More Year End Plaudits for Storm World

i-1a0979a02359a7ec043a287a080e0cfb-stormworld cover.jpgWe've already heard from Publisher's Weekly and Science Friday...but now the blogs are weighing in.

I'm psyched that the Weather Underground's Jeff Masters, the Houston Chronicle's Eric Berger, and MSNBC's Alan Boyle are all naming Storm World as a top science read from 2007--and recommending it as an Xmas gift.

Thanks, guys!

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