The Book of General Ignorance (A Quite Interesting Book)
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Faber and Faber Number of pages: 304 Language: English (Original Language) Language: English (Unknown) |
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General Entertainment
Review date: 2009-05-25 Rating: 10 out of 10
Well written, funny, gives you the answers by experts to the qiirky questions you never knew you didn't know! Well worth a read.
Reviews
Book of general ignorance
Review date: 2009-01-30 Rating: 8 out of 10
Excellent book with lots of quite interesting facts in. Didn't know how much I didn't know.
The Book of General Arrogance-Andrex
Review date: 2009-01-07 Rating: 2 out of 10
I have just finished this book of which was kept in the toilet (where it belongs and if I run out of toilet paper)I found the so called 'facts' hard to believe on doing some research myself on these 'facts'. I found Stephen Fry full of hot air,there was also a hint of him being anti Scottish 'There a no Scots just people from Ireland and Scandinavia etc who moved there thousands of years ago (If that was the case we would all still be African? Muppet) and that they (the Scot's never invented this or that)
At the back of the book it states 'QI stands for Quite Interesting.We do not claim to be Quite Right'.
I would say that this line is about the only thing THEY HAVE GOT RIGHT!!!
Waste of time and money
Better buy-Andrex !
QI
Review date: 2008-10-08 Rating: 6 out of 10
I really enjoyed reading this book and found it more than "Quite Interesting". Unfortunately though, if you are an avid fan of the television series like I am it offers nothing new. Most, if not all, of the material is taken from the series.
Perfect bedtime reading
Review date: 2008-09-13 Rating: 8 out of 10
As has been mentioned before, this loose tie-in to the BBC QI programme feels rather like shuffling through a box of randomly shuffled Trivial Pursuit cards and peeking at the (often surprising) answers.
There is a bit more to it than that though. The subjects are grouped together into some approximation of commonality - the animal world, war, inventors, science, colours etc. and each topic does go into some depth about its subject. Often, and most fascinatingly, this includes exploring how myths have grown around the subject.
Many of the facts will surprise you (one of my eye-openers was that the Celtic ethnicity as we understand it today has only existed since 21st June 1792), whereas many will already be widely known (as one of the non-carnivorous persuasion myself, I sincerely hope this book knocks on the head once and for all the calumnious lie that Hitler was a vegetarian!).
The expectation as you turn the page eagerly awaiting the next topic is palpable! I savoured this book by reading just a half dozen or so facts at bedtime and have genuinely found myself adding some snippets of information from this book into my conversations.
Anything that makes us all a tiny bit less generally ignorant can't be bad!
Product Details/Specifications
Authors:
John Lloyd
John Mitchinson
Creators:
Stephen Fry (Foreword)
Recording label: Faber and Faber
Manufacturer: Faber and Faber
EAN: 9780571233687
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0571233686
Number of pages: 304
Publication date: 2006-10-05
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: English (Unknown)
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