[meteorite-list] "The Fallen Sky" Redux

From: bill kies <parkforestmet_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:43:11 -0500
Message-ID: <SNT102-W54D64E85EF9CCC98361505A2190_at_phx.gbl>

I haven't peeked at any of the links provided or read this book so I have no opinion to offer. Geoff's review sounds like a hard bound version of select ruminations taken from the meteorite list. If so, it should be interesting in many ways.
 
Bill
 
 
 
 
> From: geoking at notkin.net
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:42:16 -0700
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] "The Fallen Sky" Redux
>
> Darren Garrison posted:
>
>> I wonder how much your views of the book are influenced by your
> being a personal friend of the author.
>
> I am a professional science writer and my personal friendships do not
> influence my book reviews.
>
>
>> I'm already at the point of just skimming the page until I come
> to a passage that is actually relevant to meteorites and doesn't read
> like a personal blog.
>
> Your loss.
>
> "The Fallen Sky" is a complex and impeccably researched non-fiction
> work that -- to some degree -- uses meteorites as a vehicle for
> personal exploration and a quest for meaning, rather than being just a
> straightforward history of space rocks, although there is plenty of
> fascinating historical material included, some of which was new to me.
> And if bloggers could write half as well as Chris, the web would be a
> much more interesting place.
>
> Darren is quick to criticize others, so I hope List members will read
> this unique book and decide for themselves. If you enjoy rich, lyrical
> prose and ponder questions along the lines of: "Why are some of us
> driven to such extraordinary lengths to find meteorites?" then "TFS"
> is for you. It also includes insightful portraits of some of the
> remarkable figures in meteorite history and good doses of dry humor
> and adventure. Chris spent almost two months inside a tent in
> Antarctica with ANSMET!
>
> I found "The Fallen Sky" to be the most original and thought provoking
> non-fiction work I've read in many years. It is bound to be
> controversial since there's never been a book like it written before.
>
>
> Geoff N.
>
> www.aerolite.org
> www.meteoritemen.com
> www.meteoriteblog.org
>
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