Recs if you like How to Speak Whale: A Voyage into the Future of Animal Communication...
our minds and others
“We have no clear definition of consciousness—even though it must be the most important element of our own experience on the planet.
Why do we fear so much in the other this thing we so little understand in ourselves?”
books that explore and grapple with the nature of human and non-human consciousness (animal, machine, or otherwise alien).
mostly science non-fiction, speculative fiction and literary fiction.
recs very much welcome :)
Ologies Podcast Suggestions
Ologies is a weekly science podcast hosted by Alie Ward. Each episode, Ward interviews an expert from a distinct scientific field.
This unofficial list contains book suggestions made by the host or by her guests. I avoided extremely technical books or papers. Currently from episode 1 to 525 More details on these books and their associated episodes in my ever evolving spreadsheet.
In the spreadsheet there are also books not found on Goodreads and general book recommendations (like the entire bibliography of a specific author or group of people)
Ecology, Biology, Nature💚
Nonfiction books exploring the natural world and our “place in the family of things” (Mary Oliver, Wild Geese). 🐦⬛🦋🌱🪸🦊🪷🪼🍄
Something in the water🌊🦞🪼🪸
Nonfiction books exploring water and the life it sustains. Oceans, lakes, fish, and more.
Special Interest: Moby-Dick
A whale of a rabbit trail
(nonfiction about whales, whaling, Herman Melville, the American Renaissance, colonialism, Indigenous and queer representation in American literature, and other questions raised in Moby-Dick)
Looking for fiction? Check out my list Moby-Dick Redux.
