

My handwriting also looks like that of a pigeon with caffeine withdrawal, so I abhor the idea of typing up my rambling, peering through line after slanted, squiggly line. Laptops are also amazingly convenient, as Google and Wikipedia are right there, as well as any past material or notes. I can type a lot faster than I can write with a pen, and the words tend to flow a lot easier when I’m not worrying about legibility or cramp. When I’m not busy betrayi- loyally assisting my fellow party members, I prefer to type. Ha! And when you’re not sneaking through dungeons, do you prefer to type or to hand-write? Why? I’d have to follow my calling of being a rogue, ready to loot the dungeon while picking off monsters from the shadows with the Longbow of Highly Unfair Precision. What character class are you, and what’s your weapon of choice? That sounds fascinating! Okay, time to escalate things: reality warps and you suddenly find yourself leading a D&D-style party through a monster-infested dungeon. Even though it was nonfiction, the microbial world is just as dark and strange as the ones in the fantasy novels I normally read, and it’s definitely got me thinking about some new ideas for future books! Ed explains complex ideas effortlessly and in a creative, jolly way. It’s non-fiction and about the world of microbes and bacteria - how our bodies work with them to fight disease, repair damage, and generally survive this little ball of rock we live on. I was browsing a used bookstore very recently and came across a chunky tome called I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong.
