For those who thought I’d forgotten about my earlier resolution to read Darwin’s The Voyage of the Beagle in this bicentennial year of his birth (as inspired by Nicki aka Fyrefly), I thought I’d better let you know that it’s still at the forefront of my mind. In fact in the interim I went and took advantage of an excellent offer from The Guardian in celebration of this year’s Darwinian anniversary, to own The Voyage of the Beagle, along with The Origin of Species for free (the only thing to pay is £3.99 for postage (plus an extra £6 for those outside of the UK)).
My order for these books arrived yesterday and I’ve got to say I’m delighted with them (although I’ve got to admit that I’ll probably never read Origin). The offer at the Guardian is still valid so if you’ve ever wanted to, now would be a good time to add a couple of Darwin’s to your collection.
Now would also be a good time to pass on my belated thanks to my good friend kimbofo, whose post drew my attention to the Guardian offer in the first place.
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I got my big Illustrated Origin of the Species and I swear I am going to read it this year. It has excerpts from his Beagle journals along with sketches and modern photos to illustrate his ideas …
I’ll root you on to read Beagle!
says:
Kristen – make sure you do root me on because I’m likely to procrastinate over it.
Good luck with your Darwinian reading project too. As much as the thought of reading Origin of the Species pains me, it sounds like you have a beautiful copy of it there.
Warmest
Rob
That’s very cool that The Guardian is giving away free books – especially Darwin! I’ve never heard of anything like that here.
Also, I’m a little glad that you just got your copies – makes me feel better about the fact that I’ve only read the introduction and first chapter and then stalled for two and a half weeks.
says:
Nicki – I had started reading “Beagle” on my Sony Reader until this hard copy of the book came along. So rightly I should have whizzed through it by now. But alas it dropped down the ‘pecking order’. I’m sure we’ll both get through it though, sometime during the year!
Also don’t feel too bad about the ‘free book offer’. It’s not something that happens too often in the UK either
Anyway whatcha’ reading this for? You could have ticked off a Darwinian page or two by now *grins*
Speak soon
Rob