Notes, chapter by chapter


The printed and e-book versions of The Book of Barely Imagined Beings contain marginal notes and a bibliography. Posts on this site, touching on many issues connected with the book, go back to when I started writing in 2008.

Since UK publication in October 2012 I have been posting a series of short additional comments, chapter by chapter. These expand on various themes, provide updates, additional links, corrections. Sometimes they are just for fun. Here's the list:
1. Introduction: Such stuff as dreams are made of (first posted 2 Oct 2012)
2. Introduction: Anthropocene, bestiary, evolution (3 Oct)
3. Introduction: Walrus (4 October)

4. Axolotl: In praise of error...and elephants (7 Oct)
5. Axolotl: Fire within (8 Oct)
6. Axolotl: Conquest, regeneration, hidden things (11 Oct)

7. Barrel sponge: Sponge (17 Oct)
8. Barrel sponge: Slime and symphony (18 Oct)

9. Crown of Thorns Starfish (22 Oct)

10. Dolphin (25 Oct)

11. Eel (28 Oct )

12. Flatworm: A salmagundi of worms (30 Oct)
13. Flatworm: Day of the dead (1 Nov)

14. Gonodactylus (4 Nov)

15. Human  (8 Nov)
16. Human: Born with a kind of musical wisdom and appetite (9 Nov)

17. Iridogorgia: Beauty and truth (12 Nov)
18. Iridogorgia Magna ludentis naturae varietas (15 Nov)

19. Japanese Macaque: Wise monkeys (19 Nov)

20. Kìrìpʰá-kò and Tʰìk’ìlí-ko, Honey badger and honey guide: Badger and bird  (27 Nov)

21. Leatherback (1 Dec)

22. Mystaceus (5 Dec)

23. Nautilus (7 Dec)

24. Octopus (11 Dec)

25. Pufferfish (14 Dec)

26. Quetzalcoatlus: The incredible heaviness of being (17 Dec)

27. Right whale (21 Dec)
28. Sea butterfly (23 Dec)
29. Thorny devil (27 Dec)
30. Unicorn (29 Dec)
31. Venus's girdle (2 Jan, 2013)
32. Waterbear (4 Jan)
33. Xenoglaux (8 Jan)
34. Xenophyophore (10 Jan)
35. Yeti Crab (14 Jan)
36. Zebrafish (18 Jan)
37. Zebrafish: Man is only wholly man when he is playing (19 Jan)
38. Conclusion (23 Jan)

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