Comments on: The Brief History of the Dead, by Kevin Brockmeier http://johnmiedema.ca/2010/03/05/the-brief-history-of-the-dead-by-kevin-brockmeier/ books, libraries, technology Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:02:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: John http://johnmiedema.ca/2010/03/05/the-brief-history-of-the-dead-by-kevin-brockmeier/comment-page-1/#comment-5142 John Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:00:03 +0000 http://johnmiedema.ca/?p=4585#comment-5142 My book, Slow Reading, is slim. I took pride in its succinctness. Some readers appreciated this. Others seemed to feel short-changed. Oh well. My book, Slow Reading, is slim. I took pride in its succinctness. Some readers appreciated this. Others seemed to feel short-changed. Oh well.

]]> By: Peter http://johnmiedema.ca/2010/03/05/the-brief-history-of-the-dead-by-kevin-brockmeier/comment-page-1/#comment-5139 Peter Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:14:18 +0000 http://johnmiedema.ca/?p=4585#comment-5139 I have a new, late-in-life interest in Orthodox Church cosmology, including the role of the dead in our lives. I keep running across books with imaginative ties between the dead and the living. I think it happens because of my interest, though I wonder if it says something about what interests the general Western book-reading culture. A very nice review. I'd like to learn how to get a book down to such a pith and still make the report interesting, as you do here. I have a new, late-in-life interest in Orthodox Church cosmology, including the role of the dead in our lives. I keep running across books with imaginative ties between the dead and the living. I think it happens because of my interest, though I wonder if it says something about what interests the general Western book-reading culture.

A very nice review. I’d like to learn how to get a book down to such a pith and still make the report interesting, as you do here.

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