Sunday, September 09, 2007
(9:56 AM) | Adam Kotsko:
Substantific Marrow
John Emerson, one of the blogosphere's most dominating presences, has released a book entitled Substantific Marrow. (As the link will show, this book has already been extensively reviewed, but my hope is that my review will start a "second wave" of interest -- which was, indeed, my strategy all along.)At this point, I have read nearly every essay in the book, and I can testify that this book is consistently entertaining, surprising, and informative. Emerson has a unique gift for uncovering oddball facts and a very readable style. The essays are generally short, making this collection suitable both for brief reading sessions (train rides, lunch breaks, etc.) and extended ones. My only complaint is the rather superficial one that he set the entire book in Arial -- but that's appropriate, given that it's a compilation of his website in book form.
Overall, you should buy the book.
