Last Chance to See

This book was fascinating. Douglas shines when he is describing the people places, and situations encountered during the quest to see endangered animals all over the world. I laughed out loud when he described his aftershave purchases on the plane to China, and Mark’s dry comments on marking territory with scent. I was glad that Mark added an epilogue with updates on all the stories. ( )

Fantastic book! Inspirational details on the heroic efforts that were made to save the animals mentioned in this book! ( )

Amazing. I love all of Douglas Adams' work. This is particularly poignant. I wish the audiobook that he narrated was more readily available. ( )

visiting endangered species

So, shortly after Dirk Gently's second novel, Douglas Adams takes off across the world with a zoologist and, together with a ton of misadventures and great photographs, they meet dragons, tough-skinned 17-month gestating aliens, birds that have forgotten how to forget how to hit the ground, and we learn that DNA has a major *issue* with aftershave.

Multiple aftershaves. *shudder*

Back in the day, I saw this book in the bookstores and I said to myself... "Hey! Buddy! Where's the next fiction novel? I mean, sure, raising awareness for animals that are on the way to the Restaurant at the End of the Universe IS a good cause, but I WANT MY FICTION."

And so I took thirty years to get around to reading this.

I feel slightly bad. This is a shame-read. The book has shamed me on many levels while making me laugh.

Well! At least there's that!
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