Microcosm A Finalist for the LA Times Book Prize

A few cool items to report this snowy day about Microcosm, my book about life, E. coli, and everything.

1. I’m leaving the snow for a trip to LA next month. Microcosm is a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.

2. Library Journal also named Microcosm one of the top sci-tech books of 2008.

3. Joanne Manaster has started a nice YouTube series of science book reviews, including this one of Microcosm. (You can also see her review about Death from the Skies, by fellow Discover blogger Phil “Bad Astronomy” Plait).

March 2nd, 2009 4:32 PM by Carl Zimmer in Microcosm: The Book | 7 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

7 Responses to “Microcosm A Finalist for the LA Times Book Prize”

1. Betul Says:
March 2nd, 2009 at 4:50 pm

Congrats!
2. luca Says:
March 2nd, 2009 at 5:07 pm

congrats, carl!
3. Sean Says:
March 2nd, 2009 at 5:07 pm

Congratulations! Hopefully honors will continue to rain down upon science books written by Discover bloggers.
4. Dave C Says:
March 2nd, 2009 at 6:47 pm

Carl, yours is the only book on that list that I’ve read (or that I own). I’m sure the others are good, but I’m pulling for you!
5. Sciencegoddess Says:
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:58 pm

Super nominations! You deserve them. (and thanks for the link to my vid) I’ve read Black Hole Wars, which deserves to be there, too, but am going to lean toward your book because of the fine crafting of the language in describing molecular biology (as you can imagine, it can be made quite dry). There were a couple of books about scent out recently and was stumped as to which one to pick (now I know which one!!) I gave up evolution books for lent, which started in January, right? I did slip up with Your Inner Fish….:-)
6. John S. Wilkins Says:
March 3rd, 2009 at 12:21 am

What about the forthcoming open commentary in Metascience? No small thing!
7. Richard Says:
March 3rd, 2009 at 6:30 am

Very very good luck indeed..and well earned.

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