The book by Jesper Hoffmeyer is, to the best of my knowledge, the first monograph (and not a mere set of articles by one or more authors) on biosemiotics. This makes it exceptionally important not only for laymen, but also for many biologists and philologists/linguists, often ignorant of the very existence of such a neighbouring discipline. The book under review has an additional meaning and importance due to its style, which is not purely academic rather written for the general reader, and thanks to ... [Book Review]

Sign Systems Studies 26:417-424 (1998)
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