The Bad Astronomer makes a speech.

[Algernon]

Bob Carroll, from Skeptic’s Dictionary Newsletter 21
I didn’t meet all of the folks from all over the country and the world who attended the first annual Amazing Meeting hosted by the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. But I got to meet James Randi and Phil Plait (aka the Bad Astronomer). … [W]e had some very interesting speakers that morning, including Dan Garvin, who told us about his 25 years in Scientology, and Phil Plait, whose presentation on Planet X surpassed all expectation for information and humor. Phil is an even better speaker than writer, and he’s an excellent writer.

We’re proud of you Phil, and happy that you take the time to be active on the SDMB. All you Dopers, go buy his book Bad Astronomy.

[Steve_Wright]

Already did, and it’s a thoroughly good read. And even an arts graduate like me can understand it.

[Meatros]

Speaking of Phil, I just got his book. I haven’t started it yet, mainly because I’m reading Sagan’s Demon Haunted World.

[FairyChatMom]

I’ve read his book and I plan to pass it to my Perfect Child[sup]TM[/sup] - in fact, I may buy her a copy of her very own. (She’s looking towards a career combining engineering and space studies.) Anyway, Mr. Carroll is right - Phil’s an excellent writer!

[The_Bad_Astronomer]

*Originally posted by Meatros *
**Speaking of Phil, I just got his book. I haven’t started it yet, mainly because I’m reading Sagan’s Demon Haunted World. **

Oh crap. Talk about a hard act to follow. Sagan wrote a number of excellent books, and Demon is the best of them!

Anyway, thanks folks. I am hoping to write up my thoughts on the Amazing Meeting this weekend and post them to my site. It was, well, amazing.

[Meatros]

*Originally posted by The Bad Astronomer *
Oh crap. Talk about a hard act to follow. Sagan wrote a number of excellent books, and Demon is the best of them!

Actually I have flipped through your book, read the odd paragraph or two and found it to be very ensnaring and well written. I have made the internal statement to myself that I will finish Sagan’s book before I venture into another book (I want to finish Sagan’s book this week!!). The reason for my desire is because I’ve had Sagan’s book for a few months now and I’ve always meant to read it, but I’ve always gotten side tracked.
Okay, now I’m just rambling…

[coosa]

*Originally posted by Algernon *
** All you Dopers, go buy his book Bad Astronomy. **

Done! Thanks for posting the link - I remember TBA mentioning it’s upcoming publication, but missed the announcement when it became available (hey, life’s been a little bit of a bitch lately). It should be on it’s way tomorrow!

Boy, I’ve got an incredible stack of books to read through (I’ve already done Carl Sagan - quite some time ago). Let’s see - Science and Pseudoscience in Clinical Psychology (just published about a month ago); waiting on Dr. William Glasser’s latest, Psychiatry Can Be Hazardous to Your Health* (coming out in March); a fairly large stack of Richard Feynman’s books; a similar stack of Richard Dawkin’s books; a Dean Koontz and a John Grisham; and a stack of Nature and American Scientist magazines that will take forever to work through.

I wonder if it’s possible for my brain to explode?