[Rockhounds] Yellowstone caldera becoming active

[Alan Silverstein]

> <http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,309738,00.html>

This gives me an opportunity to recommend a recent but obscure
(self-published?) work of fiction, "Yellowstone Farewell", which is
about an explosion of the caldera in contemporary times.  (Could it
happen?  Who knows?  The timing is right...)

The book was written by a geologist and includes amazingly
semi-technical (educational) passages that would probably turn off
laymen, but makes for fascinating reading for rockhounds.  Also the
story itself is pretty well done.  I bought a copy from the author a
year or two ago at a rock show in Wyoming.

Hey, it's on Amazon, for instance...

http://www.amazon.com/Yellowstone-Farewell-WAYNE-M-SUTHERLAND/dp/0972399909/ref=sr_1_1/002-9362533-2212842?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194632068&sr=8-1

Cheers,
Alan Silverstein