具体描述
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.)
作者简介
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。
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编辑的能力不咋样，内容倒确实千奇百怪，还有很多莫名其妙的统计数据，什么美国每年在看脱口秀时死亡的人数啊、每年死于吃中药的人数、打喷嚏死的……难以想象人类居然会遇到如此多的死亡原因！好吧，看完后的感觉就是，我能活到这么大也挺不容易的，都不知道逃过多少个“致死...
评分我曾经不止一次地想过将会以怎样的方式与死神见面。想象中的死神应该披着黑衣，走到哪里都带着雷霆闪电。他神色匆忙、面孔严峻。看到我，只需轻轻挥一挥手中的死亡权杖，我的灵魂就会被死死缚在黑灵车上，无处遁逃。 然而根据《死亡大辞典》的解释，死神的样子并不是这样。他...
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。
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