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A review by mjfmjfmjf
Annals of the Former World by John McPhee
3.0
I started reading this series awhile back in 2020. I had read other books by the author, but it had been awhile. I was starting to read on the geology shelf and figured reading from a popularizer might be an easy place to start. It was not. This was a tough series that made clear my lack of knowledge of geology and this series never feels like an intro.
To finish the series I checked out this full volume to read the last short book. And then the introduction to this book - which really was an intro. And explains much of what the author had been trying to do with the series.
Have I really read this book? It is hard to say - it seems like there may have been many changes and hopefully improvements to the the smaller books it contains. Perhaps I'll take a shot at reading this straight through - after I do something to learn and retain knowledge about geology.
To finish the series I checked out this full volume to read the last short book. And then the introduction to this book - which really was an intro. And explains much of what the author had been trying to do with the series.
Have I really read this book? It is hard to say - it seems like there may have been many changes and hopefully improvements to the the smaller books it contains. Perhaps I'll take a shot at reading this straight through - after I do something to learn and retain knowledge about geology.