Comments on: A History of the World in 6 Glasses http://heliologue.com/2007/04/25/a-history-of-the-world-in-6-glasses/ Let joy be unconfined. Let there be dancing in the streets, drinking in the saloons, and necking in the parlor. Wed, 23 May 2012 05:37:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: A Modest Construct » 52 Books in 52 Weeks, 2007 http://heliologue.com/2007/04/25/a-history-of-the-world-in-6-glasses/#comment-77982 A Modest Construct » 52 Books in 52 Weeks, 2007 Wed, 23 May 2007 05:36:00 +0000 http://heliologue.com/blog/2007/04/25/a-history-of-the-world-in-6-glasses/#comment-77982 [...] A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage [...] [...] A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage [...]

]]> By: Ben http://heliologue.com/2007/04/25/a-history-of-the-world-in-6-glasses/#comment-70309 Ben Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:48:13 +0000 http://heliologue.com/blog/2007/04/25/a-history-of-the-world-in-6-glasses/#comment-70309 I suppose I never really come right out and say in the review that this book succeeded as infotainment: it <em>is</em> eminently more readable than more involved treatises on its subjects. P.S. Trouble typing apostrophes? It must be your keyboard, certainly. Broken key? P.P.S. That's a dangerous proposition for my checking account. Verrrrry dangerous. I suppose I never really come right out and say in the review that this book succeeded as infotainment: it is eminently more readable than more involved treatises on its subjects.

P.S. Trouble typing apostrophes? It must be your keyboard, certainly. Broken key?

P.P.S. That’s a dangerous proposition for my checking account. Verrrrry dangerous.

]]> By: Brady http://heliologue.com/2007/04/25/a-history-of-the-world-in-6-glasses/#comment-70270 Brady Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:46:41 +0000 http://heliologue.com/blog/2007/04/25/a-history-of-the-world-in-6-glasses/#comment-70270 Nobody will ever accuse the guy of being as thorough as Jared Diamond, nor is he trying to advance as profound a thesis. You're right in that he tends to play little Billy to his own Troy McClure (if that makes any sense), but at the same time, he is far more readable than Diamond, who is so dry that he makes Henry Kissinger look like Chris Farley. The drinks are little more than an excuse to pack in trivia and briefly highlight some of the social and economic trends of the Western world. Is the book a little bit "Idiots Guide to..."? Yeah. But considering how difficult it was for me to finish and digest "Guns, Germs, and Steel," I'd rather take this particular vitamin in pill form. P.S.- I'm having trouble typing apostrophes in this comment box. P.P.S.- Go to www.strandbooks.com and tell me if there are any books you want me to pick up (at half price!) before I come home in May. Nobody will ever accuse the guy of being as thorough as Jared Diamond, nor is he trying to advance as profound a thesis. You’re right in that he tends to play little Billy to his own Troy McClure (if that makes any sense), but at the same time, he is far more readable than Diamond, who is so dry that he makes Henry Kissinger look like Chris Farley.

The drinks are little more than an excuse to pack in trivia and briefly highlight some of the social and economic trends of the Western world. Is the book a little bit “Idiots Guide to…”? Yeah. But considering how difficult it was for me to finish and digest “Guns, Germs, and Steel,” I’d rather take this particular vitamin in pill form.

P.S.- I’m having trouble typing apostrophes in this comment box.
P.P.S.- Go to http://www.strandbooks.com and tell me if there are any books you want me to pick up (at half price!) before I come home in May.

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