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Ken Jennings has done a masterful job verbalizing a passion that many, including myself, share. We 'mapheads' enjoy maps in all their forms, and Mr. Jennings touches on many of them.
This book is not at all dry or boring - Mr. Jennings infuses his subject with wit and humor, and brings the various aspects of map research, creation, exploration, variation and evolution together in a very enjoyable read.
He has a breezy way of covering what could be snoozer subjects. I enjoyed the mix of his personal experiences and general reporting, and he uses a lot of modern cultural references that make an old subject feel current and alive.
I could sure relate to his topics - to the days poring over older paper maps, to the explorations with Google Earth and robotic GPS devices, to pastimes like geo-caching, and many others. About the only area I think that he could have been addressed more is the maps in video games - there are so many games out there, such as the Age of Empires or the Dawn of Discovery series or Titan Quest, that create worlds of imaginary maps that live only in pixels and our heads.
I do suggest this book - easy, entertaining and engrossing.