To die, kick the bucket, to meet your Maker, dead as a doornail, get whacked, smoked, bite the dust, sleep with the fishes, go six feet under—whatever death is called, it's going to happen. In 1789 Ben Franklin wrote, "In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes." Death remains a certainty. But how do we die? It's the enormous variety of how that enlivens final exits. According to death certificates, in 1700 there were less than 100 causes of death. Today there are 3,000. With each advance of technology, people find new ways to become deceased, often causing trends that peak in the first year. People are now killed by everything, from cell phones, washing machines, lawn mowers and toothpicks, to the boundless catalog of man—made medicines. In Final Exits the causes of death—bizarre or common—are alphabetically arranged and include actual accounts of people, both famous and ordinary, who unfortunately died that way. (Ants, bad words, Bingo, bean bag chairs, flying cows, frozen toilets, hiccups, lipstick, moray eels, road kill, starfish, and toupees are only some of the more unusual causes.)
迈克尔•拉尔戈,出生于纽约,后随家人移居迈阿密。作为美国作家协会、美国侦探小说作家协会、美国科幻作家协会的成员。他发表过200多首诗歌、散文和小说,出版过三本小说,曾荣获纽约州艺术协会奖。他一直致力于收集有关美国人死亡方式的统计资料和信息。
昨天晚上十点晃到光合作用溜达,本来很郁闷,一翻这书简直要笑死了。就特开心的抱着回家了...比起莫名其妙的就死了,我觉得自己还是幸福多了~捉迷藏、吃冰淇淋、吃巧克力、消化不良、失眠...没什么不是死亡的诱因....难道我真是变态....看见那么多人都那么委屈的死了自己还活着...
评分说实话这本书不那么有趣,至少不像简介里介绍的那样有趣,也不像看完目录后想象的那么有趣。比如“被老鼠要死”“被蚊子咬死”不过是说被这些东西要过后感染病毒死去。这实在是平淡无奇,跟被狗咬了得狂犬病而死有什么区别吗? 不知是翻译的问题还是本就如此,书中文字非常直白...
评分绝对的,值得一看。我本来以为死亡,不就那几样的嘛,原来原来还有那么的多! 什么喝水多了也会中水毒,家里的蟑螂老鼠之类的都会导致死亡。连去游乐园都会死亡,方式是那么的多,太可怕了,你不知道你下一秒会在哪? 书里偶尔也有诙谐的字句,比如,关于一个女的挟持一只猫,...
评分说它酷是因为它通篇谈的都是死的问题。 但此书翻译的不好,不过关于死亡死法的搜罗可真下了功夫。 看到说因为过度饮酒,其死亡率和性犯罪率时,我只能说西方的物质文明真的要日渐式微了。 解决精神的事情,我相信东方文明要更好些。既然上帝已死,那么投入到东方文化的怀抱吧。
评分研究死亡往往能给作家带来素材和灵感,比如斯蒂芬-金在《绿里奇迹》里的一个关键情节:出于私怨,监狱看守珀西将犯人德拉克罗瓦送上电椅时故意没给电椅头罩里包覆着电极的海绵浸上碱性溶液,这使得犯人在受刑时全身起火烧焦,但直到2分钟后才得以解脱。事实上,在电椅发明之初...
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