“A four-act dialogue of the dead that virtuosically renews the tradition of this genre spanning from Lucian to Paul Valéry.”

Die Zeit, on the German edition

“Hampe . . . falls back on the literary tradition of dialogues between the dead—and with finesse, for precisely the strangeness of the otherworldly location where the dead men meet—an otherwise obvious setting for the genre—ushers in the debates over how ‘natural,’ ‘nature,’ and its ‘laws’ should actually be understood. . . . How and whether such a history can be told is admittedly written in the stars. The question may be too large, but it is one of those encountered when dealing with the contours of a demonstrable concept of nature. One can become well acquainted with them in Hampe’s book without having to worry about daunting philosophical terminology.”

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, on the German edition

“It’s no coincidence that Paul Feyerabend has the last word in the clever, vividly written, and humorously staged dialogues. His ideas and arguments, Hampe suggests, could advance modern debates on climate change or ecological destruction. Wouldn’t that be nice!”

Neue Zürcher Zeitung, on the German edition

"The book will interest green thinkers, intellectuals, and those interested in debate about Nature and wilderness."

Electronic Green Journal