Hurrah for your inclusion of James Morrow books. I've read all of his latest novels and they always win me over. I'd add "This is the Way the World Ends" to the list.
Speaking of end-of-the-world books, one of the most chilling ideas (pun intended) is in Kurt Vonnegut's "Cat's Cradle," and a new chemical compound called Ice-9. Not the best of his books, but the idea is great.
Oops, didn't mean to write this much, but I just thought of another Vonnegut book called "Galapagos" where a new penguin-like species evolves from a small group of humans.
Hurrah for your inclusion of James Morrow books. I've read all of his latest novels and they always win me over. I'd add "This is the Way the World Ends" to the list.
Speaking of end-of-the-world books, one of the most chilling ideas (pun intended) is in Kurt Vonnegut's "Cat's Cradle," and a new chemical compound called Ice-9. Not the best of his books, but the idea is great.
Oops, didn't mean to write this much, but I just thought of another Vonnegut book called "Galapagos" where a new penguin-like species evolves from a small group of humans.
I couldn't make an entire list, but I have 2 or 3 I'd like to mention, if I may.
First, anything that Richard Leakey has written is *excellent* -- specifically, The Sixth Extinction and Origins Revisited come to mind.
Second, Carl Sagan has a way with science. Some of it's a bit touchy-feeley, but I particularly liked The Dragons of Eden.
All the above are about human evolution.