My brother gave me the audio book version of Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything. I like audio books as I an listen to them while drawing or animating or what ever. The book tells us a brief history of scientific discoveries and their significance. It really got me thinking about science, which was helpful when I was working on "Robot Boi and the Amazing Plant People" a queer scifi movie I was editing.
Speaking of Science, this book Monster's by Ken Dahl, taught me a bit about biology. Nice work.
I found it in November at the Montreal Expozine. I wasn't sure what it was about but a quick flip through drew my eye to the following image which sold me on the book.
Ken Dahl was even there to sign the book for me, and drew a little picture. When he stared drawing the hat, I thought he was drawing a bird. But then he drew the rest of the body, and then at the end he drew a bird sitting on the hat. When I told him I was thinking of birds he hinted at some latent psychic abilities...
As it turns out the book is a narrative about dealing with herpes. It's a pretty interesting look at shame and slf hatred, but it has a happy ending. It has some good facts in it about herpes. Also I learned about how cells work and how an infection is created. Ha, and I thought biology was boring. Plus... the art is beautiful.
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