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Summary: contingency cannibalism
Review: Although Shig's writing style tends to be a bit adolescent, he nonetheless does an excellent job of arguing his case for cannibalism in emergency survival situations.A unique book for a unique topic. His only omission that I can see is in the recipe section: he has no recipe in which curry is a primary ingredient. 'Nuff said. The only thing I would consider a factual error is his disdain of internal organs such as heart, liver, etc.- I believe that he over-emphasizes the risk of disease. If cooked thoroughly and completely, all parasites, virus, and bacteria are destroyed and internal organs provide extremely valuable vitamins and nutrients otherwise missing from a starvation diet. Washing hands after handling is important, of course. Otherwise, a fairly good book.
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Summary: A great coffee table book!
Review: Funny, Funny Book. I didn't know what to expect when I saw, but I picked it up and couldn't put it down. Lot's of interesting facts mixed with a clever sense of humor. I bought 2 more copies as gifts for friends.
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Summary: Tasty little book!
Review: Okay, let me get the puns out of the way. This is a "tongue in cheek" book in which the author "eats his heart out" about a taboo topic, yet still gets to the "meat" of the matter. The gallows humor can be annoying at times, and can be a matter of "taste" (all right, I'll stop), but it does deal with something that we'd rather not think about (yet may have to deal with in a worst-case scenario). I'm certain that the author had very good intentions in writing this book...but I can just imagine the jokes he must get ("Hey Shiguro, gonna barbeque this weekend?")
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Summary: Tasty little book!
Review: Okay, let me get the puns out of the way. This is a "tongue in cheek" book in which the author "eats his heart out" about a taboo topic, yet still gets to the "meat" of the matter. The gallows humor can be annoying at times, and can be a matter of "taste" (all right, I'll stop), but it does deal with something that we'd rather not think about (yet may have to deal with in a worst-case scenario). I'm certain that the author had very good intentions in writing this book...but I can just imagine the jokes he must get ("Hey Shiguro, gonna barbeque this weekend?")
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Summary: entertaining, informative..left me hungering for more...
Review: Okay, my title isn't exactly accurate, but I just had to go for the lowbrow humor. Honestly, though, the book was entertaining at first, and was also fairly informative: it did actually answer most of the morbid questions I had about cannibalism. But I found the book a bit lacking for a couple of different reasons. First, the humor got on my nerves after a while. It's essentially one joke: "I like eating people." Second, the real information (history, facts about cannibalism, etc.) kinda stops 2/3 of the way through the book, and is replaced with more "humor" like recipes and such. Anyway, think of the book as "Cannibalism for Dummies" and you won't go too wrong...
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Summary: entertaining, informative..left me hungering for more...
Review: Okay, my title isn't exactly accurate, but I just had to go for the lowbrow humor. Honestly, though, the book was entertaining at first, and was also fairly informative: it did actually answer most of the morbid questions I had about cannibalism. But I found the book a bit lacking for a couple of different reasons. First, the humor got on my nerves after a while. It's essentially one joke: "I like eating people." Second, the real information (history, facts about cannibalism, etc.) kinda stops 2/3 of the way through the book, and is replaced with more "humor" like recipes and such. Anyway, think of the book as "Cannibalism for Dummies" and you won't go too wrong...
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Summary: Don't Eat Me...wait...
Review: The author obviously experienced severe trauma as a child, because this is one of the most disturbing subjects I have ever had the misfortune to read.
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Summary: All tongue in cheek
Review: This book is a mostly "tongue in cheek" look at the world of cannibalism for survival. While it is darkly humorous, It's rough and raw and covers topics like "Does it taste like chicken?, What will my friends think? etc... Shiguro also takes a look at cases where cannibalism actually occured, such as the ill-fated Donner party, the stranded Uruguayan rugby team and several other case histories. While meant totally as a humorous book, it has some serious undertones.
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Summary: All tongue in cheek
Review: This book is a mostly "tongue in cheek" look at the world of cannibalism for survival. While it is darkly humorous, It's rough and raw and covers topics like "Does it taste like chicken?, What will my friends think? etc... Shiguro also takes a look at cases where cannibalism actually occured, such as the ill-fated Donner party, the stranded Uruguayan rugby team and several other case histories. While meant totally as a humorous book, it has some serious undertones.
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Summary: It's a blast!
Review: this book is great! It's funny and witty. I loved it.
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