具体描述
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.)
作者简介
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。
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读后感
我小时候有种怪病，姑且称为“宇宙恐惧症”。一般入夜便发，很有些欧阳锋华山顶上苦思“我是谁我生从何来死往何去”的腔调。类似于《三国演义》里秦宓刁难张温：“天既轻清，轻清外又有何物？”着了此道，每念及生死大事，不免悲从中来，越悲越胡思乱想。求诸于书，夫子们也不...
很久前听说过有本书叫《死猫的一百种用法》，马桶刷、不求人、沙发扶手等不一而足，十分喷饭。现在看来此书大约是杜撰的，因为如此喷饭的书居然从来没见它有卖或网上有连载，谁见过请一定通知我。 死猫的用法暂且不论，猫死的方法可能不是太多，世界上有多少猫谁也数不清，相...
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！
这本书之前刚买到的时候，翻开看内容，跟我想象中的还是有些出入。介绍总是比较诱人，内容总是比较失望。但是还好，这么书写了各种各样的死的方式，看了有些有点好笑。我觉得还是不错的。因为有好多同学都找我借这本书看。
说它酷是因为它通篇谈的都是死的问题。 但此书翻译的不好，不过关于死亡死法的搜罗可真下了功夫。 看到说因为过度饮酒，其死亡率和性犯罪率时，我只能说西方的物质文明真的要日渐式微了。 解决精神的事情，我相信东方文明要更好些。既然上帝已死，那么投入到东方文化的怀抱吧。
