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"* 'Surprising and highly enjoyable. Mary Roach is a wonderfully dry, funny, trustworthy tour guide.' - Jon Ronson * 'Very funny, and the dottier examples of human resistance to the idea of terminal mortality make fascinating reading.' - Salley Vickers, The Times * 'A perfect balance of objectivity and cynicism' - Herald"
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Does the light just go out and that's that - the million-year nap? Or will some part of my personality, my me-ness, persist? What will that feel like? What will I do all day? Is there a place to plug in my laptop?"Mary Roach trains her considerable humour and curiosity on the human soul, seeking answers from a varied and fascinating crew of contemporary and historical soul-searchers: scientists, schemers, engineers, mediums, all trying to prove (or disprove) that life goes on after we die.Along the way she encounters electromagnetic hauntings, out-of-body experiences, ghosts and lawsuits: Mary Roach sifts and weighs the evidence in her hilarious, inimitable style.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good book but don't be fooled,
This review is from: Six Feet Over: Adventures in the Afterlife (Paperback)
Don't be fooled into thinking that this is a new book from Mary Roach, because it isn't! This is actually her 2005 book called Spook that has been retitled and released in paperback format! So if you bought Spook, please don't spend your money on this book. If you don't own Spook then by all means buy it, read it and enjoy it. It's an interesting book dealing with the question of life after death and if there's such a thing.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Another entertaing read from Ms Roach,
By C. J. Thompson "Arctic John" (Pond Inlet, Nunavut Canada) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Six Feet Over: Adventures in the Afterlife (Paperback)
If this book had been written by somebody else I likely wouldn't have bought it as the subject is merely of passing interest to me. However, I really enjoy Ms Roach's witty and engaging style of writing and I felt sure that she would entertain me as she has in other books. In truth, I didn't quite enjoy this one as much as Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers or Packing For Mars. A lot of the book focuses on scientific investigations and details a number of experiments so it is not that surprising that the author was not always able to keep her characteristic light and jaunty tone throughout. Still, I did enjoy it on the whole and will likely read it again. By the way... prospective purchasers should be aware that this book is actually a re-release under a new title of Roach's Spook, published in 2005.
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2.0 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews) 62 of 64 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
New Cover, New Name....OLD BOOK!,
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This review is from: Six Feet Over: Adventures in the Afterlife (Paperback)
Apparently trying to make a few extra bucks on those who shied away from "Spook" due to it's black cover with a small reflective oval Ms. Roach, or her publisher, thought it would be a great idea to flip the cover on this sucker and make some more money preying on those who feel more comfortable with the light-hearted and colorful cover, and not-so-creepy new title. As a Mary Roach fan from "Stiff" and "Spook" I was very excited to see this new book that came out in April '08 according to Amazon, but as it arrived last week I was sad to find out that it was "Spook" with a new cover. Seriously, table of contents, each chapter, word for word, line for line...same book. Don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed "Spook," but I just wasted almost $20 buying a book I've had since Oct '06. WOW.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Old Books In New Covers,
By Shr_Nfr "Shr_Nfr" - Published on Amazon.com
Like other reviewers I got both Spook and Six Feet Over: Adventures in the Afterlife expecting them to be different books. Wrong. Same book different title. I rate it 1 star for the abject dishonesty involved, although I enjoyed Six Feet Over despite the fact that she got Edison and the Elephant wrong. Edison was the investor of the electric chair, see "Edison and The Electric Char" and that was far from the first elephant he zorched.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Another entertaing read from Ms Roach,
By C. J. Thompson "Arctic John" - Published on Amazon.com
If this book had been written by somebody else I likely wouldn't have bought it as the subject is merely of passing interest to me. However, I really enjoy Ms Roach's witty and engaging style of writing and I felt sure that she would entertain me as she has in other books. In truth, I didn't quite enjoy this one as much as Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers or Packing For Mars. A lot of the book focuses on scientific investigations and details a number of experiments so it is not that surprising that the author was not always able to keep her characteristic light and jaunty tone throughout. Still, I did enjoy it on the whole and will likely read it again. By the way... prospective purchasers should be aware that this book is actually a re-release under a new title of Roach's Spook, published in 2005.
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