A review by brizreading
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2014 by Tim Folger, Deborah Blum

2.0

What a bummer! This series is usually my go-to for good science writing; I've read the previous editions with great joy and fascination. And sure, as with any collection of essays, it can be hit and miss. But the hits are usually big hits! With the 2014 collection, I was just... meh. A serious case of the science blahs. Everything was just sort of... OK. I appreciated the pretty heavy topics (mortality, the good death, apocalyptic climate change, other various woes). But nothing really stood out. It felt like a slog. Sadness.

Maybe the best essay was about the Ojibwe trapper; it was surprising, meditative, naturey, touching, fun/funny, and pretty damn deep. The rest though: the science blahs.

What do I do!? Back to Michio Kaku!?