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This wouldn't normally have been a book on my radar. I happened to grab it at a library sale (10 for $1, for my #LFL182597) and saw it had decent reviews, although none of my GR friends had read it, no questions/quotes saved. I went with the audiobook, a little surprised my library didn't have it. Found it on Hoopla with my second library. I went primarily with the audio ... when I did turn to the text it felt different, seeing all the direct quotes and numbers for reference. It felt more instructional when I looked at it in print, even though it was also written in a 1st person/conversational tone for much of it.
I'd recently watched the Paramount+ series Landman, which, while not fracking per se (more the traditional drilling) still made the things discussed here a little easier to visualize, some of the glow of a burn off, the talking to the land owners for mineral rights, some of the equipment and such. I think the TV series hit harder on the "it's in everything, it's finite but we don't have a realistic alternative yet" ... here some of the other smaller issues seemed to be the focus: all of us not really reading things before we sign them (we all do it, when you have to check the terms before using an app, etc), all the warnings (this may cause cancer ... on everything, so you just start to dismiss all of it). The celebrities stepping in to bring awareness, but not really being IN the fight, not actually affected.
Lots of words ... some that I just note in all my reads (seldom, anathema, swath, bucolic, preternatural, halcyon, nascent) and some I had to look up (anodyne ... although that had JUST been in the book before too!). Profanity x5 - pretty much all quotes from someone, not author inserted.
It was interesting - the title referred to ownership of the land, it is just the land, what's in it, how far down, how far above? What is ownership (and how easily was it stripped from those on it originally?) and what are the private/public rights/responsibilities when what you do on your land affects those around you/your land (pollution/visuals/traffic).
It was worth it to have the text - notes and index of course not included in the audiobook. There were also several pictures/illustrations, and the Kindle copy even had some discussion questions, which I don't know that I would have expected, but were some good points to ponder.
It was all just a little dry - but still interesting enough. Some bias I'm sure.
I'd recently watched the Paramount+ series Landman, which, while not fracking per se (more the traditional drilling) still made the things discussed here a little easier to visualize, some of the glow of a burn off, the talking to the land owners for mineral rights, some of the equipment and such. I think the TV series hit harder on the "it's in everything, it's finite but we don't have a realistic alternative yet" ... here some of the other smaller issues seemed to be the focus: all of us not really reading things before we sign them (we all do it, when you have to check the terms before using an app, etc), all the warnings (this may cause cancer ... on everything, so you just start to dismiss all of it). The celebrities stepping in to bring awareness, but not really being IN the fight, not actually affected.
Lots of words ... some that I just note in all my reads (seldom, anathema, swath, bucolic, preternatural, halcyon, nascent) and some I had to look up (anodyne ... although that had JUST been in the book before too!). Profanity x5 - pretty much all quotes from someone, not author inserted.
It was interesting - the title referred to ownership of the land, it is just the land, what's in it, how far down, how far above? What is ownership (and how easily was it stripped from those on it originally?) and what are the private/public rights/responsibilities when what you do on your land affects those around you/your land (pollution/visuals/traffic).
It was worth it to have the text - notes and index of course not included in the audiobook. There were also several pictures/illustrations, and the Kindle copy even had some discussion questions, which I don't know that I would have expected, but were some good points to ponder.
It was all just a little dry - but still interesting enough. Some bias I'm sure.