oldie but goodie

[realthog]

Well, golly! I've just discovered that, in the closing minutes (literally) of last year, Angela Gunn of the USA Today blog Tech_Space posted her Best Science Books of 2007 list, and among the nine books there is my own Corrupted Science. I am, naturally, very, very pleased!

Gunn gives the book a good capsule review, too:

. . . this looked . . . like one of those bargain throwaways you see at Barnes and Noble -- until you remember how much fun Grant's 2006 Discarded Science was and scoop it up in search of chewy anecdotal goodness. The tone this time is considerably darker . . . His comparison of the current administration's assault on scientific truth and inquiry goes even further than Christopher Mooney's 2005 The Republican War on Science -- but then again the administration's had two more years to run amuck.

For the rest, see http://blogs.usatoday.com/techspace/2007/12/closing-the-boo.html. This is like finding an unopened Christmas present!

 

Comments

[sarcobatus.livejournal.com]

Good Show!

That US publicist who marketed Corrupted Science as a children's book needs to have a voodoo dolly sent her way...one with a note attached to it outlining the distinction between "adult" and "juvenile".

[realthog.livejournal.com]

To be fair, this is probably a product of her efforts. In among all the Disney Fun, etc., on her list was USA Today. It's not too much of a stretch to reckon that the copy sent to the newspaper made its way to the blogger.

It looks to be a pretty good blog, incidentally. I'm planning to go bacvk for a rootle through it when I have a bit more leisure.

[quilterbear.livejournal.com]

That is awesome!! Congratulations! Whoo hoo!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Thanks, ma'am!

How's your daughter today?

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Adie news, please!

You are being nagged . . .

[quilterbear.livejournal.com]

she got released from the hospital yesterday, but hasn't called so I don't know how she is doing. But with her, no news is good news. I'll call her later today to check up on her if she doesn't call me first.

[louismaistros.livejournal.com]

Excellent review that should really help sell the book! Congratulations!

What is "egoboo"?

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Louis! (And I know I owe you a long post, but time's tight right now.)

Egoboo is a fannish term for shameless self-promotion -- I think the origins are ego + boost, but I may be wrong.

[louismaistros.livejournal.com]

Oh, I like that. And it helps that it nearly rhymes with bugaboo.

You owe me nothing, my friend. Belief systems can be so internal and private that I never mean to butt into one, and I absolutely respect (and even sometimes agree with) your views on the subject. I assumed that thread was pretty much done anyway, so no worries at all!

[imago1.livejournal.com]

Merry Xmas!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Laird!

[jmward14.livejournal.com]

Yay {{{{realthog}}}}! What a fabulous--and well-deserved--review! And having it attached to USA TODAY is icing on the cake. Hugs and happy dances, Jean Marie

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Thanks, JM!

"And having it attached to USA TODAY is icing on the cake."

Not 100% sure about this. Scientific American might have been better. Still, I'm awfully pleased.

[jmward14.livejournal.com]

But USA TODAY has lots more readers. Hugs and smiles, Jean Marie

[realthog.livejournal.com]

"But USA TODAY has lots more readers."

Um. Bites tongue . . .

[charlesatan.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Thanks!