Another Great Day at Sea Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Geoff Dyer
SCORE
3.5
TOTAL RATINGS
120

Another Great Day at Sea by Geoff Dyer Book Summary

From a writer “whose genre-jumping refusal to be pinned down [makes him] an exemplar of our era” (NPR), a new book that confirms his power to astound readers.
 
As a child Geoff Dyer spent long hours making and blotchily painting model fighter planes. So the adult Dyer jumped at the chance of a residency aboard an aircraft carrier. Another Great Day at Sea chronicles Dyer’s experiences on the USS George H.W. Bush as he navigates the routines and protocols of “carrier-world,” from the elaborate choreography of the flight deck through miles of walkways and hatches to kitchens serving meals for a crew of five thousand to the deafening complexity of catapult and arresting gear. Meeting the Captain, the F-18 pilots and the dentists, experiencing everything from a man-overboard alert to the Steel Beach Party, Dyer guides us through the most AIE (acronym intensive environment) imaginable.
 
A lanky Englishman (could he really be both the tallest and the oldest person on the ship?) in a deeply American world, with its constant exhortations to improve, to do better, Dyer brilliantly records the daily life on board the ship, revealing it to be a prism for understanding a society where discipline and conformity, dedication and optimism, become forms of self-expression. In the process it becomes clear why Geoff Dyer has been widely praised as one of the most original—and funniest—voices in literature.
 
Another Great Day at Sea is the definitive work of an author whose books defy definition.

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Book Name Another Great Day at Sea
Genre Transportation
Published
Language English
E-Book Size 10.24 MB

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Disappointing. Not sure why the author felt it necessary to write about his differences with the sailors. The authors religious beliefs are irrelevant but he felt it necessary to include them . The book some fairly good insight but could have included so much more. Found the author telling his story more than those of the sailors and ship.

BORING. One of the most boring and uneventful books I have read. It gives insight to what life is like on board, but the topic wasn't interesting to me.

Captures the feeling of a man who doesn't belong on the boat.... I'm sure that there are countless reviews that proclaim how well the author expresses the experiences of the crew. As someone who was never in the navy, I cannot speak to that. But as someone who was never in the navy I can say that this book captures what we balding middle-aged men think and feel when we look back on a life and wonder "what if." I have often wondered where I would be had I joined in my youth. I would not be here, I would not be me. This me and that me could never coexist in the same lifetime. It's pointless to even ask. I do look from the outside with a sense of awe and wonder if all of my life's troubles might be gone if that me were to exist. Again, that question can never be answered. The only question that could honestly come to have meaning is how would I feel if this me met that me through a quirk of fate and time. The author answers the question and, in some ways, balances the equation. I enjoyed every minute of this reading experience.

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Summary of Another Great Day at Sea by Geoff Dyer

The Another Great Day at Sea book written by Geoff Dyer was published on 20 May 2014, Tuesday in the Transportation category. A total of 120 readers of the book gave the book 3.5 points out of 5.

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