[meteorite-list] "The Fallen Sky" Redux

[bill kies]

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.

> 

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> 

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