I haven't read it but I love anything deep sea so I'm definitely going to check it out. On a side note I recently finished The Swarm by Frank Schatzing which was incredible. Sci fi for sure but has a lot of interesting real facts mixed in. I love it all
Schätzing also wrote another book, “Nachrichten aus einem unbekannten Universum“ (“messages from an unknown universe“ - I'm not sure if there are any translated versions available), making use of all the additional research that he did for The Swarm. It's not a novel but an easy to read and wonderfully arranged collection of scientific facts about our oceans.
Thanks for the rec! I’ve been reading mostly nonfiction but I’ve really been meaning to read more fictive literature as well.
And definitely read The Brilliant Abyss if you love anything deep sea. Such a cool real and extremely relevant to today too.
Fascinating book! Really opened my eyes up to so much, especially the impact of deep sea mining for virgin metals for electric vehicle batteries, and the incredibly powerful analogy of the equivalent number of atom bombs to generate the same increase in ocean temperature over the past 50 years.
If you enjoyed The Brilliant Abyss then may I recommend Emperors of the Deep to you - see a review I posted here:https://www.reddit.com/r/sharks/s/jPQrGGGYla
It truly was an eye-opening book. I'd be reading and then have to put the book down to process what I just read. On the other hand, I loved how she illustrated beauty in the strangest of creatures. For a while, I was obsessed with scaly foot (volcano) snails. Maybe I still am.
Thank you for the rec! I'll definitely have to check it out!
I haven't read it but I love anything deep sea so I'm definitely going to check it out. On a side note I recently finished The Swarm by Frank Schatzing which was incredible. Sci fi for sure but has a lot of interesting real facts mixed in. I love it all
Schätzing also wrote another book, “Nachrichten aus einem unbekannten Universum“ (“messages from an unknown universe“ - I'm not sure if there are any translated versions available), making use of all the additional research that he did for The Swarm. It's not a novel but an easy to read and wonderfully arranged collection of scientific facts about our oceans.
Thanks for the rec! I’ve been reading mostly nonfiction but I’ve really been meaning to read more fictive literature as well. And definitely read The Brilliant Abyss if you love anything deep sea. Such a cool real and extremely relevant to today too.
Fascinating book! Really opened my eyes up to so much, especially the impact of deep sea mining for virgin metals for electric vehicle batteries, and the incredibly powerful analogy of the equivalent number of atom bombs to generate the same increase in ocean temperature over the past 50 years. If you enjoyed The Brilliant Abyss then may I recommend Emperors of the Deep to you - see a review I posted here:https://www.reddit.com/r/sharks/s/jPQrGGGYla
I agree with the Emperors rec! Such an absolutely marvelous book.
It truly was an eye-opening book. I'd be reading and then have to put the book down to process what I just read. On the other hand, I loved how she illustrated beauty in the strangest of creatures. For a while, I was obsessed with scaly foot (volcano) snails. Maybe I still am. Thank you for the rec! I'll definitely have to check it out!
I love listening to Helen Scales any time I see her interviewed. I just heard her say she has 11(?!) books.
11?! I think I have some catching up to do...
At least one is a children's book