Q: “Did you know that octopi is not the plural of octopus?”
A: “I do know that because my wife just read a book called The Soul of An Octopus and now all she talks about is octopuses.”
They then discuss Inky the octopus’ escape from the aquarium tank: “Apparently they are incredibly smart. They just have very few venues in which to show their intelligence.”
“Yeah, if we lived underwater they would be overlords.”
“That’s right. They’d absolutely would be our overlords. One of the many reasons I refuse to live underwater.”
Club Book brings authors to the Twin City area. Sy visited in November. You can listen to the live event.
Sy’s octopuses are still swimming toward new friends. The Soul of an Octopus in #19 on The New York Times Science Bestseller list for November. And it’s on these lists of bestsellers at independent bookstores: #5 in New England, #4 in the Pacific Northwest, #4 in Northern California, and #10 in the Midwest.