One More Book Male, 37, Single. Ferrara, Italy

Lesser known than the Hitchhiker's saga, the weird activities of the holistic detective Dirk Gently are something to read. Douglas Adam's linguistic style and surreal situations at their best, although I slightly prefer the previous novel.

Rankin and its Scottish atmosphere intrigue me every time. Every time. I love this writer.

Way too much stuff in this story. Let's add that Ellroy is so far the hardest author for me to read in English, if we can still call his slang-o-matic style English...

Both the topic (or better, the "perspective") and the peculiar style of writing are very interesting. It seemed to lack something in the last part, but I guess incompleteness is part of life itself. I'll not say more in case you're gonna read it.

I really enjoyed this book, especially after the delusion of "Next". I liked this book from two different standpoints:

First. It's an intriguing fiction story, couldn't stop reading it. Page-turner alert! :-)

Second. As a non fiction book it stimulates you to think with your own brain, to verify facts. It urges you not to assume that something is true just because magazines and TV shows keep talking about it. The topic here is global warming, and a lot of scientific references are given for the reader that wants to get a better idea (I've not checked any of them yet!). The non-fiction Appendix about politicized science reminds you that history already told us that facts and not magazines should drive us.

I found almost the same considerations (again about global warming) in "Dancing Naked in the Mind Field" by Kary Mullis, and I was equally impressed.

I also found most appropriate the State of Fear's definition given at some point in the book: "Politicians need fears to control population. Lawyers need dangers to litigate, and make money. The media need scare stories to capture an audience." ... (continue)

Too many characters and a confused plot, the story doesn't unfold very well. Not the Crichton I like, no page-turner here!

Very interesting both as the actual story of his life and as an insight in everyday life in England and the United States of the time.