# Worst Book You've Read

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**Created:** [April 7, 2000, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-book-youve-read/15832 "2000-04-07T21:27:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-book-youve-read/15832/101 "2000-04-12T07:36:00Z")

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Well, I never actually finished it, but I really, really hated “The Blind Watchmaker” by Dawkins. The man may be a brilliant scientist and a decent writer, but he never seems to be able to write a paragraph without coming off as irritatingly arrogant. For the first half of the book, anyway. I gave up on it. I much, much prefer Gould, though he has his writing problems too.

I miss Carl Sagan.

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