content: I picked this up sometime ago, after it was recommended to aspiring authors by Orson Scott Card in his book "Shadow of the Hegemon".I found Diamond's thoughts and logic to be very insightful and intelligent. He makes a point and then backs it up with several detailed examples in history to support his thesis.His writing also makes for fairly easy reading. It is clear and logical, with a natural progression leading from point to point as he traces the development of peoples from cave to modern man....After reading "Guns, Germs and Steel", I think I have a much better understanding of human history. That in itself, is as high a compliment as I can pay any book.