My review of this book is now online, over at The Book Book.
Short version:
- Non-fiction, written by a neurogeneticist and evolutionary biologist.
- Based on fairly current research. Informative. (Especially on the question of what makes you turn your head at someone, or not — at least if they’re within sniffing range.)
- Not as provocative as you might imagine, not as clever as the chapter titles might suggest…
- …but not bad. Okay.
One issue has already come up, related to my review rather than to the book itself. I wouldn’t mind hearing from others about it. Which is: Did I go too far in using asterisks to hide certain keywords (including the title’s most important word) from the hungry, Google-fed appetites of spammers, link farmers, and so on?
I really don’t know. Thought about it for weeks, in fact — and finally decided to err on the side of caution, mostly since I’m not the unlucky soul who’d be responsible for scrubbing away all the comment spam, and/or turning comment moderation on.
Opinions?
DarcKnyt says
I think I’m with you; I’d rather err on the side of caution than open a flood gate of processed pork meat on someone else’s website. While they might appreciate the traffic — who knows? it might generate a sale or two — I know I wouldn’t appreciate it.
Well played on your part, I thought.
cynth says
Just read the review. Very thoughtful. There is a real book in there just waiting to be written about someone who is frigid except with this one guy who lives in a bubble…anyway. Thanks for the info.
John says
Darc: I don’t know, maybe I overdramatized the angst. Doesn’t seem to bother a lot of people but you never know how many aren’t speaking up. :)
cynth: Okay, now you’ve got me worried with that “book waiting to be written.” Are, er, you writing this book? And if so, please tell me it’s fiction.