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Spillover
- By: David Quammen
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 20 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,839
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,576
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,572
The emergence of strange new diseases is a frightening problem that seems to be getting worse. In this age of speedy travel, it threatens a worldwide pandemic. We hear news reports of Ebola, SARS, AIDS, and something called Hendra killing horses and people in Australia - but those reports miss the big truth that such phenomena are part of a single pattern. The bugs that transmit these diseases share one thing: they originate in wild animals and pass to humans by a process called spillover. David Quammen tracks this subject around the world.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating, but not Riveting
- By L. M. Roberts on 03-08-14
- Spillover
- By: David Quammen
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
hindsight 2020
Reviewed: 11-12-24
this is a really good book, a spooky listen. But chapters on SARS make me laugh now in 2024, I love how the author was basically telling the future.
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Crisis in the Red Zone
- The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to Come
- By: Richard Preston
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 821
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 725
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Story5 out of 5 stars 724
An urgent wake-up call about the future of emerging viruses and a gripping account of the doctors and scientists fighting to protect us, told through the story of the deadly 2013-2014 Ebola epidemic. From the number-one best-selling author of The Hot Zone, now a National Geographic original miniseries....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Much thriller, not so much science
- By ahoi on 07-28-19
- Crisis in the Red Zone
- The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to Come
- By: Richard Preston
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
Great Book
Reviewed: 12-31-20
This book was terrifying, but yet interesting. It really gets you thinking about life and how one virus can pose such a threat to humanity.
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