Tag: 1997

Richard Dawkins – The View from Mount Improbable | Review

Title: The View from Mount Improbable

Author: Richard Dawkins

Type: Non-Fiction

Page Count/Review Word Count: 60

Rating: 4*/5

 

Richard Dawkins - The View from Mount Improbable

Richard Dawkins – The View from Mount Improbable

 

This book is actually just an extract from Dawkins1997 release Climbing Mount Improbable, and it’s all about how eyes evolved and how intelligent design just doesn’t cut it as an explanation. Worth reading, I’d say.

 

Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins

 

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Andrew Motion – Selected Poems: 1976 – 1997 | Review

Title: Selected Poems: 1976 – 1997

Author: Andrew Motion

Type: Poetry

Page Count/Review Word Count: 152

Rating: 4*/5

 

Andrew Motion - Selected Poems: 1976 - 1997

Andrew Motion – Selected Poems: 1976 – 1997

 

This book was a pleasant little surprise, helped by the fact that I got it super cheap at a village fair in aid of charity. I think I paid 20p for it, which was well worth it. Motion is a former poet laureate, and while I wasn’t blown away by his poetry and his writing, it was still a decent enough read and worth reading if you get a chance.

Motion’s poetry blurs the line between classical and contemporary, but I can see how much of the work here would have been innovative when it first appeared. I don’t think I’d go out of my way to read any more of his work, but I am glad that I got the chance to read this much. I think poetry like Motion’s is necessary.

 

Andrew Motion

Andrew Motion

 

Click here to buy Selected Poems: 1976 – 1997.