Book Reviews

Preparing the Ghost is almost certainly one of the strangest books about giant squid out there. Of course, I…

I will be honest: I almost chucked this book clear across the room while reading it. It’s not that Katherine…

Oceanographers, take note: you’re probably happier than the rest of us. That, at least, seems likely given the central thesis…

It’s often easy to think of science outside of its social and historical contexts, as something pure, empirical, and incorruptible.…

I lived in Seattle for about a year before I started to really notice the water. It’s an impressive feat,…

As a novelist writing about oceanography, I spend a decent amount of time parsing scientific studies. Over the past several…