Slog - Comments on Reading Tonight http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/reading_tonight_184 We have two high-quality events tonight, and one event I know nothing about. Here is the know-nothing: John Soennichsen is at the University Book Store with a book called Bretz's Flood: The Remarkable Story of a Rebel Geologist and the World's Greatest Flood. We know we have rebel geologists and a flood, but the very long title doesn't help at all in determining the content of the book. Honestly, it sounds kind of like a Creationist book—the one geologist who dared to look for Noah's Ark!—but I'm assuming the good people of the University Book Store wouldn't do that... Copyright 2008 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:16:08 -0800 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:04:58 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by geologic That is the massive flooding from Glacial Lake Missoula that gouged out the geography of eastern Washington.

]]> geologic http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/reading_tonight_184#c1183719 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/reading_tonight_184#c1183719 Books Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:23:08 -0800 Comment by J Charles de Lint doesn't really use puns. Maybe you are thinking of Piers Anthony?

]]> J http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/reading_tonight_184#c1183726 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/reading_tonight_184#c1183726 Books Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:31:59 -0800 Comment by John Your comments indicate that you are remarkably ignorant about a major incident in the history of our state. "Creationist"? Please.

]]> John http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/reading_tonight_184#c1183732 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/reading_tonight_184#c1183732 Books Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:34:34 -0800 Comment by breklor @3: Prehistory. And it would only be "remarkable" ignorance if the dude were a geologist, which he isn't.

Now, if there were such a thing as a device you could use to seek specific information on the Internet - let's call it a "seek device" - and let's say there was a book company out there with a name a lot like "Amazin.com" because it had so many amazing things there - it might tell you this about the flood book:

Channeled Scablands, between Idaho and the Cascades, is a unique landscape of basalt cliffs, dry waterfalls, canyons, and coulees. Legendary geologist J Harlen Bretz was the first to explore the area, starting in the 1920s. This dramatic book tells the story of this scientific maverick — how he came to study the region, his radical theory that a flood of biblical proportions created it, and how a campaign by the mainstream geologic community tried to derail him for pursuing an idea that satellite photos would confirm decades later.

]]> breklor http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/reading_tonight_184#c1183740 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/reading_tonight_184#c1183740 Books Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:53:33 -0800 Comment by gnossos @4, which is in the link provided...

]]> gnossos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/reading_tonight_184#c1183746 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/reading_tonight_184#c1183746 Books Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:10:58 -0800 Comment by max solomon i'm channelled scablanded out.

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/reading_tonight_184#c1183748 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/reading_tonight_184#c1183748 Books Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:15:27 -0800 Comment by breklor @6: "channelled scabland fatigue" is especially common among sexually active gay men in their 40s and 50s.

]]> breklor http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/reading_tonight_184#c1183772 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/reading_tonight_184#c1183772 Books Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:38:08 -0800 Comment by Bookie W. Monster Paul,

For the last time, there is no "the" in "University Book Store"! It's just "University Book Store," with no "the."

Get thee hence, definitive article!

]]> Bookie W. Monster http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/reading_tonight_184#c1183797 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/reading_tonight_184#c1183797 Books Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:04:58 -0800