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Title: The Story of B by Daniel Quinn ISBN: 0-553-37901-1 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 03 November, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.31 (113 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A thousand piece jigsaw puzzle before your eyes
Comment: Quinn put a thousand scattered pieces I had in my head and put them into one incredible horrific jigsaw puzzle. The story is ok. It's the "public teachings" that are at the core of both this story and his purpose. We can't face the truth about ourselves. We have to believe that we are God's chosen, that which is removed and above nature. We wrote the history books, the bibles, the science books, the culture of human beings. It's all slanted in our favor and honor. Of course it is. How can we speak the truth without self-destructing as individuals and a culture? Too bad we can't face our place in the universe and upon the Earth. We're not so bad. Just full of ourselves. This book will shake you to your foundation. It will leave you a bit lost and empty. But what is lost and empty can be found and filled again. Intuitively I knew the truth before I read the book. A great thank you for putting it together so profoundly and so clearly.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Philosophical Change
Comment: Daniel Quinn is a true literary artist. This is a fictional novel inspired by distressing times. His exploration of how "civilization" evolved into what is today and what many people feel are global problems is genius. The novel is an eloquent articulation of serious concerns. The Story of B acknowledges these concerns and raises awareness regarding population pressures, agriculture, religous influences, etc. on the future of the earth and all of its life. Quinn's novel is fiction and the point is not to get sidetracked over whether his scienitific and historical references are 100% accurate. Quinn is not trying to bombard the reader with statistics and hard evidence, if you want that read any scientific journal. But if you want a philosophical change read The Story of B. I believe that is the point to this novel, it is to significantly change the way people think. Some of the most effective and enlightening change is made through artistic and creative endeavors.
Rating: 3
Summary: Eh...
Comment: Daniel Quinn obviously has an important message to relay, because we ARE destroying and overpopulating the world, but he's not the best at portraying anything in fiction. This book is VERY important, but anyone who reads it MUST be careful to be a filter, not a sponge. Also, you have to read the speeches as you're reading the book, or else you won't even know what B is teaching- what the book is about.
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Title: My Ishmael by Daniel Quinn ISBN: 0553379658 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 06 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit by Daniel Quinn ISBN: 0553375407 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 May, 1995 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Beyond Civilization : Humanity's Next Great Adventure by Daniel Quinn ISBN: 0609805363 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 07 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Providence by Daniel Quinn ISBN: 0553375490 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 May, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Man Who Grew Young by Daniel Quinn, Tim Eldred ISBN: 1893956172 Publisher: Context Books Pub. Date: 15 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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