There Goes the Neighborhood: Cartoons on the Environment [Paperback]

Sidney Harris (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1996

For readers who are overwhelmed by the mess we call our environment, this book of cartoons offers a good laugh and helps them renew their commitment to making the earth a better place. Harris, whose cartoons are published in New Yorker, Natural History and Playboy, is a whiz at subtly defusing hot issues and debunking both the politically conservative and correct.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Sidney Harris offers us a gift of humor and environmental sensibility in a cartoon wrapper."--Whit Gibbons, National Public Radio

"Sidney Harris's cartoons provide a humorous and often poignant contribution to the discussion of science and technology."--Counterpoise

"Sidney Harris's cartoons are pointed, funny, and well-drawn, and they frequently capture the absurd ironies of man's struggle to produce without polluting."--Virginia Quarterly Review

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Sidney Harris's work appears regularly in such magazines as the New Yorker, American Scientist, and Playboy. His other cartoon collections include Einstein Simplified: Cartoons on Science, Can't You Guys Read?: Cartoons on Academia, So Sue Me!: Cartoons on the Law, and 101 Funny Things About Global Warming. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press (February 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0820318051
• ISBN-13: 978-0820318059
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,476,066 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great fun, May 19, 2004

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This review is from: There Goes the Neighborhood: Cartoons on the Environment (Paperback)

Sidney Harris' cartoons are immediately recognizable, if only for their intelligent handling of real science. His topics are often serious. This whole book is about what we've done and continue to do to the world we live in. Harris knows that a serious topic doesn't always need a grim discussion, and his teasing makes his points better than any harangue ever could.

This book was published in 1996, and collects many cartoons that originated earlier. Most haven't aged, though. There's the gas station attendant sitting dejectedly, for example: "I just saw my first electric car." As of today, the issues have only become more sharply draw - electric (or hybrid) cars are on the roads now, and the fossil fuel companies really haven't changed.

Science is too important to be reserved for scientists. Harris' humor does a lot to deflate over-stuffed egos. Even better, his humor creates memorable images about important ideas.

Enjoy!