Monk's review
Motel of the Mysteries
by David Macaulay
Monk's review
Motel of the Mysteries by David Macaulay
Monk's review
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educational
I can't remember when I got this book, but I was young. It was a stretch to get my folks to get me a copy as a kid - it wasn't really a 'historical' book that they felt would educate me any, but it did do something that stuck with me for all of the intervening years since reading it.
The story is that of an archaeologist who has uncovered a strange chamber in the North American continent in the far future. The 'burial chamber' is not what the archaeologist thinks it is however, as it is painfully obvious to the reader that what has been found is in fact a motel room. In the books progression, they delve into the mysteries of the room's contents and their meaning (they improperly label a toilet seat as a kind of ceremonial headdress).
Ever since, I've been fascinated by what future generations - or maybe even alien life - would have to say about the stuff we leave behind. If the world ended tomorrow, and thousands of years later, some form of life or a survivor came across the wre...more
The story is that of an archaeologist who has uncovered a strange chamber in the North American continent in the far future. The 'burial chamber' is not what the archaeologist thinks it is however, as it is painfully obvious to the reader that what has been found is in fact a motel room. In the books progression, they delve into the mysteries of the room's contents and their meaning (they improperly label a toilet seat as a kind of ceremonial headdress).
Ever since, I've been fascinated by what future generations - or maybe even alien life - would have to say about the stuff we leave behind. If the world ended tomorrow, and thousands of years later, some form of life or a survivor came across the wre...more
