Derek Caelin finished reading At the mountains of madness by H. P. Lovecraft
At the Mountains of Madness is a science fiction-horror novella by American author H. P. …
Good.
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Derek Caelin reviewed A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold
A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There is a 1949 non-fiction book by …
Exquisitely written.
4 stars
There is a sense of grief pervading the book. A beautiful thing has been lost, is being lost, will be lost, unless we change. We seem no closer to achieving this goal today than we were when this book was first published in 1948, scant years before the author died fighting a prarie fire.
Derek Caelin finished reading The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #1)
When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The Wayfarer, …
Still great
Derek Caelin finished reading Limits to Growth by Donella H. Meadows
fantastic.
Derek Caelin reviewed Sea People by Christina Thompson
A history of evolving understanding
4 stars
I don't think I've ever read a book about the history of trying to answer a question. Christina Thompson looks in to all the different ways people throughout time have tried to understand the origins of the Polynesian people who live in the Pacific. The book covers legends, ethnographic research, archeology, linguistic research, carbon dating, geneology, and other methods. My favorite chapters were about people in the 1960s-70s trying to recreate old sailing vessels and navigating using a blend of ancient and modern navigational methods.
I don't think I've ever read a book about the history of trying to answer a question. Christina Thompson looks in to all the different ways people throughout time have tried to understand the origins of the Polynesian people who live in the Pacific. The book covers legends, ethnographic research, archeology, linguistic research, carbon dating, geneology, and other methods. My favorite chapters were about people in the 1960s-70s trying to recreate old sailing vessels and navigating using a blend of ancient and modern navigational methods.
Derek Caelin finished reading Sea People by Christina Thompson
Excellent book.
Derek Caelin commented on Sea People by Christina Thompson
There's a chapter dedicated to the efforts in the 1960s-70s to recreate old style canoes and use traditional navigation practices to get from Hawaii to Tahiti, as a way to demonstrate the possibility of people thousands of years ago crossing a massive ocean without GPS, maps, sextants, and other modern instruments.
I'm reminded of an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space 9, in which Sisko encounters the design for an old space craft and wants to prove the plausibiltiy that ancient Bajorans could have travelled far across space by using the recreated ship to travel to Cardassia. I wonder if the writers were inspired by the story of the Polynesiai Voyaging Society.
There's a chapter dedicated to the efforts in the 1960s-70s to recreate old style canoes and use traditional navigation practices to get from Hawaii to Tahiti, as a way to demonstrate the possibility of people thousands of years ago crossing a massive ocean without GPS, maps, sextants, and other modern instruments.
I'm reminded of an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space 9, in which Sisko encounters the design for an old space craft and wants to prove the plausibiltiy that ancient Bajorans could have travelled far across space by using the recreated ship to travel to Cardassia. I wonder if the writers were inspired by the story of the Polynesiai Voyaging Society.
Derek Caelin reviewed The Moors in Spain by Stanley Lane-Poole
History meets poetry
4 stars
It's old school history. Opinionated and historical.
It's old school history. Opinionated and historical.
Derek Caelin finished reading The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin (The Earthsea Cycle, #6)
It was an ending, and I liked it.
Derek Caelin finished reading The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin (The Earthsea Cycle, #3)
When the prince of Enlad declares the wizards have forgotten their spells, Ged sets out …
Superb.
Derek Caelin commented on How We Win by George Lakey
Action > Campaign > Movement
Derek Caelin finished reading A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
" Historia del tiempo " es un libro de divulgación sobre el espacio y el …
Alas, this book did not magically make quantum mechanics easier to understand.
Derek Caelin stopped reading The Politics of Scale by Nathan F. Sayre
I'll get back to it
I'll get back to it
Derek Caelin started reading The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin (The Earthsea Cycle, #3)
When the prince of Enlad declares the wizards have forgotten their spells, Ged sets out …
Reading with my child
Derek Caelin finished reading The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin (Earthsea Cycle, #2)
When young Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Powers of …
Just as great as the original.