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Dark Banquet: Blood and the Curious Lives of Blood-Feeding CreaturesBill Schutt Vampire bats, leeches, mosquitoes: few other species evoke such horror or revulsion, or such fascination. In the TWIS Bookclub’s Halloween Book of the Month, Bill Schutt looks beyond myth and folklore to investigate the science of sanguinivores. buy from: amazon.com amazon.ca amazon.co.uk |
TWIS Bookclub — Book of the Month for October
Published: October 7, 2010Posted in: animals, TWIS Bookclub, z-Announcements
About the Author
Rich likes books. And science. 
Wow, I’m flattered. I admire your show and I think you’re doing a wonderful service. Unfortunately, some of the major Science Channels have strayed from science and are now only concerned with pseudoscience and sensationalism. That said, if you’d ever like to interview me about blood-feeding creatures, bats… or whatever, just drop me a line. As far as what’s going on ’round here, I’ve just submitted a YA book about the adventures of a young vampire bat. My co-author (and award-winning artist, Patricia Wynne) and I are writing it in the style of the incredibly cool mid 20th century children’s book author Holling C. Holling. I’ve also recently completed a WWII techno-thriller complete with Nazi superweapons and giant vampire bats. My co-author on that one is a NYTimes Best Selling author (who at this point will remain unnamed). Finally, I’m about halfway through my followup to Dark Banquet. This one is currently titled, “You Are What You Eat: A Natural History of Cannibalism” and it should be out in 2012. Okay, gotta get back to the Donner Party. Take care and keep up the great work. – Bill