tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post275316618046355665..comments2023-10-25T04:37:13.179-04:00Comments on Dogear Diary: The World Without UsJeanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270303640902731044noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-9049266645889753842013-10-08T21:12:15.359-04:002013-10-08T21:12:15.359-04:00Jenny- Seriously someone should write more dystopi...Jenny- Seriously someone should write more dystopian stories that don't feature humans! How would that be for a wake-up call? I don't know if there's any like that- do you?Jeanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270303640902731044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-89211074349261228352013-10-08T21:05:57.691-04:002013-10-08T21:05:57.691-04:00Whenever I read books like this I get about twenty...Whenever I read books like this I get about twenty ideas for a dystopian future story. I think it's the way my mind stops me from absolutely panicking about the damage the human race has done and how little I can do myself to fix it. Even if the earth will recover from what we've done, I think we should still be sorry for messing it all up.Jenny @ Reading the Endhttp://readingtheend.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-36093037649824002952013-10-06T12:02:58.787-04:002013-10-06T12:02:58.787-04:00Bookfool- You must read it! And let me know what y...Bookfool- You must read it! And let me know what you think!Jeanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270303640902731044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-69057622681928599142013-10-05T14:17:57.052-04:002013-10-05T14:17:57.052-04:00Oh, wow, so exciting to find that you've read ...Oh, wow, so exciting to find that you've read this book! I think my eldest son must have left a copy of it behind, when he visited. I was in the guest room, looking the room over before Kiddo came down, and I found a copy on the dresser. I'm moving the book to my bedroom, post haste! Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-43393379077013056702013-10-01T21:07:48.341-04:002013-10-01T21:07:48.341-04:00Bermudaonion- I always feel like there's more ...Bermudaonion- I always feel like there's more that could be done, which I am not doing...<br /><br />Bookwyrme- I've just learned of that show, when reading other reviews on this book. It sounds like something I'd like to see.Jeanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270303640902731044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-36953692084747043002013-10-01T18:46:25.868-04:002013-10-01T18:46:25.868-04:00Jeanne I was expecting something more like the PBS...Jeanne I was expecting something more like the PBS show--the World Without People (I think it was called)--that just dove right into what it would look like afterward. Maybe initial episodes of that dealt with us as well.<br /><br />There were bits I found myself bookmarking in this one, but ultimately I gave up.Bookwyrmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11206423697706457318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-92012965478514236552013-10-01T18:17:31.030-04:002013-10-01T18:17:31.030-04:00This sounds like it should be required reading! I...This sounds like it should be required reading! I try to be a good citizen of the Earth but I know I could do more.bermudaonionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726401178972099557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-18143465519953438032013-10-01T16:54:57.177-04:002013-10-01T16:54:57.177-04:00I completely understand your view on it; I did get...I completely understand your view on it; I did get that sense as well but it didn't upset me because I realized that to understand how the world would respond to our sudden absence was to understand how much we have changed it... For me, that fit together well.Jeanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270303640902731044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-67709575411207370522013-10-01T15:13:56.507-04:002013-10-01T15:13:56.507-04:00Interesting to read your positive take on this.
I...Interesting to read your positive take on this.<br /><br />I started it and ended up putting it down very grumpily about halfway through because it didn't seem to be so much "the world without us" as "the world with us and all the ways we've screwed up." It felt very bait-and-switch to me.Bookwyrmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11206423697706457318noreply@blogger.com