Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation: The Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of Sex,   ISBN:9780805063325

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I didn't realize sex was so diverse in the world of animals and insects, including humans. This book presents this diversity in a light but detailed manner making it an easy and captivating read.

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"When it comes to the topic of gender,
Mother Nature's been having some fun.
Take nothing for granted! Remember,
You won't find any rules -- not a one!"

And not just regarding gender (where, by the way, there are more than two) -- DR. TATIANA'S SEX ADVICE TO ALL CREATION shows that species are coloring outside the lines in every aspect of sex, including seduction; mating; fertilization; monogamy and promiscuity; nesting and child-rearing ... showing that anything that leads to propagation of the species (and explaining why it does) is fair game for an evolutionary adaptation.

In an advice-column Q&A, fretful letters submitted by anthropomorphized creatures (from micro-organisms to mammals) are answered by Dr. Tatiana (aka evolutionary biologist Olivia Judson), in a voice that's an amusing mix of Dr. Ruth and Miss Manners. An assertion that damselflies have evolved "some of the fanciest penises around" caught my attention early on, and nature's inventiveness just got more interesting from there. The content is surprisingly substantive, and the light style keeps it terrifically accessible.

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I laughed so hard reading this book, that I felt compelled to share it with my friends, especially one who was recovering from a stroke and needed an excuse to laugh. She loved it too.

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Too many books in this category rush to make conclusions for human behavior. This book allows the reader to actually think.

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that book is a beautiful example for todays mass media: eyecatching but without any deeper content. the style is awful in its forced funnyness. for example the "letters" to the imaginary doctor are signed with `Too Much Heavy Breathing near Malta` or similar brainless synonyms instead of the name of the species. the last chapter is written in form of a talkshow for heavens sake! still worse are the constant thematic jumps. not one chapter takes the sexual strategies of nature serious. buyers are cheated: it is not "the definitive guide" it proclaims to be but a comedyshow that leaves the bad aftertaste of an absurd freakshow. dont mistake me, there are many interesting facts revealed but the presentation robs the reader of any enjoyment. without the useless junk in between that book would be not even half its size. i have the feeling the autor has no inkling that her writing style could be viewed as an insult to the intelligence of the average reader. anybody with a higher education will be thoroughly disgusted with this shoddy pamphlet. i seriously doubt the autor has really read all the works mentioned in the thirty pages long postscript. the aknowledgement at the end is a trivial biography that wallows in personal anecdotes which are of no interest at all. it was a waste of time for me...