The Book

I backed this project on InideGoGo for about four years until it finally got delivered. It’s a massive book, gorgeously illustrated, and purports to explain everything we would need to know to restart society in the event of an apocalypse.

Actually, that’s a little dark. It’s really just a celebration of technology and societal progression. It’s divided up into chapters: energy, flight, food, the human body, etc. Each two-page spread is gorgeously illustrated with drawings about how things work. Some are realistic, but some have a really cool steampunk-ish vibe to them.

I didn’t “read” this book, because I don’t think you could. It’s really mean to be browsed or admired. The content is quite good, but the illustrations and the workmanship are what really what shine through.

The paper is a gorgeous parchment-style, and the book is shockingly light – it just weights about a third of what you think it should based on its size. It’s bound with a cloth cover.

I love this book. I’ll probably keep it open, maybe reading a “chapter” a day (again, really just a two-page spread). I don’t know that I’ll absorb anything in particular, but I just want to celebrate the workmanship that went into compiling, illustrating, and producing it.

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