tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029029834485250516.post8971853114157947296..comments2023-07-25T05:14:36.047-10:00Comments on Subliminal Intervention: What I'm Reading Now-Ape HouseDreamybeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03274518106482632672noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029029834485250516.post-11662159438894903062011-03-05T12:28:50.977-10:002011-03-05T12:28:50.977-10:00This book was very different, atmospherically, fr...This book was very different, atmospherically, from <i>Water for Elephants</i>. I don' tknow if you do this, but when I think about a book I've read, I tend to have one image that comes to mind as representative for that book. For <i>Water for Elephants</i> it's a dark, dusty, long-ago circus tent; for <i>Ape House</i> its a white sterile laboratory. So, for me, that was something that was missing from <i>Ape House</i>--I still liked it, but I think I liked <i>Water for Elephants</i> just a little bit more. <br /><br />I agree-I think our value of life is a little hypocritical at times. When I was reading about the planned NASA experiments on long-term exposure to radiation, I think one of the best points that was made was not whether we should or should not be using animal testing. It was why aren't we working on better technology to protect our astronauts from radiation in the first place? Sometimes the focus just needs to shift a little bit.Dreamybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03274518106482632672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029029834485250516.post-24165043476903793672011-03-04T03:30:24.468-10:002011-03-04T03:30:24.468-10:00Like you, I loved her first novel, and this one so...Like you, I loved her first novel, and this one sounds right up my alley. I wasn't sure if I had to read it before I came across it at the library, but now I'm sure I have to find it.<br /><br />That we continue to use animals for research while outlawing even therapeutic abortions for humans confounds me. Two and a half year olds, you say?!!Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.com