Not quite "currently" (as will shortly be explained), nor have I finished it, and so questions of how good it is must tarry a while . . . some time before the end of the year we got four copies of The Rest Is Noise in at the museum shop, and I had managed to read through something like the first three chapters. Then, of course, the day came when I arrived at the shop for a shift, and we had sold the last copy.
Last night at the shop, I noted that we had gotten two more copies in, so I re-read the "Dance of the Earth" Chapter, and read "Invisible Men." At the least, Alex Ross has written a book which is very readable, and there is some good fact at least somewhere on probably every page; and this is to be commended.
At once, I am inclined to read the rest of it, but not inclined to purchase a copy. It's quite a hot item at the Boston Public Library (there are some ten or so copies at large as it is, and they see to have ordered ten more which have not yet arrived).
Anyway, largely enjoying it, learning some new things, and being reminded of some things which I once knew, and since forgot . . . .
