Terrarium

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Summary: 1000 MTU students read Terrarium for Earth Week
Review: Michigan Technological University celebrated Earth Week 1997 by giving out over 1000 copies of "Terrarium" in classes across campus. Author Scott Russell Sanders visited MTU on April 21st. He spoke about writing the book and shared his Earth Week thoughts. Students greatly enjoyed both book and author.They have summarized classroom discussions about the book's themes; these are posted at:http://chmac2.chem.mtu.edu/earth/default.ssi.

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Summary: A Thought Provoking Book
Review: Scott Russell Sanders has created a dystopian classic that fans of Orwell can admire. His setting is the near future in which the Earth has turned hostile, and man has enclosed himself in gargantuan cities, a human terrarium closed from any chaos.

When one thinks of a terrarium, one might think of a beautiful display of life enclosed in a glass bubble. In the human Enclosures, however, things are not beautiful. People are living a fantasy, out of touch with nature--and often reality.

Sanders has a good story telling style, and the book is an easy read. Everyone should read this book; tech junkies, to politicians, to parents. It helps us to see the world around us in a different light. Perhaps we can leave our children some of the beauty of nature that we take for granted.

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Summary: WARNING
Review: This is a NOT a book about building or making terrrariums. It is a work of FICTION. A story set in the future. I bought this book along with others on terrariums becuase I wanted to make a terrarium for my lizards. I wasn't going to since there was a total lack of description of the book, but I saw it was in the list of recommendations and bought it anyway. The book was not at all what I needed. I wonder how many others have been mislead into buying it?