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Sep 15, 2008
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Entertainment Weekly's best non-fiction book of 2007. Sounds really interesting and also sounds like a good book club choice.
Very interesting - I loved the specifics about what will happen to our cities. Look at this as a primer - each chapter could have its own book. Perfect for non-science types like me, since I actually "got it". ...more
Very interesting - I loved the specifics about what will happen to our cities. Look at this as a primer - each chapter could have its own book. Perfect for non-science types like me, since I actually "got it". ...more
This was an excellent nonfiction book. The topic of the book is, pretty much, asking what the world would be like if humans disappeared tomorrow. The author clearly did his research and quoted many people throughout the book. He really covers a broad area with a fairly short book and covers it well. He talks about what would happen to nuclear plants and bombs, about all the plastic that takes forever to disintegrate, about all the nearly extinct animals and forests, and so much more. I really en
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An interesting intellectual exercise, but not enough meat to fill a book. This was better as an article of a couple thousand words. After the six or seventh re-telling of the same premise (we screw up our environment... but we're a blip in history, and our environment recovers without us)... I got tired of hearing it.
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This was an amazing book. Scary, but so realistic! Lots of technical information, but very understandable. I never dog-ear books, but I did quite a bit in this one, so I can go back and research what Alan wrote about some more. Seriously loved this!!!
Fascinating stuff!! Some of it is a bit wordy, but the research is interesting and the thoughts on the future of the earth (with or without humans) is fascinating.
Jan 17, 2008
Jason
marked it as maybe-nonfiction
Jan 28, 2008
Lisa
marked it as to-read
Feb 01, 2008
Jennifer Van Den Hoogen
marked it as to-read
Feb 05, 2008
Vicki
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Sep 12, 2008
Amanda
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Jan 01, 2009
Tina
marked it as no-thank-you
Jan 05, 2010
Steve
marked it as to-read
