A review by magpiesv
The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases by Kage Baker

2.0

SO WEIRD. I read some of this before and it ended up in *that* pile so years later I figured it was time for a reread/finish. It's eh. Some bits are fun (not nearly as many as there ought to be), some are bad, some are seriously dated. I find the intentionally pompous tone of many of the entries grinding. It's more surreal where there were opportunities to be truly incisive. Given what it is, fair amount of body horror.

I think the best aspects are the typography, it's a fun looking book, and Download Syndrome which is hardly eccentric or discredited and I think was largely predictive as of its writing 14 or so years ago.