| The Story of B |  | Author: Daniel Quinn
Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group (Trd)
Category: Book
New (4) Used (9) from £3.41
Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 1099861
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 325
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.3
ISBN: 055310053X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780553100532
ASIN: 055310053X
Publication Date: December 1996
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 A very dangerous book December 9, 2000
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
This book is very dangerous. After reading it, I was reeling from the shock for about two weeks. Once you let it seep in, the message is so obvious. The message in this book is applicable to every single person on this planet, and any argument you could ever have can be traced back to principles laid down in this book. It's nice and easy to read, but the message in intense. YOU must read this book.
My personal favorite! September 4, 1999
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
Of all of Daniel Quinn's books, The Story of B, is my personal favorite. It brings the message out clearly and forcefully and really helps fill in the mosaic begun in Ishmael. Please put this book on your reading list and when you're finished you'll have no doubt in your mind why I am calling this and the rest of Daniel Quinn's books the most important books in the world. Please do the world a favor and read one of Quinn's books as soon as possible.
The book is fiction but the ideas are real August 23, 1999
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book has emense power. It's power lies in it's ability to make one question life's purpose and the lies we've all been taught to live for. This book along with Quinn's other works has changed the way I precieve existance. Read it: Love it or hate it it will change you.
More than Ishmael August 12, 1999
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
In Ishmael, new ideas were expressed and I assumed that The Story of B would be the same stuff only regurgitated into a different format, so I actually put off reading it for a while. But it actually goes further than Ishmael with a plot that made you hang on enthusiastically.
The best book I have ever read, period. July 29, 1999
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I enjoyed THE STORY OF B even more than ISHMAEL, Quinn's previous work. To me the message was obviously almost identical, but I preferred the format Quinn used in THE STORY OF B. I would urge followers of organized religion be it Christianity, Islam, Judaism, etc, to read this book, and read it with an open mind.I fail to see how anyone can disagree with Quinn on a logical basis. The fact is that our history began millions of years ago, yet our history books focus solely on the last 10,000 years ( a mere blip in our true history.) Quinn also skillfully points out how the agricultural revolution marked the beginning of the "wonderful" civilization we have today. This revolution has led to an population explosion that continues today, suicide, alcoholism, war, famine, and so on. PLEASE READ THIS BOOK IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE!
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