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Pros
I am absolutely hooked on this book. It has and i'm eternally grateful for all the work put into to get it published. Absolutely brilliant.
Sheldrake's new book explores the world of fungi and its role in our lives. Fungal and microbial cells within humans, animals and plants challenges the very notion of distinct species. The author talks to experts, amateurs, companies and people who be... Read More
It's astonishing what goes on unseen beneath our feet. Very informative and brilliantly researched. None are overstated.
The author's fascination and knowledge of his subject is very well conveyed. The author sometimes overstates his case, but he's a fine writer with encyclopedic knowledge.
Entangled life is an incredible, almost otherworldly, journey into a strange but everyday organism. It blows open the way you view the world and your relationship with it. Apart from one slightly technical chapter, this is a real page turner.
Cons
It's far too detailed for the amateur mycologist or wildlife enthusiast. Contains some interesting information about fungi but it is just dumped on the pages.
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Quality
This is an amazing book about a subject that i knew nothing about before but was recommended to read by a radio interview with the author
It is almost two books with the detailed notes so i found it best to have another marker in the notes and read them at the same... Read More
Packaging/appearance
Was td that it would change the way i see the world
Competitiveness
I love his level of wittiness and passion that can absorb my attention for absolute hours
Will be loved by anyone with an interest in the natural world
Its not anything id have found if a friend hadnt recommended it
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Yes my brain did hurt as i tried to make sense of the mindboggling connections that sheldrake explores however this is not a difficult book to understand
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This is a mind altering book and not because it references certain mushrooms
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Typically humans and animals top the taxonomic pyramid
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However the dependence of both on fungi and microbes internally and externally to metabolise elements essential to life effectively inverts this orthodoxy
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Im not a biologist i thought id learn something about fungi
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I had not realised that we would not have coal seams if fungi had existed at the time when they formed
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The use of fungi to consume pollution and discarded plastic is potentially promising
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This review refers to the kindle version on a bw kindle
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