To die, kick the bucket, to meet your Maker, dead as a doornail, get whacked, smoked, bite the dust, sleep with the fishes, go six feet under—whatever death is called, it's going to happen. In 1789 Ben Franklin wrote, "In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes." Death remains a certainty. But how do we die? It's the enormous variety of how that enlivens final exits. According to death certificates, in 1700 there were less than 100 causes of death. Today there are 3,000. With each advance of technology, people find new ways to become deceased, often causing trends that peak in the first year. People are now killed by everything, from cell phones, washing machines, lawn mowers and toothpicks, to the boundless catalog of man—made medicines. In Final Exits the causes of death—bizarre or common—are alphabetically arranged and include actual accounts of people, both famous and ordinary, who unfortunately died that way. (Ants, bad words, Bingo, bean bag chairs, flying cows, frozen toilets, hiccups, lipstick, moray eels, road kill, starfish, and toupees are only some of the more unusual causes.)
迈克尔•拉尔戈,出生于纽约,后随家人移居迈阿密。作为美国作家协会、美国侦探小说作家协会、美国科幻作家协会的成员。他发表过200多首诗歌、散文和小说,出版过三本小说,曾荣获纽约州艺术协会奖。他一直致力于收集有关美国人死亡方式的统计资料和信息。
“一种关乎生命的哲学态度?一部嘲笑人类智力软肋的细节大全?从A数到Z,他们傻死。人类傻死。” 转载自黄集伟blog: http://www.bullog.cn/blogs/huangjiwei/archives/176016.aspx 先看看书 p212. 一天下午,威利到户外去放他用废弃纺织物做成的风筝。用来牵引风筝的不是5...
评分(一) 书里的有些数据看起来很有意思,比如每年死于棒球的有多少人,或者死于打嗝的有多少人。有时候会忘了将来自己也会变成统计数据之一。 不过大部分人的死亡平淡无奇,不是在自己家的床上,就是在医院的床上。这种死亡方式,不在《死亡大辞典》的收...
评分我曾经不止一次地想过将会以怎样的方式与死神见面。想象中的死神应该披着黑衣,走到哪里都带着雷霆闪电。他神色匆忙、面孔严峻。看到我,只需轻轻挥一挥手中的死亡权杖,我的灵魂就会被死死缚在黑灵车上,无处遁逃。 然而根据《死亡大辞典》的解释,死神的样子并不是这样。他...
评分说实话这本书不那么有趣,至少不像简介里介绍的那样有趣,也不像看完目录后想象的那么有趣。比如“被老鼠要死”“被蚊子咬死”不过是说被这些东西要过后感染病毒死去。这实在是平淡无奇,跟被狗咬了得狂犬病而死有什么区别吗? 不知是翻译的问题还是本就如此,书中文字非常直白...
评分关于死亡的的方式那么多种,我原本以为死亡就只有那几种,没想到,竟然有那么多种。 看完不禁感慨。活着是多么得重要!
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