The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases by Mark Roberts and Jeff Vandermeer is silly and cute and a pretty fun read.  I picked up a copy for my friend Tara when she finished her bio masters program at Hopkins, and I couldn’t help but grab one for myself.  The book is an anthology of imaginary diseases invented by a slew of sci-fi and fantasy writers.  A few are priceless, and I was not surprised at all that Michael Moorcock and Neil Gaiman wrote most of the reports that were the funniest and most inventive.  It’s not an Earth-shattering good book, but it’s nice way to pass the time here and there.  Toss if on your coffee table and read a disease or two a day.

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