William H. Thomas (1) (1959–)
Auteur de What Are Old People For?: How Elders Will Save the World
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William H. Thomas, M.D. is a youthful geriatrician with an international reputation in his field. His many activities include presiding over two nonprofit organizations devoted to a positive elderhood. Among other honors, Dr. Thomas has received a fellowship from Ashoka, a nonprofit organization afficher plus that searches the world for social entrepreneurs -- extraordinary individuals with unprecedented ideas for change in their communities. He lives in Sherburne, NY, with his wife, Judith Meyers-Thomas, and their five children afficher moins
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The story basically takes off from there, describing life both in the “shire” of the Tribes of Eden and in the “GRID” of the remaining population in the former United States.
Discussion: Part of the author’s agenda is to incorporate into his story his personal passion for helping to change the life experience of people from one of greed, acquisition, and violence into one of sharing and caring. He does indeed make this point with Tribes of Eden and I think it’s a good cause. But a novel is perhaps not the best way for him to proceed. The prose is leaden, characterized by stock epithets (e.g., “Dawn’s rosy fingers”), inappropriate metaphors (Venus as “a dusky jewel” which really doesn’t make sense unless you happen to be listening to The Doors sing “Hello I Love You” as you’re looking up at the sky), cardboard characters (both good and evil), political improbabilities, and an episode towards the end of the book of NanoSecondLove that makes most Instalove fixations look like long-term courtships.… (plus d'informations)