Thrawn's Revenge

Off Topic => The Lounge => Topic started by: Dane Kiet on February 26, 2008, 09:08:16 PM

Title: Boomy things, iky things, and hard things.
Post by: Dane Kiet on February 26, 2008, 09:08:16 PM

There is a fascinating book called Guns, Germs, and Steel, and I was curious as to how many people read it.

Title: Re: Boomy things, iky things, and hard things.
Post by: lolzlolz on February 28, 2008, 12:11:54 AM

ummmmm, lol
i started to read it last year cuz my mom made me, (im homeschooled)
it was ok, i thought it was kinda boring, but i didnt get very far into it when my sister (who goes to a public school)
had t o read it for her history class, when that happenned my mom somehow forgot about it so i didnt read very much,
maybe it gets better as it goes on, like i said i only read like the first chapter, maybe ill read more this year?

Title: Re: Boomy things, iky things, and hard things.
Post by: Isamu on February 28, 2008, 12:22:35 AM

i have heard of it but never read it.

Title: Re: Boomy things, iky things, and hard things.
Post by: Dane Kiet on February 28, 2008, 02:53:22 PM

It's definitely not a book for entertainment, but for curiosity. Try picking it up again, at invention (not domestication) it starts to become quite interesting.

Title: Re: Boomy things, iky things, and hard things.
Post by: Isamu on February 28, 2008, 06:45:36 PM

it almost is beginning to sound like the art of war or the book of marx

Title: Re: Boomy things, iky things, and hard things.
Post by: Dane Kiet on February 28, 2008, 06:56:17 PM

Not the same thing at all. This book explains WHY the technology (not just military) evolved faster in some parts of the world, why germs evolved to be more deadly in certain areas than others.

Title: Re: Boomy things, iky things, and hard things.
Post by: Isamu on February 28, 2008, 07:10:43 PM

hmm this does sound interesting. i will check it out.