_the nature and properties of soils_ by Brady and
Weil. i'm nosing through the 2002 (13th edition)
and enjoying it. a more recent edition would be
fun to go through eventually to see how much it
has changed. likely going to take me a while to
digest this one even at the surface level, but like
the lichens, i'll eventually etch something outta it.

next up: _nematode behavior_ ed. by, Gaugler and
Bilgrami, chs 12 (population dynamics) and 13
(survival strategies) are looking good to address
some of Derald's questions about predatory nematodes,
but the rest of the book should also be good fun.

before starting on these i went through a sf book
on the supervolcano eruption in Yellowstone (thought
the book was ok, but didn't much care for the style
of the author so won't recommend it), and another
on genetic engineering and the future post apocalyptic
nomadic farmers (called _Seed_), it was a much better
work in that at least the author had some interesting
ideas and characters. for a first book, i'd say it
was pretty decent.

what's on your reading list?


songbird