A review by tragiccharacter
Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It by Gina Kolata

3.0

My father, who is slightly more paranoid than I am, recommended this book. I bought it and did the read/listen thing as I am usually doing these days now that I am back commuting for a living. Again, the books seemed good but I had a hard time finishing it as the reader was not ideal. I believe it would have received a whole star more had another reader been performing it.

Now, the topic was super cool and I love the "Hot Zone" style (though I attribute this to "The Coming Plague" actually. It is really interesting how media and history have suppressed or ignored biological plagues. Then again, I am a total nerd for how some choices humans make result in completely unpredictable, often global, tragedy. And if you are too - this book is good for the facts... and look at Connie Willis or Mary Doria Russell for the fiction.