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Jen
is on page 24 of 240
It’s true that a) there are no TOC or chapter names or orienting points; McPhee just jumps right in on p 3, b) some sentences do go one for over page but I barely notice they are so cogent, and c) this is excellent writing. I read the first chapter a little breathless with that catch you get when a book is a treasure and you know it right away.
— Feb 25, 2024 11:42AM
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Jen
is on page 212 of 240
“Since I was digging his sample pits, I felt enfranchised to remark on what I took to be the literary timbre of his science.”
Deffreyes: “You may recall Archelaus’s explanation of earthquakes,” he said cryptically, “Earthquakes were caused by air trapped in underground caves. It shook the earth in its effort to escape. Everyone knew then that the earth was flatulent.”
— Mar 23, 2024 06:41AM
Deffreyes: “You may recall Archelaus’s explanation of earthquakes,” he said cryptically, “Earthquakes were caused by air trapped in underground caves. It shook the earth in its effort to escape. Everyone knew then that the earth was flatulent.”
Jen
is on page 143 of 240
“…for when Hutton finally wrote his book most readers were trampled by the prose.” LOL
He included an excerpt and it wasn’t that bad but it was highly parenthetical and the reader would have to be hella committed.
— Mar 10, 2024 05:12PM
He included an excerpt and it wasn’t that bad but it was highly parenthetical and the reader would have to be hella committed.
