http://iwaruna.com/2008/04/25/non-fiction-books-read-in-2007-and-beyond/ The website of Sarah Liberman, containing a blog, gallery, recipes, and discussions about books, comics, food and software. Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:30:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://iwaruna.com/2008/04/25/non-fiction-books-read-in-2007-and-beyond/#comment-1387 sairuh Thu, 22 May 2008 16:55:31 +0000 http://iwaruna.com/?p=266#comment-1387 Hey Allison! Thanks for the rec; having those chapter intros sounds neato. ;-) I'll add it to my reading list. Hey Allison! Thanks for the rec; having those chapter intros sounds neato. I’ll add it to my reading list.

]]> http://iwaruna.com/2008/04/25/non-fiction-books-read-in-2007-and-beyond/#comment-1386 Allison Lonsdale Thu, 22 May 2008 04:14:34 +0000 http://iwaruna.com/?p=266#comment-1386 On the topic of parasitology, I highly recommend Scott Lynch's urban horror novel <i>Peeps</i>, which opens each chapter with a description of a parasite-host relationship. The novel posits a parasite that lies behind all of our vampire mythology, and which has some beneficial aspects for both the infested individual and the human species as a whole. And it's fun and well-written--I particularly liked the line, "You mean I lost my virginity to the Apocalypse?!" On the topic of parasitology, I highly recommend Scott Lynch’s urban horror novel Peeps, which opens each chapter with a description of a parasite-host relationship. The novel posits a parasite that lies behind all of our vampire mythology, and which has some beneficial aspects for both the infested individual and the human species as a whole. And it’s fun and well-written–I particularly liked the line, “You mean I lost my virginity to the Apocalypse?!”

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