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‘Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth’s Extinct Worlds� by Thomas Halliday is wonderfully descriptive! I forgot he was describing places that no longer exist in our time! Instead, I wondered if there were tour packages�
Kidding! But it is beautifully written. I highly recommend this comprehensive ‘travelogue� based on recent science discoveries. It is incredible what scientists are able to suss out from bones and old rocks and sediment.
I have copied the book blurb:
”“A kaleidoscopic and evocative j ...more
Kidding! But it is beautifully written. I highly recommend this comprehensive ‘travelogue� based on recent science discoveries. It is incredible what scientists are able to suss out from bones and old rocks and sediment.
I have copied the book blurb:
”“A kaleidoscopic and evocative j ...more
What a fantastic ride back through time, with stops at several significants points in earth's history.
And what a writer! I only started keeping track of some of the wonderful words he used when I was about two-thirds of the way through the book, when I noticed what a difference they were making, but he pulls up so many underused, evocative, fun to hear in my head, words that imbue life into the prose like the soundtrack of a Guardians of the Galaxy movie recalls jammin' songs that we haven't tho ...more
And what a writer! I only started keeping track of some of the wonderful words he used when I was about two-thirds of the way through the book, when I noticed what a difference they were making, but he pulls up so many underused, evocative, fun to hear in my head, words that imbue life into the prose like the soundtrack of a Guardians of the Galaxy movie recalls jammin' songs that we haven't tho ...more
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