Commentary: Tyson's 'Cosmos' has not been impressive

The Bradenton Herald ^ | March 23, 2014 | Marty Clear

[EveningStar]

...Jonathan Sabin of Bradenton's Local Group of Deep Sky Observers has met Tyson, and said he's a "gigantic presence."

"The guy is one of the most engaging people I've ever met," Sabin said. "He walks in and he just owns the room."

On "Cosmos," though, Tyson comes off as a stiff, even bland. He's reading someone else's words -- specifically, those of Ann Druyan, Sagan's widow and the co-writer of the original "Cosmos" -- and so far it's not working...

[tomkat]

Thanks very much y'all for those links above, which led me to Science Left Behind

Dang .. sure would like to be able to write that well !
If the rest of it is as good as the first three pages, the authors are fixin' to give the Luddites a serious and way overdue spanking !