Denying Science cover quotes

[realthog]

Some extraordinarily generous cover quotes have been coming in for my forthcoming book Denying Science (this fall from Prometheus; buy multiple copies!). The relevant liaison of mine at Prometheus reports gleefully: ". . . and we have heard back from everyone we were expecting which hardly ever happens!" She has also given me clearance to brag about them.

So here, at the risk of appearing in any way insufferable -- moi? perish the thought! -- they are:

"Packed with damning facts and deadly wit, this book shows how we're being lied to on an industrial scale. A fine piece of intellectual anti-virus software!"
--Ken MacLeod

"A timely and intelligent dissection of all that is wrong with popular responses to science. This articulate and impassioned account of the workings of the world should be required reading for decision-makers everywhere. Hang on: that's all of us."
--Keith Brooke

"This is the book you were waiting for. Timely, encyclopedic, and compulsively readable, Denying Science makes sense of the whole sordid business. Buy two and send one to your congressman."
-- Michael Swanwick

"For the past few years, John Grant has been intrepidly documenting instances of bogus, corrupted, and discarded science. Now he’s back with perhaps the best of the lot: Denying Science. As topical and as cutting as past volumes have been, Denying Science gets to the heart of the problem in today’s world -- and does so with fascinating, brilliantly written accounts that may curl your toes but also contain elements of humor and absurdity. Highly recommended."
--Jeff VanderMeer

"John Grant is the living heir of Martin Gardner. He delivers the facts and suffers no fools."
--Gregory Frost

Obviously my bar bills are going to be a bit of a nightmare whenever I bump into any of these kind folk over the next few years . . .

Comments

[bondo-ba.livejournal.com]

Great blurbs! I think that anyone who has ever spoken to one of those people who just accept everything you see on TV and spent the rest of the week shaking their head in frustration will love this book, and the blubs make you feel it...

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Fingers crossed you're right! As you might guess, I'm just delighted these excellent folk have been moved to say such kind words.

[jmward14.livejournal.com]

Fabulous blurbs! Congratulations!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Thanks, JM! I'm sort of cock-a-hoop, as you might guess.

[martyn44.livejournal.com]

Michael Swanwick makes the generous assumption that your congressman (MP) not only can read but is prepared to read anything that does not come predigested by their machine. Busy people, congressmen (MPs) They have to make hay while the sun is shining.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Republican congressmen are a few rungs lower on the ladder than yer average Tory MP: they won't even let something into their machine unless it agrees with whatever halfassed garbage they already believe, or are getting paid to believe. Clowns like James Inhofe have never actually read, for example, James Hansen's writings on the subject or even listened to him during his occasional presentations to Congress; they just know he'll tell them something they don't want to hear, so they stick their fingers in their ears and go, "Nya-nya, boo-boo."

Hm. I'm being a bit charitable about the level of Inhofe's discourse.

They have to make hay while the sun is shining.

And shining and shining and shining, until we're all burnt up.