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"When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes." — Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus
"When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes." — Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus
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First half is really good, however, the second half gets a little dry and confused. ]]>
A somewhat slanted overview of theories regarding the extinction of ice age mega fauna.
Within the first couple of paragraphs Ward makes it clear that he is a proponent of overkill theory. Though he does give a brief overview of other theories regarding the extinction event at the end of the ice age, overkill theory gets top billing.
The first 7 or so chapters of the book are kind of a waste. Ward uses these chapters to step into his "time machine", aka conjuring up romanticized visions of the late Cretaceous and Pleistocene, which though interesting and vivid are at times awkward (I started laughing when described diprotodon as "lovecraftian" in appearance) and start to get annoying. Other than that the rest of this time is spent mocking dinosaur paleontologist and ramblings about wanting to cause the extinction of the coca plant.
The final chapters of the book are the only parts of the book that have a substantial information though I had hoped it would have been a little more in depth.
Not a bad book, but not exactly a good one either. ]]>
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