elfing it

We recently wrapped up a round of Elfster's Green Gifting.  For the month of May, our guideline was a used book.  The Green Gifters set off on a voyage to find a buried treasure in our bookshelves, and give that treasure a new life in new hands (probably a complete stranger!). 

As a gift, I was pleasantly surprised to find in the mailbox, a very fine treasure from Evan of Redlands, CA.  The book is Blue Latitudes "To Boldy Go Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before."  I am currently only a few chapters in, but already I am finding myself fully engrossed.  The book tells the story of Captain Cook, as the author participates in a recreation of the one of Cook's journey's on a replica ship. 

After a very shocking introduction about the death of Cook, there is a passage in this book that describes the influence of Captain Cook on our modern pop phenomenon, Star Trek.  It is funny that in a chapter of this book, I *finally* gained an appreciation for Star Trek which in all my years working in technology, living and studying in Berkeley, and generally being surrounded by Trekkies, that I could never muster in even the slightest way (I don't think I have even watched a full episode).

 So far so good, and I'm looking forward to reading through the rest.  Thanks again Evan.  And who knows, if this book sounds intriguiging to you, perhaps you'll get lucky and I'll draw you in a future Green Gift Exchange :)

Peter