A review by megmermaid
The Day It Finally Happens: Alien Contact, Dinosaur Parks, Immortal Humans--And Other Possible Phenomena by Mike Pearl

informative slow-paced

2.5

The book wasn’t quite what I expected it would be. I thought it would be more of a technical breakdown of what the world would look like on, say, the day antibiotics don’t work anymore or the day we get confirmation of the existence of intelligent extraterrestrials. I imagined the author describing the acts of governments, the United Nations, medical establishments, etc., and how it would feel to be a person experiencing those fateful days to come. Mr. Pearl does a bit of this with his “introduction” to each chapter, which is usually one hypothetical news report, twitter feed, or first person account.

Instead, his work is more rooted in the facts we have today and how likely these proposed scenarios are. This isn’t a bad way of going about the book, and it remains quite interesting and entertaining. It has the effect of feelings more grounded in reality. It certainly is thought-provoking and witty