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jennireadsthethings 's review for:
Otherlands
by Thomas Halliday
informative
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
What a stunning audiobook! Narrator Adetomiwa Edun, whose voice is a work of art, does a great job at keeping listeners focused and not bogged down by the dense subject matter. Paleontologist Steve Brusatte, (his review linked below) writer of some of my favorite Paleontology books lately, describes this as a book for people that love books, and it really is. Its got gorgeous descriptions, relevant quotes starting each chapter, and at some moments the detailed, lyrical writing had me forgetting it was a scientific work rather than a speculative sci fi piece examining some far off world.
For those more unfamiliar with the natural history of Earth and its geological eras (I do a lot of natural science reading and listening, what can I say, I'm a sucker for Dinosaurs), the backwards journey through Earth's history does a great job of establishing more familiar flora and fauna and using it as groundwork to introduce more 'alien' time periods. Most people know about Wooly Mammoths and its love of frosty tundra, not as many know that many popular dinos like Stegosaurus didn't even eat grass. In fact, it didn't even exist until the end of the dino's reign and wasn't a mainstay of many animals' diets as it is now!
I'm probably going to have to read this one day, alas the ebook wait is a long one, but I may just snag a physical copy.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-reverse-journey-through-geologic-time-a-tale-of-wild-horses-and-interspecies-kinship-and-more/
For those more unfamiliar with the natural history of Earth and its geological eras (I do a lot of natural science reading and listening, what can I say, I'm a sucker for Dinosaurs), the backwards journey through Earth's history does a great job of establishing more familiar flora and fauna and using it as groundwork to introduce more 'alien' time periods. Most people know about Wooly Mammoths and its love of frosty tundra, not as many know that many popular dinos like Stegosaurus didn't even eat grass. In fact, it didn't even exist until the end of the dino's reign and wasn't a mainstay of many animals' diets as it is now!
I'm probably going to have to read this one day, alas the ebook wait is a long one, but I may just snag a physical copy.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-reverse-journey-through-geologic-time-a-tale-of-wild-horses-and-interspecies-kinship-and-more/