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Title: Run Like an Antelope: On the Road With Phish by Sean Gibbon ISBN: 0-312-26330-9 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.17 (42 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: A disappointment
Comment: I'm only a Phish-fan in passing, but even I found this book a keen disappointment.
Narrative non-fiction can be a really wonderful way to convey a story and paint a picture. Unfortunately, in the case of this book the author forgot about the picture and wrote almost exclusively about the paintbrush. We get to hear his concerns about writing the book, his friends' suggestions for how to write the book, and the end result is a lackluster book that's less about Phish and more about the author.
The author seems aware that he's doing something wrong -- he admits to not getting "in there" enough with the fans, and we don't get much insight whatsoever.
The result is that the book is fun to pick up and read for a page or two -- little vignettes of travelling with Phish. But taken as a whole, it's painfully navel-gazing and uninteresting.
I understand how hardcore "phans" would be disappointed -- but this book disappoints on a larger level than that. It's simply not well written, regardless of topic.
Rating: 1
Summary: Absolute Garbage
Comment: I don't have enough words to describe the horrible time I had reading this empty book. Sad, really, since the potential was there for an amazing book. I am dissapointed to no end and was actually cursing the writer out loud during the few hours it took to read this book. He can't handle a brownie! He thought paintballs were drugs...oh man... Utterly unforgivable...i will trade my copy to any phan with a live show, that wants to read this and laugh! [email protected]
Rating: 5
Summary: An Interesting Read
Comment: Many reviewers here have taken Sean Gibbon to task for not accurately capturing the Phish experience, for being overly whiny, and for generally writing just to fill space.
All of those are, at times, probably accurate charges against this book, and yet I still found it more than slightly enjoyable, and often found myself wanting to read
"just one more chapter". As a recent Phish convert who's never been to a show, I can't speak to the first charge of not being faithful to the experience, but ultimately, I don't think it really matters, as long as Gibbon's being faithful to his own experience of the shows, which he seems to be.
RUN LIKE AN ANTELOPE is a rough and tumble road log that, if nothing else, succeeds as a chroncicle of six weeks in the life of someone trying to understand a modern cultural phenomenon. As with most adventures, whether the goal is achieved isn't as important as the journey itself.
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Title: The Phish Companion: A Guide to the Band and their Music by Mockingbird Foundation ISBN: 0879306319 Publisher: Backbeat Books Pub. Date: 30 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Phish 2004 Wall Calendar by None ISBN: 0740737503 Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: The Phishing Manual : Compendium to the Music of Phish by Dean Budnick ISBN: 0786882034 Publisher: Hyperion Pub. Date: 12 December, 1996 List Price(USD): $9.70 |
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Title: Go Phish by Dave Thompson ISBN: 0312168543 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Phish Book by PHISH ISBN: 0375752544 Publisher: Villard Pub. Date: 15 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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