Scan barcode
A review by zfeig
How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler by Ryan North
funny
informative
fast-paced
3.75
This was a silly light hearted book that was a mix of scientific primer and survival guide. Honestly the best part about the book was the light hearted framing:
"oh no your time machine broke - we wish we could give you a guide for fixing it, but that's hard. How about a guide for living in the past instead? that's way easier! (by the way we are not liable for you being stuck in the past)."
You get the framing in the first chapter, after that it proceeds to be both a mediocre science text and not particularly useful survival guide - but it remained funny enough to be worth my finishing it.
"oh no your time machine broke - we wish we could give you a guide for fixing it, but that's hard. How about a guide for living in the past instead? that's way easier! (by the way we are not liable for you being stuck in the past)."
You get the framing in the first chapter, after that it proceeds to be both a mediocre science text and not particularly useful survival guide - but it remained funny enough to be worth my finishing it.