And yet, for me, it is one of his most enjoyable Books. There was a problem loading your book clubs. By turns witty, irreverent, fascinating, puzzling, and surprising, Fluke is Christopher Moore at his outrageous best. The methods and assumptions behind some of its conclusions was flawed, in my view. Well perhaps not astonishing but they could have been interesting if my aunt told them with a twinkle in her eye about how surprising it was to have been there. This software is distributed under the GPL v2 license and is intended to support mark-recapture field studies. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 10, 2014. In theory, it's a mathematical look at flukes, but most of the pages are dedicated to telling us what we think are flukes aren't. By the end, the steam is gone. Having read & enjoyed most of Moore's Books, Fluke was a big departure (to me). The book has some interesting stories about what is a fluke or what is a coincidence, but it can't decide if it's a math book, a philosophy book, or a literature book. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, Christmas Cupcake Murder: A Festive & Delicious Christmas Cozy Mystery (A Hannah Swensen Mystery Book 26), Red Velvet Cupcake Murder (Hannah Swensen series Book 16), Blueberry Muffin Murder (Hannah Swensen series Book 3). FLUKE James Herbert 1977 KINDLE EDITION I have always been a great fan of horror and supernatural novels since I started reading them as a boy in the early fifties and over the years have amassed a large collection, mainly paperback copies and I am now replacing those available as e-books with Kindle Editions. . This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Jacques Cousteau by way of Douglas Adams, liberally spiced with dialogue that would make Elmore Leonard proud, and a whimsical sense of the absurd not seen since Tom Robbins’s early heyday.” The last third of the book focusing on myths and fiction - why in a non-fiction book? My son is just weird. Feels like i cracked open my biology textbook from highschool, thanks but no thanks ! All Rights Reserved. . Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. Like most of Moore’s books, this is an entertaining read. I mean, it doesn't really affect your life knowing why coincidences and flukes happen, but it sure is interesting. A unique story in its own rights. Previous page of related Sponsored Products. As it was they sat on the page like a day old fried egg. Unable to add item to List. Ghosts reveal the murderous reign of evil Emily in a haunted country house. Could have had more meat on the bone. I do hate criticizing Moore because I genuinely think he is a good writer but I was terribly disappointed. Such a new topic. A serial killer or something even more sinister?A crime story with a terrifyingly BIG difference. Joanne Fluke books in Order, Joanne Flake Bio & Wiki - Joanne Fluke is the New York Times bestselling author of the Hannah Swensen mysteries, which include Chocolate Cream Pie Murder, Raspberry Danish Murder, Cinnamon Roll Murder, and the book that started it all, Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder. I have read it more than once and enjoyed it each time. Oh, he still has his Cast of hilariously enjoyable Characters, but the tone of this one seemed much more serious. There's a problem loading this menu right now. The author sets out to show the mathematical probability of coincidental events occurring. Mazur follows in the heavy shadow of this topic's predecessor, David Hand's more superior work, "The Improbability Principle." Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 7, 2019. I was a little unsure of it when I first read the description, but it was well worth reading! Would not recommend, unless you needed something to read. This was a neither-here-nor-there book for me: a great deal of math, much of which I didn't understand, and moments that tried to be poetic but didn't really work for me. Perhaps I would have enjoyed it more if I fully understood the math, and he didn't jump around between topics so much at the end. By turns witty, irreverent, fascinating, puzzling, and surprising, Fluke is Christopher Moore at his outrageous best. Mazur follows in the heavy shadow of this topic's predecessor, David Hand's more superior work, "The Improbability Principle." The book itself is poorly written. — San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, ISBN: 006056668X He's lazy, computer crazy, smells a bit and can't see a good book when it's put in front of him! Welcome back. Please try again. Interesting concept, but I'm not sure I fully agree with his 'results' in that everything can be explained by math. Things start to change when, out on the water, he spots the words "Bite me" inscribed on the flukes of a whale he's observing. Great characters, an amazing storyline, beautiful invention of a bizarre lifeform (I will say no more). After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 17, 2017. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 3, 2013. It starts by telling the stories of a number of coincidences in great detail. Stumbling Into Love (Fluke My Life Book 2) Book 2 of 4: Fluke My Life | by Aurora Rose Reynolds 4.6 out of 5 stars 356. We can identify individuals of these species using fully automated computer vision: Erin Magee Strangely enough, they all take up about a third of the book. — BookPage, “[I]f you ever wondered what happened to Amelia Earheart or all those folks lost in the Bermuda Triangle; if you ever wonder about the nature of God; if you wonder ‘why the winged whale sings’; if you want to experience the greatest satirist since Jonathan Swift — you just have to read FLUKE.”