman.
Yay! OK, to continue my list:
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
Excellent book, although it starts off a bit slow. Stick with it! It gets better and more compelling as you go along.
Blessed Assurance:... by Michael Tenenbaum
Ok, in my quest to figure out why the religion I ...
... people might under those circumstances, & the circumstances were well, hard to believe. A disappointment.
Next was The World without Us another well-hyped book, but in this case, deservedly so. The author has done his research but the subject of all human life disappearing left me ...
Started The world without us Very interesting but a little creepy.
The World Without Us - Alan Weisman
I'll second THE WORLD WITHOUT US . I thought it was a pretty fun read. I never seem to forgot the parts talking about nuclear reactors and what would happen to them if the humans up and disappeared. Even if we went somewhat slowly, the outlook didn't look too peachy.
I think readafew has a ...
Thank you, Yahdley.
I had forgotten that I own The Apocalypse Reader. I have something to dig up now.
I have read The World Without Us ; I think your characterization of it is interesting. I took it in some ways to be hopeful.
I will look into Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse.
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Finished up A Clash of Kings at lunch. Will be starting The World Without Us tonight before bed. I'm also reading John Everett Millais (British Artists) and Moments of Being.
I'm not advancing through books very quickly these days. I'm only really reading on my lunch break and a bit ...
... views of the future, like Bill McKibben's ENOUGH (brilliant book). Let me also give a plug to a new release called THE WORLD WITHOUT US by Alan Weisman. A scary look at what the earth will resemble once humanity is gone (for whatever the reason). Here is the author's page:
http://www ...
304 - In The World Without Us , Alan Weisman speculates on what would happen to the Earth if all of humanity suddenly disappeared. From the quick decay of New York City's infrastructure to the long lasting nature of plastics and radioactive material, Weisman's thought experiment provides a ...
5) The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
In this book, the author speculates on what would happen to the Earth if all of humanity suddenly disappeared. From the quick decay of New York City's infrastructure to the long lasting nature of plastics and radioactive material, Weisman's thought ...
7. The World Without Us by Alan Weisman: Review .
A good book, but I shouldn't have tried to read it straight through. I needed more time to absorb each chapter.
I'm just not getting into The World Without Us by Alan Weisman, so I think I'm going to put it aside and start my January Early Reviewers book, Black Ships by Jo Graham. From reading the thread on the Early Reviewers group, it looks like people are enjoying it.
Once that's finished, it's ...
... virtually all intelligently constructed objects have a pretty short life in the wider scheme of things. See the recent The World Without Us by Alan Weisman . If humanity were suddenly to disappear, perhaps the only evidence of our thriving 21st century civilization for alien ...
I'm still working on The World Without Us by Alan Weisman. This week work is really getting in the way of reading time. I'm enjoying the book, though. Weisman covers a lot of ground (figuratively and literally) in a very readable fashion.
... it was on.
Edited to add: On the bright side, I read an excellent book on the subect that I heartily recommend: The World Without Us by Alan Weisman.
... occupied for a bit, but now? I also agree with you on the mulefa bits - I could have done with a lot less.
I think on to The World Without Us by Alan Weisman or My Life in France by Julia Child.
... Games by Vikram Chandra Both compelling and infuriating, doesn't completely succeed, but a wonderful attempt.
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman Started it but got distracted and haven't finished it. Interesting idea, but I'm not sure I'd consider it award-worthy.
Writing ...
... I did, so if you're planning to read it, don't be discouraged by my opinion.
Next up - either The Golden Compass or The World Without Us . We'll see what I'm in the mood for tonight after dinner.
Well, it's not fiction, let alone sci-fi, but The World Without Us by Alan Weisman sounds incredibly interesting. Basically it's a scientific extrapolation of what would happen to the planet if humanity were to suddenly cease to exist, starting with the crumbling of our infrastructure within ...
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On a strong recommendation from my fellow bookstore employee, I read this YA, Newberry award winning mystery. (6/10)
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A fascinating look at the earth and it's ecosystem. How long would it take (without people) to revert back to pristine condition? Could ...
I think I'll start with The World without Us by Alan Weisman, but I could change my mind when it comes time to start reading.
... New World):
8 Dewey Decimal Challenge Books
Pretty Girl in Crimson Rose
The Riddle of the Compass
Tulipomania
The World Without Us
Edith Hamilton's Mythology (book touchstone not working)
Aristotle's Children
The Study of Greek Inscriptions
The Abolition of Man
8 Ma ...
... Books
Libraries in the Ancient World
Pretty Girl in Crimson Rose
Lavoisier in the Year One
Tulipomania
The World Without Us
Edith Hamilton's Mythology (book touchstone not working)
Aristotle's Children
The Study of Greek Inscriptions
8 Math/Science Books
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... historic fiction, but I love science fiction, non-fiction of all kinds, and plain old "literature." Right now I'm reading The World Without Us and loving it, and also The Terror - and also loving it. Next on my list is Gould's Bully for Brontosaurus and whatever else I find at Half Price Bo ...
The World Without Us - Alan Weisman (read September 2007)
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Death by Black Hole by Neil deGrasse Tyson
$100 toward a Kindle
I got my partner (and will read once she finishes):
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
We got our son:
The Monster At the End of this Book which I loved as a little one and he seems to love too!
... eini
Atonement by Ian McEwan
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
>85, VisibleGhost
I loved Radical Evolution! Absolutely, And I can't wait to read World Without Us ...
Meanwhile, I'm going to have to see what The Brothers k is all about...
... boiled down but am having a hard time scrunching the fiction down to five. I'll keep reflecting on the fiction.
1. The World Without Us by Alan Weisman. A great thought experiment.
2. The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright. Follows the major players up to 9/11.
3. Radical ...
... Claudius by Robert Graves
31. Shakespeare's Sonnets (Folger Shakespeare Library) by William Shakespeare
32. The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
33. Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
34. The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
35. Brutal Journe ...
... religion: A History of God
303 - Social processes: Guns, Germs, and Steel
304 - Factors affecting social behavior: The World Without Us
327 - International relations: Thirteen Days
330 - Economics: Freakonomics
337 - International economics: The Lexus and the Olive Tree
355 - M ...
I often enough read books in clusters.
Three books that hung together for me were The World Without Us , The Physics of Christianity, and Our Final Hour.
I own a monk's robe. I am thinking of making a poster on a pole that says, "The end of the world is near."
And the first of the ...
I have only skimmed it, but I do not think The World Without Us is necessarily a "liberal" book. The author explicitly does not say that the world would be better without us. And part of the thesis of the book is that much of what we think of as "natural" is, in fact, a result of human ...
I'm looking for the antitheses of these books:
The World Without Us - Alan Weisman
1491: New Revelations Of The Americas Before Columbus - Charles C. Mann
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure In Iraq - Thomas Ricks
Can anyone help me?
Thanks!
The World Without Us - Alan Weisman
1491: New Revelations Of The Americas Before Columbus - Charles C. Mann
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure In Iraq - Thomas Ricks
... as a child ? I read something of his in my early 20s, and it took me awhile to recover.
Geneg, I highly recommend The World Without Us . I find it both alarming and highly reassuring. I live in a more-or-less constant state of low-grade worry over the rapidly increasing pace of ...
I have not read The World Without Us . I am imaginatively challenged as to the purpose of this book beyond fantasy.
We can have no idea what the world would be without us, and what's the point?
I have just finished The World Without Us by Alan Weisman. It's an amazing book that I would recommend to anyone and everyone.
Just one of the fascinating things I have learned from this book:
The Demilitarized Zone in Korea is laced with land mines, so humans don't dare to go there, ...
... in North America: Blue Like Jazz
302 Social interaction: The Tipping Point
304 Factors affecting social behavior: The World Without Us
306 Culture & institutions: The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
322 Relation of state to organized groups: Them
330 Economics: Freakonomics ...
... life, so I'm happy to learn about Going Back to Bisbee -- sounds like it would make a great present.
I am reading The World Without Us by Alan Weisman, interesting conceptually, and plan to start the just-arrived Potiki by Patricia Grace, an LT recommendation.
... pellets that the birds ate concentrate poisons to levels as high as 1 million times their normal occurrence in seawater.
The World Without Us
by Alan Weisman
... Münir wrote his readers back in Turkey, "just what the Taoists mean when they say that soft is stronger than hard."
The World Without Us
by Alan Weisman
... tarted)
G Geography (General); Atlases; Maps: Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure
GF Human ecology; Anthropogeography: The World Without Us
GN Anthropology: Imagining Atlantis (already started)
GR Folklore: Fairy Tales in Latin
GV Recreation; Leisure: The Rise of the Indian Rope Tric ...
... the Dead Sea Scrolls
301 Sociology & anthropology: Pygmies and Dream Giants
304 Factors affecting social behavior: The World Without Us
320 Political science: The Prince
323 Civil & political rights: On Liberty and Other Essays
332 Financial Economics: The Wealthy Barber
338 Pr ...
... /5
44. The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser 4/5
Captivatingly funny but a little drawn out at the end.
45. The World Without Us by Alan Weisman 5/5
This is a brilliantly written book that uses the premise of examining what we as humankind would leave behind should we ...
... Cheryl's to talk about (mostly VERY depressing) post-apocalyptic novels:
Life as we knew it by Susan Beth Pfeiffer
The world without us by Alan Weisman
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
On the Beach by Nevil Shute
Earth A ...
... is like getting a free education in political science.
P.S. (edit) I've heard several discussions and radio shows about The World Without Us and it sounds pretty pointless. If you want to see the world without us, visit the jungles of Mayan Central America. This book sounds like the old eco-c ...
I've just received a copy of The World Without Us and so would be happy to participate in a discussion about that. For additional consideration, I'd like to point out that Noam Chomsky has released Interventions recently.
I would really like to read The World Without Us . I didn't suggest it because it sounded a bit off the beaten track.
All the other books suggested so far I have already read, other than Nickled and Dimed, which I wouldn't mind reading. I read Down and Out in Paris and London about 20 ...
Two important books about man's heavy footprint on Earth:
Guns, Germs And Steel by Jared Diamond
The World Without Us - Alan Weisman
I read Jules Verne's book in my youth and recently bought a copy in hopes of rereading it.
The World Without Us - Alan Weisman (highly recommended)
In order;
1. The World Without Us by Alan Weisman.
2. Eifelheim by Michael Flynn.
3. God is Dead by Ron Currie Jr. Strong debut novel.
4. Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff. Philip K. Dick mind fuckery style.
5. Ex Libris by Anne Fadiman. Would have been higher ...
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This was a fantastic book, I am going to have to think about it for a bit before I write a review.
... and weak paper. I think I am going to go ahead and get started on it. Another work that has recently come out is called World Without Us by Alan Weisman which sounds similiar to the beginning of After London. I heard about it on NPR this morning.
... of the United States, the epithet with which Thomas Jefferson's foes smeared him in 1808 was unique: 'Mr. Mammoth.'"
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
... going to spend the next 6 days on an Island. So far I'm bringing: Rant, Sandworms of Dune, Sin in the Second City, The World Without Us , maybe The Chess Machine, and probably something from the philosophy section. I'll probably only finish 2 or 3 of those, depending on how much wine I ...
... is interesting, but not as compelling as I usually like. So started The Overnight by Ramsey Campbell. Listening to The World Without Us is draining and depressing, so I intersperse it with Killer Instinct by Joseph Finder and Undead and Unpopular by Mary Janice Davidson, the latter ...
I highly recommend The World Without Us by science writer Alan Weisman. In the absence of humans, how long would it take for all vestiges of our presence here on Earth to disappear? Let this author fascinate and horrify you with the possibilities.
An excellent review is available on Salon.co ...
Now onto The World Without Us which is fascinating, but the narrator is awful. Very nasal and bad pronounciation. Bah.
2 new audible.com downloads -
Killer Instinct the new Joseph Finder
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
... do so from my books tagged "GRTB!" Also note that I'm in the middle of How the Scots Invented the Modern World and The World Without Us . I also have Basic Music Theory: How to Read, Write, and Understand Music from the library that will get my attention next. In other words, it will ...
The World Without Us - Alan Weisman
Letting Go Of God - Julia Sweeney
A Walk Toward Oregon: A Memoir - Alvin Josephy
Expat: True Tales Of Life Abroad - Dickey
The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
Coincidentally, the July-August issue of Audubon Magazine features the chapter from The World Without Us relating to birds (available on line at
http://audubonmagazine.org/features0707/portents.html)
Tropics: I'm not done with The World Without Us but this book is going to vie for a spot on my best reads of the year. I'm not quite sure what to compare it to but I am enjoying it immensely.
VisibleGhost: I've been looking forward to reading The World Without Us ever since hearing the author being interviewed on The Alan Colmes Show. Until now I hadn't had occasion to think what would happen if hundreds of nuclear plants were suddenly left unattended - no one manning the pumps to ...
... caught my eye because I've done the thought experiment myself. What would happen to the earth if all humans disappeared? The World Without Us by Alan Weisman is a book that comes up with some answers for that very question. Really interesting book.
13. The World without us by Alan Weisman
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This book will be out in July and the central theme is that the world is better off without humans and their destructive nature. (And it makes me want to avoid by plastics at all costs. It's true they really are the future or at least the ...
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