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Erin

Erin

SUICIDEGIRL

USA

APR 06, 2004 06:00 AM

For her column at Salon.com Mary Roach has jousted, fought a bull, acted as a "pee buddy" for a man with a bashful bladder, eaten a raw fish eyeball, bowled with amputees, attempted vaginal weight lifting, smeared herself with costly bottled pheromones to test their effectiveness, wrestled alligators and sniffed armpits at a deodorant test lab. But her biggest challenge came with doing the research for her book, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers.

Live human beings owe a lot to dead people.

Luis

Luis

Preston, ID
February 2004

APR 06, 2004 10:21 PM

For a minute there, after reading the first sentence I thought she was into golden showers shocked

Jujubee

Jujubee

USA
April 2003

APR 06, 2004 11:43 PM

I read this book a loooooooong time ago. It was hard to read it at work because my co-workers saw the cover and thought it was rather disgusting. But I was glued to it, such a fascinating read!!!

Beretta2

Beretta2

Negaunee, MI
April 2004

APR 09, 2004 08:06 PM

This book was awesome!! I am really into autopsies and gory stuff. I really, really enjoyed this book. It was much easier to read than some of the other forensic textbooks. I envy her - I wish I could've done the research for the book! Right up my alley.

Fractal

Fractal

SUICIDEGIRL

Louisiana, USA

DEC 17, 2006 06:10 PM

I love Mary Roach. I've read Stiff, and her more recent book Spook, and they are both fantastic.

ChristmasJones

ChristmasJones

New London, CT
July 2004

MAY 06, 2010 08:39 AM

This book was epic. Glad the old interviews still cycle up and I read this juicy nugget! Also check out another one of her books "Spook" where she researches ghosts and the history of paranormal research. Fun stuff!

Great interview Daniel!

melx

melx

Saint Paul, MN
May 2010

MAY 15, 2010 01:14 AM

I've never heard of this book before but after reading this I think I'll have to look for it. Great interview.

nymphetalona

nymphetalona

Australia
November 2007

MAY 15, 2010 02:24 AM

This book is in my top 5 favourites. Love love love it, think it's about time I read it again! This woman is brilliant!