Praise for Entangled Life "[An] ebullient and ambitious exploration . . . Reading [
Entangled Life] left me not just moved but altered, eager to disseminate its message of what fungi can do."
--The New York Times "A gorgeous book of literary nature writing, ripe with insight and erudition. . . . Food for the soul."
--The Wall Street Journal "Nearly every page of this book contained either an observation so interesting or a turn of phrase so lovely that I was moved to slow down, stop, and re-read. . . . [
Entangled Life] reminded me that fungi are, like the Universe, sublime."
--Science "An exuberant introduction to the biology, ecology, climatology, and psychopharmacology of the earth's 'metabolic wizards.'"
--Harpers Magazine "A poetic, mind-bending tour of the fungal world."
--Scientific American "Wondrous . . . Humans should consider fungi among the greatest of earth's marvels."
--Time (Books of the Year) "An astonishing book."
--The Observer "Completely mind-blowing."
--The Sunday Times "A magical journey deep into the roots of Nature by an expert storyteller . . . a must-read."
--Paul Stamets "Reading this book, I felt surrounded by a web of wonder. The natural world is more fantastic than any fantasy, so long as you have the means to perceive it. This book provides the means."
--Jaron Lanier "Urgent, astounding, and necessary."
--Helen Macdonald "Grand and dizzying in how thoroughly it recalibrates our understanding of the natural world."
--Ed Yong, author of An Immense World "I fell in love with this book. Merlin Sheldrake is a scientist with the imagination of a poet and a beautiful writer."
--Michael Pollan, author of How to Change Your Mind (Bay Area Book Festival, 2020) "Dazzling, vibrant, vision changing."
--Robert Macfarlane, author of Underland "Gorgeous."
--Margaret Atwood, author of Old Babes in the Wood "Not just for mushroom heads . . . science at its most uplifting."
--Jeanette Winterson, The Times "This book is like one surprise after another."
--David Byrne, Rolling Stone
