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Summary: Awesome Book!
Review: I found out about this book from my little sister, who found it in the youngest children's section of the library(where it does not at all belong, despite it's appearance), and I thought it was awesome! The hidden jokes are great, but the story is even better, and truly messed up, a good example of Larson's previous work. Read it!
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Summary: Recycling in the real world
Review: My seventh-grade daughter read it aloud to me as a treat for my 50th birthday, and she kept reminding me that it was not a children's book, as indeed it is not, but an ironic and funny book about how people misconceive what Nature is, especially sentimental people who have sanitized, Disneyesque views of the natural world. Its conclusion is worthy of either Poe or Stephen Jay Gould, as it is well-written for effect and ghoulish (both elements of Poe's aesthetic) as well as being naturalistically accurate (which adds the Gould-ish, to coin a bad pun); the rest would be at home with any great story-teller who values gripping an audience by telling the truth in the guise of an entertainment, especially truths about what is going on in the natural world (which puts it directly at the level of real folk tales before Disney got ahold of them).
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Summary: Required reading for any biology student, college , too!
Review: Not just a book of cartoons, this is a FANTASTIC general sook about biology, life, ecology and so on. It should be required reading for ANY biology or ecology student, including college!
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Summary: Entertaining & consciousness raising about how Nature works.
Review: Larson uses his usual presentation mode to give a story of how our (and other creatures) places in Nature are so misunderstood by so many. A jocular journey through story and pictures that makes you grin while really sinking in some zingers on ecology and our ultimate destination in life..... hee-hee....
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Summary: Timely, twisted and totally Larsonesque humor.
Review: While "There's a Hair in My Dirt!: A Worm's Story" may not have the instant "punch" of a typical single-panel "Far Side" cartoon, there's plenty to recommend it. The drawings are fun and colorful (love the Dame Edna eyeglasses on Mother Worm). Despite a vague sense of repetitousness, the twisted, often-hilarious story should appeal to youngsters, teens and anyone interested in creepy crawlies. With the current success of DreamWorks' "Antz" in movie theaters and the positive advance buzz (pun intended) for Disney's upcoming "A Bug's Life," it surely is a worm's turn. Besides -- dare I say it? -- it's also EDUCATIONAL (in a delightfully subversive, Larsonesque way).
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Summary: one word - excellent
Review: THE BOOK IS GREAT READING AND ENTERTAINMENT. MY 2-YEAR OLD GRANDSON LOVES THE PICTURES AND IDENTIFIES "MOMMY WORM, DADDY WORM, BOY WORM" AND THOUGH HE DOES NOT YET UNDERSTAND THE COMPLETE STORY HE HAS ME READ IT TO HIM REPEATEDLY. I AM GIVING ALL THREE OF MY ADULT BROTHRS A COPY FOR CHRISTMAS AS I AM SURE IT WILL BE ENJOYED BY EACH OF THEM FOR DIFFERENT REASONS - ARTISTIC, ECOLOGICAL AND LITERARY.LARSON WAS A GOOD CARTOONIST AND A GREAT WRITER!
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Summary: Perfect comination of humor and seriousness
Review: This is really the only halfway "serious" work I've seen from Gary Lason. And I really like it! Although it has a definite (and very good) moral, it's not 'preachy'. Depending on the mood you're in, this can be a funny book, a serious book, or a little bit of each. Great satire, great point.
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Summary: Thank You Gary! Keep It Up!
Review: I feel a close affinity to Mr. Larson, he went to WSU, I went to WSU. He has a strange sense of humor, I have been told the same. And I thank you, Mr. Larson, for continuing to do what you do best, making us laugh.
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Summary: Eerie. Not at all what I expected.
Review: I'm a big Gary Larson fan, but I thought this book was a bit much, even for him. I understand the point he was trying to make (that is, 'tug at one thing in nature and you'll find it is connected to everything else'), but he was waaay too severe with driving it home, particularly that ending. This is not a bedtime story! On the other hand, if his goal was to set readers thinking about what we are doing to the environment, even with the best intentions, and how it may come back to haunt us, then touche'! Nevertheless, it gave me the willies, and I'm no hothouse flower.
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Summary: Dark, Darker, Darkest
Review: The humor in this book is so Dark that it enlightens. It cartoons some of humanity's most disturbing questions....from a worm's eye view. Life and death decisions are made on every page, and the dear sweet maiden we want to love turns out to be an unwitting murderess. To make it worse, she is us. We learn more about the Gaia hypothesis than any other book has ever made clear. Please don't buy this book for a child unless you understand it well enough to clearly answer all the questions a child will inevitably raise about its message. If you are prepared, then this can be an excellent children's book
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