Quote Originally Posted by Sapphire
Sounds interesting. If I stumble across it in a bookstore, I'll give it a read.

..Unless someone wants to link me an ebook..?

Speaking of science novels, I like anything by Richard Dawkins, specifically The Ancestor's Tale, which explains the history of humans, retrospectively.
You'd think with the subject matter that his publisher would have made an ebook version to cut down on paper waste. Oh the hypocrisy!

I'll check out The Ancestor's Tale if you check out The World Without Us.

Quote Originally Posted by Kraco
I liked this book. I rarely buy hardcovers but I'm not sure books like this will be turned into the paperback format in Finnish, so I decided not to wait. From the beginning till the end, it was a good read. Naturally there were many guesses and estimates in the book, but it was made far more believable by the simple fact lots of professionals and experts were interviewed and it wasn't based on the author's imagination. There were multiple pages of references listed at the end, just like in any scientific work.

I took my copy to my dad afterwards.
Did it make you feel bad to be human after reading this book? My only consolation is that the next ice age will wipe the Earth's surface clean and kill most everything we haven't killed off by then. Then only our buried nuclear waste (and radio waves sent into space) will continue our legacy.